 Garrison
Female, 30-39, Southern US
 36 Posts
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Monday, February 25, 2013 7:46:25 AM
@OldOllie - Couldn't agree more. Maybe it was a good model, back when the only way to see a movie was going to the cinema but not these days. Like an awful lot of entertainment ventures, it's an outdated and overpriced business plan. |
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 JoexBro
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
259 Posts
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 8:58:06 PM
freddyferret, Movie hopping is not unheard of, its been done by a few folks including myself. Also @spanerbulb, my face is not a f*cking fat one, but I do enjoy some candy and snacks during a movie and I do not enjoy paying the ridiculous prices of the movie theaters here in the US |
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 malikymoo
Female, 18-29, Europe
1951 Posts
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 1:01:50 PM
YOLO |
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 spanerbulb
Male, 30-39, Europe
889 Posts
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 9:41:31 AM
Why bother? Is it not possible to sit through a film without stuffing ones fat f*cking face? |
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 Saunder
Male, 30-39, Europe
148 Posts
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Sunday, February 24, 2013 5:02:00 AM
I don't buy food and drinks in theatres, ever. But that is also because they only sell crap stuff like soda and candy. I would totally buy a plate of good iskender end a refreshing kinnie! |
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 OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8947 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 10:44:50 PM
My nephew used to manage food services for a major theater chain and they were trying all sorts of things to make the food more appealing...
...except selling it at a reasonable price. This is simple economics. I you're selling popcorn for a penny a bushel you won't make any money because it costs you more than that. If your selling popcorn for $100 per gram, you won't make any money because nobody will buy any. Somewhere in between is the price that will produce the most profit. Charging any more or less will result in lower profit. I am thoroughly convinced that movie theater prices are WAY on the high side of this optimum price.
It's one reason I haven't been to a theater in 10 years -- that and all the people who won't STFU, and the smell of the crowd, and the fact that I can't pause the movie to get something to eat or drink or to take a piss, and I have to use ear plugs because they crank the goddamned sound up way, way, WAY to loud. |
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 freddyferret
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
9907 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:07:13 PM
I've done this my whole life. I've also paid for one ticket and seen two or three movies. Yes, I'm the reason the economy is in the toilet. |
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 lauriloo
Female, 40-49, Midwest US
875 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:22:03 PM
"I've brought in even full bags of popcorn. Why do movie theatres insist on ripping people off on the drinks and food? I'd buy it if it was fairly priced, and I'm sure other people would too."
Because they don't make money off the tickets. The vast majority of the ticket price goes to the movie maker. Food is the source of profit for the theaters. My nephew used to manage food services for a major theater chain and they were trying all sorts of things to make the food more appealing, like selling more meal-type items like burgers and pizza. Some theaters were trying having tables and waiters in the theater. If enough people start smuggling in their own food, theaters will die even faster than they are already. |
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lauriloo
Female, 40-49, Midwest US
875 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 1:17:04 PM
Fine if you want to smuggle food in but, for the love of all that's good in the world, remove all the damn noisy wrappers BEFORE you get to the theater. I rarely go to the theater because people are so annoying but I recently saw Flight with my sis and some old dude behind us took FOREVER to noisily unwrap something he had brought in. I almost turned around and socked him one.
Gerry- they are taking out the drive-in by my house. very sad. I would cover all my car windows with garbage bags so I didn't get lights in my eyes from people's brats opening their car doors every 5 minutes but it was nice to have my own space and a big screen
now I have a 100" screen in my own living room and all is good in my world.. |
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 jendrian
Male, 18-29, Canada
2370 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 11:01:30 AM
I've brought in even full bags of popcorn. Why do movie theatres insist on ripping people off on the drinks and food? I'd buy it if it was fairly priced, and I'm sure other people would too. |
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cocacola311
Female, 30-39, Southern US
18 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 9:09:31 AM
Hey I load up my purse when I go...the last time me and my mother forgot and it cost 10.50 for 2 large drinks! Whatever... |
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 panth753
Female, 18-29, Midwest US
8222 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 6:33:20 AM
My dad did that all the time with me and my brother when we were younger. It's not like they check bags or anything anyway, at least at the all theaters I've been too. |
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 bacon_pie
Male, 30-39, Southern US
2020 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 5:41:00 AM
I do this, except with liquor. |
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 matherdon
Male, 18-29, Europe
56 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 5:25:42 AM
Lol what country is this? North Korea?? |
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 CynicalGamer
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
178 Posts
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Saturday, February 23, 2013 2:18:15 AM
Enjoy it while you can, I am sure there will be TSA type pat downs in US theaters soon enough. |
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 toqr
Male, 18-29, Europe
197 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 11:43:53 PM
You are not allowed to bring outside foodstuffs into the cinema???
Thats just messed up... |
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 jinxiejae
Female, 30-39, Western US
2496 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 10:47:42 PM
tote bag purses. snuck in two personal pizzas from dominos,candy and drank bottled sodas with paper fruit straws. ah memories. |
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OldOllie
Male, 50-59, Midwest US
8947 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 9:43:05 PM
If tickets and concession stand prices weren't such a giant rep-off, they wouldn't have this problem. |
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 DrProfessor
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
3632 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 9:23:37 PM
...this is how we've always done it |
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carmium
Female, 50-59, Canada
4270 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 8:55:59 PM
"Well, Ray, it's sure nice of you to invite me to - what? You mean that's just a bottle of Coke in your pants?!" |
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 Solvent
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
2764 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 7:46:40 PM
The people will always find a way. |
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PTPete
Female, 30-39, Western US
1230 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 7:41:10 PM
They make their money at the concession stands, so yea, they can be a bit pissy about this. I can fit six bottle-rockets (tiny bottles of booze) in my bra without it looking too lumpy. Times is hard y'all. |
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 HalfPintRoo
Female, 18-29, Eastern US
2082 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 7:38:46 PM
it's so sad we have to be so sneaky with candy |
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 FemBot
Female, 18-29, Western US
258 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 7:36:28 PM
This is oddly sexual. |
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 SCfan
Male, 40-49, Midwest US
1679 Posts
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Friday, February 22, 2013 7:28:44 PM
Three bucks for a Coke and four bucks for a box of candy, hell yes. |
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