User blog comment:Timeoin/Regarding the TES Online Payment Method/@comment-68.145.117.65-20130831055932/@comment-7153552-20130904133046

I've never said they need to drop it entirely, it's far too late for that. In fact I made mention several times that they need to drop the fee at this point else face being called liars. The monthly fee was wrong to begin with, but now that it's out and they made such a strong arguement for needing it, they have to keep it. They don't, however, have to keep it at the current price.