@Jason Schuller - Yeah, it's not like the theme failed to function at all when the plugins were not installed. I just think it would be better to have 0 plugin dependencies and just built the functionality right into the theme.

@donnacha | WordSkill - You're right. I typically add in price information to the At A Glance portion but forgot to do it this go around. The post will be edited to show the price.

As for your stance on his pricing model, I totally disregarded that during my review. Instead, I focused the review on the product. However, upon closer inspection, it's a mistake that I bypassed it since as you mentioned, there are a few quirks that were worth noting in the review. I suppose I could add on to the review my thoughts on the whole pricing structure.

As for your point regarding value, there is no doubt that right now, just about every other commercial theme outlet may have better value than what you'll get with ThemeGarden but it's a new company and these are the early days of this new venture. As he develops each theme for ThemeGarden, that will increase the value of the subscription.