I have gotten to the point I just buy everything instead of renting. When you can buy a new release for $10, what’s the point of renting for $5 and paying a few bucks more for the eventual late fees.
After a while you end up having to rent a storage unit for all those DVDs.
[When you can buy a new release for $10, what’s the point of renting for $5 and paying a few bucks more for the eventual late fees.]
Exactly, especially when as you get older, you’ve forgotten what you’ve seen in a week and can watch the same show over. Pretty soon I’ll just be able to put John Wayne in Rio Bravo on a continuous loop and not even have to get up off the couch. Perpetually entertained.
I hadn’t rented a movie in quite a few years. I’d either bought or DVR’d them. Then we got into the mode of upgrading our TV. So in December I looked at joining Netflix, or some other DVD rental.
Not being big movie buffs, I stopped when I saw it would cost a monthly fee whether we ordered movies or not. I looked into Redbox, but what they have locally is pitiful, and I want to be able to walk into a store and walk out with something. So, I set up a membership at our local video rental store. I’ve only rented two movies since then (like I said, we’re not into movies much), but will rent more now that we have our new, super duper TV.
It’s all in what one’s needs are.
Don’t you end up with a lot of videos?
I’m the opposite. When you can rent a new release for $1 (or less via monthly fee), what’s the point of buying for >=$10 when you’re only going to watch it once, maybe twice, and have to dedicate shelf space to it forever after.
Short of dirt-cheap ($2 or less) specials, I only buy premium/box-sets of the few movies I especially like and particularly want to own (Blade Runner, Brazil, Watchmen, etc.), as much for the extras as for the main title. I should start dumping what I do own and won’t watch again (few would pay enough for those aging DVDs to warrant the bother of selling them). I’ve got too much stuff, and about 1/3rd of my stuff is media.