Not new to hobbying, but I've decided to be more cautious about it. I paid for a VIP membership about 48 hours ago, how long should it take before I get it? I'm still a basic member.

active in less than 24 hours when I first signed up. After that when I renew it's instant.
If you look to the upper right of the page you'll see the box with the date, "welcome jack_daniels", your membership date and then a gold/yellow banner that says VIP MEMBER.

I would contact admin by using "contact us" and ask about it. It should be active by now.
Note: I used a credit card. If you used another payment method that may change things. I don't know.

I'm just guessing here.   If it's been that long, you should have received it by now.  If not, contact Admin and ask them about it.

Swim