Wow, when this place first started it was all free! Like the MILLIONS of other forums out there. There are tons of other forums that are just as informative in their own aspect that are totally free. The members make or break a site pro or not. Yeah, whomever created had to pay site fees but they opened this place to CASH in. All the ADs pay for most of the site even without you guys becoming PROs. Becoming a Pro is just a referral system for extra cash. 1000 members + 50$ a member = $50,000 + Ad money! (not accurate just an example) Everything in the store is their way of showing appreciation without just handing it out for free you still have to earn it. Also its a marketing ploy to keep you coming back to keep the traffic moving! Everyone still has to log in and do the same thing everyday whether you're a pro or non pro you still have to accumulate points whether you use it or not! In the end they don't care if you win or lose as long as they are making money. It's a business!
Side Note: ACTUALLY there is a NON-PRO on here who's MADE HUGE contributions to SBR. SweetJones55!
How many "PROS" are actually on this forum? I bet if you took away all the ghost accounts and all of the non pro members this place wouldn't be able to generate anything near what it is now. No money and traffic for the site = your 200$ didn't really mean shit. And as for a PRO member to make a comment about non pro members. This is just a big way to turn people away from this site and not to become pro. HOW does that HELP the FORUM? That's very oxymoron if you ask me.
So lets take a look at the big picture here! The OP made another useless thread.... thanks for your contribution.