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Shauk · 06-13-2007, 06:47 AM

well if you have financial morals chances are you're not very wise with your money anyways.

The problem is, the whole basis of this thread is that you respect the movie theaters as an "authority" which quite frankly doesn't fly well with me.

I don't get why movie theaters act like some sort of authority acting like they are extending a privilege by having you pay the highest price possible to "gamble" on something you may or may not enjoy (it really is a crap shoot)
on top of that, you can "raise the stakes" by putting more money on 5$ portions of candy that you know sell for 99 cents elsewhere.

If you're self aware, you would know that you are being taken for a sucker, being purposely drained of every cent possible and instead of treating you like a customer, they treat you like a prisoner by imposing limitations on your freedoms as a consumer.

in short, yes, i've stopped at a gas station and spent 4$ on the same amount of food and candy for me and a date that would have otherwise cost 15$ at the theater, and on the money I saved, I could afford dinner or something later.

now if they charged a REASONABLE profit margin for thier product, then, yeah, fine, i'd have no issues with it, but the fact that thier pricing is predatory and ridiculous and on top of that they really don't offer anything healthy to eat during the movie as a snack for people who actually don't like putting crap in to thier bodies (why not let people bring in health bars or something huh? oh thats right, you just want more money)

I think they should not worry about it and let people bring what they want, since the only way they can justify thier price is for the convenience factor of being able to grab it during a lull in the movie or something.

anyways, yes, i've snuck in lots, no one has any reason to try and search me, and once you whip it out and start eating, no one is none the wiser as to where you got it.

06-13-2007, 06:47 AM	#52 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	well if you have financial morals chances are you're not very wise with your money anyways. The problem is, the whole basis of this thread is that you respect the movie theaters as an "authority" which quite frankly doesn't fly well with me. I don't get why movie theaters act like some sort of authority acting like they are extending a privilege by having you pay the highest price possible to "gamble" on something you may or may not enjoy (it really is a crap shoot) on top of that, you can "raise the stakes" by putting more money on 5$ portions of candy that you know sell for 99 cents elsewhere. If you're self aware, you would know that you are being taken for a sucker, being purposely drained of every cent possible and instead of treating you like a customer, they treat you like a prisoner by imposing limitations on your freedoms as a consumer. in short, yes, i've stopped at a gas station and spent 4$ on the same amount of food and candy for me and a date that would have otherwise cost 15$ at the theater, and on the money I saved, I could afford dinner or something later. now if they charged a REASONABLE profit margin for thier product, then, yeah, fine, i'd have no issues with it, but the fact that thier pricing is predatory and ridiculous and on top of that they really don't offer anything healthy to eat during the movie as a snack for people who actually don't like putting crap in to thier bodies (why not let people bring in health bars or something huh? oh thats right, you just want more money) I think they should not worry about it and let people bring what they want, since the only way they can justify thier price is for the convenience factor of being able to grab it during a lull in the movie or something. anyways, yes, i've snuck in lots, no one has any reason to try and search me, and once you whip it out and start eating, no one is none the wiser as to where you got it.