I disagree, $30 is way too much after I already paid alot of money for severel renewels for the Object Desktop suite. I am not complaining I just refuse to pay for a subscription to what I see as a very buggy website when there are many other sites to download the same stuff from.  Just don't make it sound like it's a bargain while taking even more money from someone that aparently only has Objectdock and will only take advantage of a very tiny part of the website, it makes you sound like a true salesman trying to make that extra buck no matter what the customer needs.

The original poster didn't say he only had OBjectDock.  He only mentioned ObjectDock.

And many of the skins available are only available here.

Lastly, the application fee pays for teh development and support.  The WC subscription helps pay for teh bandwidth of the site.  Very different. Also, curent Stardock customers have unlimited downloads (I think).  So what's to complain about?

meh. 

I hate to jump in on this, but is there a better site you can think of to download from?  Wincustomize is better than any site around... but if there is let me know...

Personally my only complaint is the sudden increase in price without informing current subscribers.  It used to be $19.95 (or was it $29.95?) renewal for TWO years, which I forked out each time it came due.  Now, it's doubled in price, or even MORE than doubled without any warning?  Naff that.  A bit of common courtesy goes a long way guys.

That's all good, but (as you can tell by how long it took me to reply to this!) I don't read the forums much.  Given that, how was I to know that the price had gone up?  I didn't get an email or any other form of communicae...

Also, $30 a year seems a bit rough considering what it used to be, and it being nearly half the cost of renewing Object Desktop itself - wouldn't $20 still be profitable, and a decent deal still?