That's all well and good Sean and I do appreciate what you are saying.  Although it is a $10 fee because more items will be released next week and undoubtedly there will be a $5 minimum spend to get those too.

The problem is it wasn't touted this way in the beginning and I was led to believe that the free items I submitted would be completely free and then the goalposts got moved and they no longer are.  This leaves a very bad taste in my mouth.

To be honest, if I had known there would be a minimum purchase to get access to the freebies then personally I would not have participated but would have done a genuine freebie through the freebie section here.