Tommy,
I agree with you 100%. Charging a small fee which is affordable to everyone and with the main purpose of keeping the cheats away is fine.
I was only mentioning about those guys who charges 100s of dollars for a submit pass or a gallery spot and put lame excuse like, its due to cheating webmasters we had to charge.
If I can get my galleries and freesites posted at big places for real small prize, I would also be happy to buy a submit pass. (Though what is affordable for a US webmastrs might not be affordable for me unless I make lot of sales....sigh....!)
Thanks fo the reply Tommy
Neo