Here is what I have been using to solve a similar problem.
http://www.getonthewebtoday.com/OnlineFileFolder
It's more than an FTP site, a lot less involved than SharePoint --
cheap and easy to use.
Check it out...

On Oct 28, 12:34 pm, "mttmwsn" wrote:
I need to get excel spreadsheets from 30 people once a week.
Instead of having the spreadsheets e-mailed to me, I need to automate the
process. I thought about seting up anftpsitebut we have the budget for a
better solution. MS SharePoint seems like overkill because it's not a
collaborative project. I just want to get their data and also possibly let
them correct their data if they make a mistake.