Remember the retail price for movies a few years ago. Why were the prices so high? On average movies were $80-120 which is why rental places like blockbuster caught on.
On Mon, Jun 21, 2010 at 10:31 AM, Martin Baxter <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > Mr Worf, opening-day renting is, IMO, a coming thing. With my own time at > such a premium, I know I'd be in line to use it, were it available. > > > On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 9:09 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> I believe that they could make even more money if they beefed up their >> rental library and offered opening day renting from home. (at a premium) >> >> On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 3:45 AM, Martin Baxter >> <martinbaxt...@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> After reading that, Mr Worf, I'm reminded of that immortal scene from >>> "The Blues Brothers", when Reverend Cleophus Jones asks Joliet Jake, "Have >>> you seen the light?" >>> >>> In this case, it's "Have you seen the $$$?" >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Jun 19, 2010 at 11:36 PM, Mr. Worf <hellomahog...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *"After months of conducting studies about the effects of delays on >>>> sales of DVDs, 'Paramount Pictures has agreed to provide its movies to >>>> Redbox on the same day they go on >>>> sale<http://techcrunch.com/2010/06/17/hollywood-dvd-rentals/>.' >>>> A Paramount exec said, 'Those people who want to rent are going to figure >>>> out ways to rent, and us restricting them from renting isn't going to turn >>>> it into a purchase.' Gee, who would have thought of that?"* Reader >>>> DisKurzion sends in news of another movie business experiment underway by >>>> an >>>> Australian company called Distracted Media. They are raising funds for a >>>> movie called *The Tunnel* by letting people invest in individual frames >>>> for $1 >>>> apiece<http://torrentfreak.com/the-tunnel-buy-a-frame-of-a-bittorrent-only-horror-movie-100617/>. >>>> When the movie is complete, it will be released for free on torrent sites. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >>>> Mahogany at: >>>> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody >>> hell wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant >>> >>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! >> Mahogany at: >> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/ >> > > > > -- > "If all the world's a stage and we are merely players, who the bloody hell > wrote the script?" -- Charles E Grant > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik > > > > -- Celebrating 10 years of bringing diversity to perversity! Mahogany at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mahogany_pleasures_of_darkness/
