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[–] [email protected] 131 points 1 year ago (4 children)

CONVENIENCE FEES HAHAHAHA

God what a scam that shit is

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

"Hey, we saved money by computerization, so we're gonna pass that cost onto you!"

"Don't you mean 'pass the savings onto us?'"

:D "Nope!"

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago

What you don't find paying extra money convenient?

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[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

... and on top of that you have to watch like ten minutes' worth of ads at the beginning. Ugh.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (9 children)

I quit going to movies when they started blaring loud obnoxious commercials under the guise of "entertainment" prior to the movies supposed start time. Going to a movie used to be a social thing you did with friends, but now with them blasting that shit at you at a volume that makes talking impossible what the fuck is even the point? The fact that ticket prices are climbing to this level with this kind of jack assery is ludicrous. And don't get me started on the 20-30 minutes of previews they show after a movies supposed start time. Just fuck this shit.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So you haven't been to a movie theater in, like, 20 years? Because none of that is new.

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I saw Indiana Jones today it had 25 minutes of trailers, an admonishment to not ruin the movie, Nicole Kidman telling me how great going to the movies is, and a commercial for the projector. So a movie listed to start at 11 started at 11:28. it’s fucking ridiculous.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (11 children)

Question from an European: What is that convenience fee? Which costs does it cover?

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago

Nothing for the customer. It's just convenient for the theater to charge more for the ticket.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 year ago

Nothing, it's just an extra charge so that the company can make more money.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Answer from another: nothing. We also have them in various places, like parking, or highway vignettes - you are not using their facilities, you save them money, so they charge you some extra

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

The hell is a “convenience fee”?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

That's when you pay extra because money is yucky

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago

Find a new theater, you're being robbed.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the fuck? A convenience fee??? They're just making shit up at this point

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I gave up on theaters a long time ago. I wanna watch a movie in my PJs, smoke pot, and pause it when I need to. Plus I get lots of kitty snuggles during the viewing as well.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What the heck is a convenience fee?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

A convenient way to charge you for more

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

This is why you should support any surviving local theaters that aren't chains. Monopolies aren't created solely by the companies but with the help of the consumers too

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Convenience fee? What does that even mean?!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Convenience of driving to the cinema with kids and dealing with their shenanigans, then finally getting in the cinema where they sit and watch the film for 2 hours without disturbing you. You are paying for that convenience.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (7 children)

I think you're going to the wrong place. That or the US is just insane.

I think I'd pay about £8 (approx $10.11) per ticket here in the UK. That is without buying food.

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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago

This reminds me... AMC wanted to test selling tickets at a higher cost based on seat location... corporate greed will keep folks at home.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

An exterminator told me that a lot of cinemas have issues with bedbugs. Since then, I haven’t been able to set foot in one.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I work at a pretty high end movie theater. All seats are recliners with tables, there's a full wet bar and restaurant quality food, and we do events and shit too. Tickets typically run $10-$15. This is ridiculous.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How is it legal to make up a fee then offer a paid membership to avoid the fee you just made up? How is that different from the mob guys that would collect your "insurance" membership so that you didn't incur a "business burned down" fee?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Because our governments don't care about us because 40% of the country hates themselves.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

For real. With just a short wait, I can spend less, own the movie permanently, and watch it without wearing pants. Wins all around.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (4 children)

There was a movie theater when I was a kid in the 80s and you could see movies that had already stopped being shown in the regular theaters for a while for $1. So, like, if you missed Return of the Jedi or Temple of Doom in its original run, you could catch it later on the big screen for $1.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (21 children)

As a producer who aims to make 2-10 million dollar genre flicks, I don't see why ticket prices shouldn't be scaled to budgets. Don't want to pay 25 bucks to see Avengers 16? Pay 10 to see a low to mid budget crime or horror flick instead.

To keep profits up, theaters should bring back double features, intermissions, and sell popcorn with THC butter. Snack sales will explode.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

and sell popcorn with THC butter.

Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Don’t forget another $20-$30 for popcorn and drinks!

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

wtf, lol...I pay Regal like $22/mo for unlimited movies and discounts on snacks, which I actually end up using quite a bit.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I use AMC movie pass. It’s amazing.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Holy shit that's outrageous. Me, 2 other adults and 1 kid all saw Spider-Verse 2 at the fanciest theater I know the other week. It was like $7 a ticket. You're being robbed.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Every day I realize what a good investment is was to build a screen into my unused basement room.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think in the age of streaming saturation, going to movies still offer an experience for people vs watching Netflix on your couch. It should ultimately be something that's most of all, fun, and exciting.

Nobody should ever feel like they are getting ripped off for the money they paid, even if everything is getting more expensive, and having blatant tagged on fees, or request for tips for things that didn't use to ask for tips, just makes people feel bad that they got cheated out of their money. And that's not fun.

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[–] Still 9 points 1 year ago

just paid $3.97 to watch a movie on my TV at home with friends. that is ridiculous pricing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

JESUS FUCK. I can pay $20 a month for UNLIMITED movies.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Tickets at my local theater is still lik $8. Wtf do you live?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

wow you guys are getting rinsed over there!

for a UK perspective, we have a cinema chain over here called Everyman, it's cinemas but every seat is a sofa/couch! and you can order food to the seats. unless it's a peak screening, you usually get a whole couch to yourself. matinée shows are roughly ~$17 for adult, ~$11 for child. what's pictured in the OP is no doubt one of those pull-down chairs with the itchy carpet material too. ouch!

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