If you read the terms, they clearly state the monthly "fee". However, it is not even a fee... if you read the terms you will see that you can skip the month and not be charged any fees. If you forget to skip the month, well that is on you, and YOUR stupidity... do you forget to pay your bill due the same time every month? Most like not. Well, all you have to do is remember to log in by the 5th and select skip the month. They even send you more than one email as a reminder. You can skip as many times as you want, but remain a VIP member so when you do want to get a pair, you pay the VIP price. I've been a member for years and skip more months than not. I've had to return one pair and did it within the allowed time and received my credit to use on another pair. No actual cash refund, but again, you are told this in the terms. If that is not got enough, than pay retail somewhere else. Don't spew negative comments just because you didn't read the terms (which is your own responsibility to do for anything),