Kathys forum and blog costs her thousands of dollars a month to keep running. She does not make ANY money off it. She is not rich. She does have to actually try to make some money to pay her bills. She has had that forum for over ten years and put thousands of hours into it with her own time and own money, buying her own equipment and paying her staff all out of her own pocket. She hasnt made a dime off of it. She CANNOT
Keep giving everything away for free to everyone that thinks they deserve more free stuff
So Go ahead and hate on her if you want, and complain about the price if you want. The lady has to have some Sort of income if she is going to keep producing a blog and a forum.
She has thiusands and thousands of readers,& everyone always wants more and more free and more of her time. I am thrilled she finally asked for money and came up with a way to charge people. I have been trying to get her to do that for years now.