@emgh
You can start while @jbiloh counts his stack of BilohBucks
Not to derail the thread or anything, but charging providers to be able to post offers is a win - win for every side, and yes -- I literally mean every side. Clearly, Jon and the people he employs (presumably) win in an immediate sense of the word, but the community wins long term, because one sure way of weeding out the failing and/or kiddo providers is to charge.
They simply won't pay up, not only because they can't afford it, but because they think they're somehow have the right to post their offers on a private website. Community or not... the proprietor decides on the rules, and as long as the proprietor isn't silencing people left and right, letting scammers scam people (sadly, bringing up past events, or saying that the people who were associated with a prior scam are now running something else isn't enough to be able to rule on it in any sense whatsoever. So without any factual evidence, we come back to the main point... as long as your voice isn't silenced. Not much to complain about, especially not about the proprietor charging for providers to post offers.
Any healthy business will be able to spend $100/mo on an ad, let alone a year... and if they're not getting any type of sales from the threads to warrant paying for the advertising, then maybe they shouldn't be posting any offers to begin with, and should focus on bettering their service.
Anyway, just my 2c.