I honestly don't understand why folks are so worried that we will see any major changes in the free stuff. So far, I haven't seen anything offered at the online store that wasn't available at BBay (to the best of my recollection, at least) and that didn't have a tremendous effect on free stuff. What has actually changed? The location of the front door has changed. And everyone knows the first three most important things to consider in any business are 1) location, 2) location and 3) location. Ok, the management has changed as well, but that happens almost everywhere you go at some point or other. No big deal. As for all us "poor starving artists" being charged an arm and a leg for necessities, well, I don't see it. 90% of the stuff offered in the online store section are things I would never have a use for (sorry, Davo, your creatures are awesome but I can't think of how I would ever use a single one of them in an image) and so won't cost me a penny since I don't buy things I don't need. The same goes for PhilC's corset. It's lovely, excellent work, but it's not on my list of necessities since I don't do semi-nude or erotic images (ok, I did one once, but it was an experiment in posing and texture map alteration so clothes would have defeated the purpose). I've noticed, especially lately, that there are almost always some people who are going to panic or overreact to any sort of change. It's just a fact of life. But another fact of life is that things change. Change is the only constant in life. Whether the change is for better or worse is decided by how we accept it and deal with it and whether we make it work for us or against us. Kate the observer