What a surprise.
1 posted on
01/30/2004 7:46:00 PM PST by
gd124
To: gd124
$7 to watch The Waterboy? I'm outraged too!
2 posted on
01/30/2004 7:50:40 PM PST by
anonymous_user
(Politics is show business for ugly people.)
To: gd124
About 20 H-E-B grocery stores in the Austin area sold the EZ-Ds, vacuum-sealed movies that, once opened, play for 48 hours before a chemical reaction on the surface of the discs renders them unplayable. I've always felt that this was one of the most ridiculous concepts ever for a consumer product. I pay for an item, and then 48 hours after I first use it, it becomes unusable. No thanks.
To: gd124
The industry doesn't seem to learn. About 15 years ago they tried to introduce videos that would count the number of times they were watched, and the renter would be charged if it were watched more than once.
IT WAS A TOTAL FAILURE.
4 posted on
01/30/2004 7:56:55 PM PST by
kitkat
(Purr, purr SNOOZE)
To: gd124
I wonder how many millions they wasted on this stupid idea. I can get most all of those movies on a real used DVD like new for around $7.00.
5 posted on
01/30/2004 7:58:49 PM PST by
packrat35
(reality is for people who can't face science fiction)
To: gd124
I think this is a billion dollar idea. Triggers some great marketing ideas for me.
To bad I'm not a business man.
Anybody out there in freeperLand that wants to make a multi million bucks and cut me in for a slice.
I'll make you richer then the guy who started MCDonalds.
6 posted on
01/30/2004 10:11:57 PM PST by
jokar
(Beware of the White European Male Christian theological complex !!)
To: gd124
The discs sell for about $7. Why would somebody pay $7 to rent a movie, when they can go to Blockbuster and rent one for half that? And grocery stores have rentals for even cheaper!
7 posted on
01/31/2004 12:42:34 AM PST by
NYCVirago
To: gd124
BUMP
10 posted on
01/31/2004 4:10:59 PM PST by
jokar
(Beware of the White European Male Christian theological complex !!)
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