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I started buying patterns over 10 years ago on another popular site and remember the majority were free there too.
Little by little they crept up until now, I'd guess the average price for what I buy is about $6.50, but I've seen single patterns as high as $12! And I refuse to pay that much.
Patterns have to be purchased with actual $ by someone to be uploaded here, so the higher the actual $ the higher GC's will be charged.
I have downloaded a few that cost 80 GC (total) and that's really as high as I'll go for a single pattern. The reason I was willing to pay the GC price was because it would have cost over $60 to buy them elsewhere.
But you're right, there are some excessively greedy ones around that are charging GC's out-of-proportion to the "worth" of the pattern. We all personally decide the "worth" based on personal taste, complexity of design, construction, whatever your criteria is and then choose to buy or not.
As for uploading, I decide cost, if any, on the same basis. If I get it for free I post it for free but if I paid for it there will be a reasonable, but not excessive charge.
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