Yeah. I lucked into something where they (foolishly) offered me all of the classes I could take in three months, so of course I hoovered each class but three up, but I paid attention to the instructors. I spent some time asking them how they liked teaching the classes and watched them pretty carefully, so when I found out that instructors weren't getting paid, I wasn't too surprised.
I extended for a couple of months to finish up some projects, but that heavy push at the end is usually the sign of a Membership Death Spiral (if you look at it upside down, it's a pyramid). The folks I quietly warned did not listen and ended up having paid for something they'd never get. I heard of someone at another Techshop who donated some enormous, expensive milling machine to them in exchange for a lifetime membership. Whew.
