NormanS
Premium,MVM
join:2001-02-14
San Jose, CA
 ·Pacific Bell - SBC
| reply to ztmike
Re: Prices
said by ztmike  :As for the movies..Hollywood has been pumping out nothing but shit lately so I download those to, because its waste spending $20+ on 1 single movie when its shit. If if isn't worth paying to see, it isn't worth the time to download. I don't use BT on anything belonging to the MPAA/RIAA because they don't produce anything worth watching, or listening to.
--
Norman
~Oh Lord, why have you come
~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
|
Pirate515
Premium
join:2001-01-22
Brooklyn, NY
|  reply to BAF
said by BAF :Haha at my movie theater I just walk in with food/drink from the food court. I have yet to have anything said to me. If they give me shit about it, I'll just return my movie ticket. Also, there is no sign saying external food/drink prohibited, so in my opinion, they can't do anything anyway. Lucky you. In the movie theater by me where I go to most of the time, they do prohibit outside food/drinks, and what's worse than that is that they claim that it's for "security" reasons. Of course, those who go to that movie theater often know it too well that the real reason is because they want to charge you $3 - 5 for drinks that can be purchased for $1 - $1.50 in a grocery store across the street. And to top that, if someone tries to come in with a bag, they search that too, although they stay away from searching coats/jackets and purses. So actually, in the winter time it's pretty easy for me to "smuggle in" a bottle of soda and/or some candy. Summer time is a different story though.
--
Ask me no questions, and I'll tell you no lies...
A MESSAGE to the RIAA and the MPAA: You shouldn't wound what you can't kill... |
|
MyDogHsFleas
Premium
join:2007-08-15
Austin, TX | reply to fiberguy
yeah I was wrong thanks people. |
|
Corydon
Cultivant son jardin
Premium
join:2008-02-18
Denver, CO
clubs:
 ·Comcast
| reply to ztmike
said by ztmike :1.) My credit is shot=No CC and don't have a bank yet for debit, will soon though. My parents don't give me money, I work for my shit. 2.) Flopping down $20+ for a crap movie=NO, getting it for free=Yes. That 20 bucks can go towards gas or smokes or what not. I might go to the theater if there's actually a movie that's worth seeing. But not in awhile has there been one. As long as this is the face of the BT crowd, the tool will never have legitimacy. |
|
rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT
| reply to Pirate515
said by Pirate515 :Lucky you. In the movie theater by me where I go to most of the time, they do prohibit outside food/drinks, and what's worse than that is that they claim that it's for "security" reasons. Of course, those who go to that movie theater often know it too well that the real reason is because they want to charge you $3 - 5 for drinks that can be purchased for $1 - $1.50 in a grocery store across the street. And to top that, if someone tries to come in with a bag, they search that too, although they stay away from searching coats/jackets and purses. So actually, in the winter time it's pretty easy for me to "smuggle in" a bottle of soda and/or some candy. Summer time is a different story though. What you don't realize is that the Movie theaters pass back 98-100% of ticket revenue to the Movie Distributer as required by their contract. Theaters no longer buy movies and show them to make money off tickets. The Distribution companys provide the movie reels/Digital discs/downloads (some of the larger theaters are distributed to through a secure WAN download network) at no/minimal cost and now require that they pass back all ticket revenue and as a result they can only make money on the extras. Food, drink and candy are the only money they make.
So yea, when you sneak in food, drink and candy without the theaters permission you are directly taking revenue from the theater and only giving money to the Movie company. Hurt your local business and help Hollywood. Good old American tradition. |
|
rahvin112
join:2002-05-24
Sandy, UT
| reply to ztmike
Personally I hope you lose your job as a result of someone stealing at the business you work at. Harsh I guess, but I'm tempted to write an email suggesting that the RIAA and MPAA sue you based on your admission on this site. It would be trivial for them to extract a pound of flesh.
Then not only will your credit be bad but you will owe the *AA's $100k each, then you will be forced to really man up and actually pay for what you used. Regardless of your statements on quality, your consumption of the merchandise in question shows your hypocrisy, if you really did think everything sucked you wouldn't be stealing it. If you were a real man and you couldn't afford it you wouldn't steal it, you would wait until it was on TV.
You aren't entitled to the work of others. If you don't like their price, don't consume it. But of course I have morals and you apparently don't. |
|
RainWind
join:2000-10-20
Van Wert, OH
1 edit | reply to ztmike
A job, you should get one.
Or you could, I dunno, rent movies? $25/mo with netflix and you can rent all the movies you want. They have packages to suit everyone's needs.
You can get both music and movies legally for a fair price. All the music and movies you want only costs $40/mo with a Rhapsody and Netflix subscription. If you can't afford $40 you need to get away from the T.V. and spend that time earning money.
If you're in college there's a free service. So you really have no excuse for pirating movies and music other than you're just too cheap to pay a fair price.
But I must admit, I have a lot of sympathy for your cause. I too would rather spend my money poisoning my lungs and stealing from those big evil corporations while giving my money to a different big evil corporation... Learn to manage money. You're not the only one with a sub 600 FICO. If I can get my music and movies legit so can you. |
|
nekkidtruth
You fail at life.
Premium
join:2002-05-20
London, ON
| reply to rahvin112
said by rahvin112 :Personally I hope you lose your job as a result of someone stealing at the business you work at. Harsh I guess, but I'm tempted to write an email suggesting that the RIAA and MPAA sue you based on your admission on this site. It would be trivial for them to extract a pound of flesh. Then not only will your credit be bad but you will owe the *AA's $100k each, then you will be forced to really man up and actually pay for what you used. Regardless of your statements on quality, your consumption of the merchandise in question shows your hypocrisy, if you really did think everything sucked you wouldn't be stealing it. If you were a real man and you couldn't afford it you wouldn't steal it, you would wait until it was on TV. You aren't entitled to the work of others. If you don't like their price, don't consume it. But of course I have morals and you apparently don't. Please, for the sake of us all. Get over yourself.
You would be hard pressed to find anyone on this site or anywhere for that matter who is 100% honest in every single thing they do in life, and I mean down to finding a single penny on the sidewalk and turning it in to the police. 
No one is perfect. Including you.
--
Weeeeeee |
|
