[goathead]

Same here, it's very clearly unclear in what is going on with that VIP program. That's not a failure of the site visitor at all but certainly will be the first thing anyone hungry for their money would say.

It seems like further proof that the plan is to separate suckers from their money.

I'm not overly familiar with consumer protection law here in the US but if it exists it wouldn't surprise me to see it haphazardly enforced if at all.