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Originally Posted by NJBest
So the movie theater charges $12 per ticket, and gives $9 to the movie producers.
How do you expect the movie theater to make money? $3 per viewer doesn't cut it.
No argument with your logic. Following a Darwinian course, it would be logical for movie theaters to close down.
Just a minute ago my guy & I were talking about the sound check for THX surround sound & how we hadn't heard it in a long time since we haven't been to a movie theater in ages. We watch everything online. Very convenient. It's rare that we even watch DVD's anymore (sometimes there's a sound check on those, I think).
In the posts you highlighted within your own post: The real reason I gave kudos to L. was in regard to the good chop to THL.... If you've spent too much time on C-D as I have, you sometimes enjoy a little show down of words between those you hold in favor & those you don't... *L* I was simply very amused. I love L's eloquence.
I've never been a movie house fan - I usually only go to the theater if it's someone else's idea, to keep them company. I do have compassion for business owners but in capitalism it isn't the survival of the weakest... It just isn't. It's survival of the strongest. When I had a business, no one really cared how I made my profit! Not really!
I do think laws have changed to allow bringing in outside edibles... But I'm probably wrong. I agree that if there IS a sign stating a rule for no outside food, it would be "cheating" to bring it in anyways without prior permission or agreement.
Of course, there are those of us who enjoy living dangerously & bring in the Dollar Store candies or our own water.
If it is true that the movie theater runs on a $2 or $3 profit margin from tickets, it wouldn't make sense to gamble on people buying concessions in my opinion. It would make more sense to have better seating & charge more for the ticket. But then, it isn 't my place to judge, because it isn't my industry.
$2 doesn't even buy a gallon of gas or milk anymore... $3 might get you a gallon of milk.... It doesn't make a lot of sense to me how rent, utilities & payroll are met with that margin. Maybe it's an urban legend? Or an outdated dollar figure? You know vcrs, dvd's & movies in general have gone down in price in the last 2 decades.... Just sayin'...
This falls into the, "But, but, but, I want to do this, and not only that, I want all of you to approve of me doing it!" school of argument.
Sorry, but if you're going to try to cheat the system (and bringing outside edibles into a place where the very first thing you see when you enter the building is the concession stand is pretty obviously t trying to cheat the system and anyone who says otherwise is probably going to try to sell you oceanfront property in Idaho), you're going to have to accept that a lot of people, who pay more as a result of your cheating, are going to see you as a cheater. That's just the way it is, you can't have your cake and eat it, too (cheat the system and have everyone pretend that you aren't doing what you're doing).
Guilty..
I know it's wrong and I shouldn't sneak candy in but when I watch movies at a movie theater I like stuff to snack on, at the theater I go to the prices for the food is jaw dropping $3 for a pack of skittles?? Come on now..I can go to the 99 cent store and get the same EXACT pack for guess what? 99 cents. A small bag of popcorn WITH butter $7 plus 50 cent for a refill? I guess they need to make up somehow for the $5 dollar movies.
Now I know some people who sneak Mc Doubles and McChickens from McDonalds in..now that is just crazy. lol
The theater we usually go to offers admission to the movie plus a decent-size bag of popcorn and a 20 ounce drink for $6. At that price I don't see much need to sneak snacks in.
If we go somewhere else, I have no problem going 2 hours without a snack or a drink, especially since I usually watch the movie right before or right after supper.
We all know how expensive the candy and sodas are at the movie theater theater these days.
When I was a little kid, me, my brother and dad would all fill our pockets full of candy and sodas before we went into the movie theater to watch the matinee. I still occasionally practice this today. I went to go see a movie recently and the girl I went with snuck in a small bag of chopped up fruit and snickers for me and a bag of popcorn in her purse for herself as well. We did this despite the signs posted not allowing this.
Do you sneak in your own candy/food? either because you don't agree with paying exorbitant prices or maybe just because the theater doesn't sell anything you like.
I think its crazy that movie theaters charge an arm and a leg for food and drink. Yes I know that theaters make most of their profit on food and drink.
Of course I do. Everything from chicken wings and fries to Nachos from Taco Bell.
One time I brought in my lunch in those to go boxes: Kung Pao Beef and Fried Rice smelled so good in a crowded the theatre. oops!
I also bring in cans of soda, and ask for cups of ice inside.
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