I am not a wealthy person, but 9.95 a month? I would imagine most of us spend more on a monthly basis on coffee or lunches. Heck, use $2.50 in coupons each week at the grocery store. Believe me if you have one of these sysyems for a month you won't know how you ever lived without.
Additionally, the equipment can be had very cheap. My whole setup was under a hundered dollars (as per my choice I added a new antenna - didn't want to put the original one on the paint), and if you look for rebates you can probably get it for less than than that.
I would imagine there was a time when people made similar comments about cable tv, internet access, and cellphones.
BUT, certainly everyone is entitled to their own opinion, however, if you like variety and are in you car this is a great thing. The sound quality with radio stations is terrible and CDs are expensive and you get tired of them. And while I would love a hard drive based stereo as much as the next guy the way the RIAA is going after people, mp3s are just not worth the trouble.
And Pens, if you want, I will email you a pic of where I have my Delphi over the weekend, I'm working out of town right now. You're right it sits next to the radio (not in the way of the glove box), but I think the airbag is not obstructed. I would imagine Pro Fit made sure these things wouldn't interfere with the airbags because if someone was ever killed or injured as a result the lawsuit would put them out of business.