Well that’s interesting. The link just circles back. Oh well.
Why doesn’t he sue for $1-per-gallon gas?
I'm surprised they just didn't call 911 and have the theater manager arrested for high prices.
Heck, I just bring my own.
It’s meritless for any number of reasons, both legal and practical. The most important aspect to this IMO is that there seems to be no lower limit to what people think they’re entitled to these days.
I note that the wheelchair-bound woman in the picture has time take in the full cinema experience on a Friday morning, when most people who can’t afford that are either working or at home.
He’s gonna lose. You have options. But the theaters really ought to consider lowering prices. I know they’re in a hard spot because most of the ticket money goes to Hollywood and so they have to make the money on concessions but I think they’re gilding the lily. If they went to convenience store prices people would stop smuggling stuff (bought at the convenience stores) in, revenue would go up. Heck for convenience store prices they’d probably get impulse shoppers. Our local arthouse keeps prices low and they turned a profit this year, not a big profit but it’s a 2 screen arthouse in a time when most theaters are losing money fast.
I went to a movie this past weekend,one of two or three I see in a year’s time. There were very few people at the concession stand. Maybe the problem will take care of itself.
from another article:
“Morgan did offer up this tidbit about Thompson, which might explain why the plaintiff is paying careful attention to what flies out of his wallet: Thompson is newly engaged and getting married in just a few months.”
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-popcorn-lawsuit-20120305,0,3059649.story
Some time back, I took my g/daughter to see “Schreck”, I dunno how to spell it. Anyway, it cost me almost $40 for tickets, a drink each, a split box of pop corn and a small box of candy. That totally sucks dude.
The theater’s argument is simple.
1) We do not make very much profit from the movies themselves. Our source of profit is our concessions.
2) Renting a building large enough to house a theater is expensive, as is the cost of utilities and employing our staff.
3) Therefore we request the judge dismiss the lawsuit, with any associated costs to be paid by the man who filed this lawsuit and his attorney.
I remember when my Brothers and I would all go to the Bay Theater in Panama City, Florida for a nickel each. This would be on Saturdays. There would typically be a cowboy or Tarzan or similar movie on Saturdays.
There was always a cartoon and a serial, my favorite being Rocket Man or Commander Cody. I don’t think we ever got snacks tho.
A few years later it cost 15 cents at the Ritz in DeFuniak Srings. I would often buy milk duds or another of the standard theater snacks.
When I got to 18, the Ritz jumped to what I thought was highway robbery: 65 Cents, tho the Junior Mints etc. were still the same and completely affordable.
I know there has been a lot of inflation since 1965 but theater prices have gone up much more than most things.
The real issue is the theater banning people from bringing their own snacks. Challenging that is the only thing that might make a little bit of sense. Theaters can charge whatever they want. It’s the enforced monopoly that is the problem.
So don’t buy any.
I work for one of the last small town theaters.
We charge 5 bucks, 4 for kids.
Concessions - we still feel bad charging these prices - but we have to pay bills.
Popcorn - 3.00
Soda - 2.00
Candy - 2.00
We almost never show R rated movies - but make exceptions for something like Act Of Valor or Last Temptation.