Sometimes the only “good” thing about a free template is the fact that it is free. While some template designers create good usable free templates many of these templates can actually cost you traffic and , more importantly, clients.
When I started out using a content management system (Joomla!) I used free templates, firstly because they are free and secondly, because there are so many of them. However, in recent times I’ve found that there’s too much of a sameness to these free templates and I started looking for templates that offer more without