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Agreed - at this point it's nothing more than a every so often flash sale with a name your own price system. Not that that's necessarily a bad thing - but I have far less interest in donating larger amounts "to support the community" when it's becoming a deal site - instead I am starting to get the mentality to get everything at the greatest deal I possibly can.

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Your post made me realize something. Just like you, I'd previously been generous in my payment to "support the community". When I loaded up the page today and saw the offering, I mentally said "I don't have $20 to blow on this right now" and left the site. Until I read your post, I never even considered that I could just pay less than $20.

Even odder, once I finish writing this, I'm still not heading over there to buy the bundle, even though I could only spend $0.01.

On the other hand, I have $200 left to my name total, and I'm happily spending $1.00.

If $0.01 is all you can afford, there's no shame in it.

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