Quote - No reason at all why they should't. But to introduce such a high charge for a 'service' that has doubtful costings smacks of the type of greed in busines that leaves a nasty taste. Let's not forget that our images (ok, not mine but talented artists who show what can be done with the products) go a long way in adverising the wares of the marketplace. Hell, renderosity even encourage us to advertise who made what in every image. The pictures in the galleries help generate a fair amount of revenue for the site and i just think that renderosity tend to forget that when they do things like this.

Of course, the cost of a product isn't the only factor in it's pricing, as has already been stated about this particular service. For example, I've got an Indianapolis Colts sweatshirt that I paid about sixty dollars for. That's a good three times what it would cost without the logo on it, and probably about ten times what it cost to make and ship to the store. Plus, at no recompense for me, I'm a walking advertisement for the team every time I wear the thing! I spent the money, though, because the value of the product, to me, was a fair trade for the money.

In this case, I don't think greed is the issue. I think if greed were involved the price would have been lower, so as to attract more people. It's already been said that the price is, partially, inflated to restrict it's frivolous use. To me it makes more sense to think that this is A) a service that a handful of people will value enough to use and B) a service that is more trouble and expense than it's worth to the company, which has C) been priced accordingly. 

I worked for a company once that offered tech support after hours until 11 o'clock at night. This was an established practice before it became an issue that several of the techs got to the point of threatening to quit, because of the almost daily interruptions in their lives. Customers on support contracts didn't have to pay any extra to call after hours, and we were in a jam before we knew it. We instituted a fee of forty dollars per call, which was fairly steep for the time. We did get a lot of complaints about it, but the number of calls that we got died down to real emergencies that truly couldn't wait, and we started paying bonuses to the techs who took the calls. There wasn't any greed involved, we pretty much just got to the point where we broke even on the extra paper work and hassle, but it was the best overall solution to the situation.