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PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:04 pm 
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$9.99 a month for unlimited movies at the theater.

https://www.moviepass.com/

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https://www.moviepasslocations.com/index.html


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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 8:28 pm 
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Seeing as I go to the movies about twice every 6 years this seems like a ripoff.

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
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Recliners....dirt cheap price

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
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I can't really wrap my head around this one, it's like an April Fool's joke 5 months too late.

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Thu Aug 17, 2017 10:59 pm 
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I can't really wrap my head around this one, it's like an April Fool's joke 5 months too late.


Same. How is this possible? It costs that much for a matinee on a weekday.

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
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Looks totally legit.
https://moviepass.zendesk.com/hc/en-us

SIGN ME UP!!!!!

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
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Hank Scorpio wrote:
shirtless driver wrote:
I can't really wrap my head around this one, it's like an April Fool's joke 5 months too late.


Same. How is this possible? It costs that much for a matinee on a weekday.

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:11 am 
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Hank Scorpio wrote:
shirtless driver wrote:
I can't really wrap my head around this one, it's like an April Fool's joke 5 months too late.


Same. How is this possible? It costs that much for a matinee on a weekday.

The business plan seems to be to lose a lot of money on this and get people hooked on it as the only way to go see a movie and then negotiate with the theaters and then raise the price some to become the way people see movies now.

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:12 am 
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So the movie house folks are saying screw the movie makers I'll seek outrageously priced concessions?

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:18 am 
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
Hank Scorpio wrote:
shirtless driver wrote:
I can't really wrap my head around this one, it's like an April Fool's joke 5 months too late.


Same. How is this possible? It costs that much for a matinee on a weekday.

The business plan seems to be to lose a lot of money on this and get people hooked on it as the only way to go see a movie and then negotiate with the theaters and then raise the price some to become the way people see movies now.


I don't think theaters make much on the price of a ticket. I believe their business plan is to make 1,000% profit on popcorn and soda

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:32 am 
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I would assume it is a concession grab and I'd also assume they would target people like me that would get 5 of these for the whole family (I'm assuming you need one per attendant but I'm not going to go look) and then be lucky to get to 1 movie a season on average.


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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 8:44 am 
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I would assume it is a concession grab and I'd also assume they would target people like me that would get 5 of these for the whole family (I'm assuming you need one per attendant but I'm not going to go look) and then be lucky to get to 1 movie a season on average.

I don't think this is the movie theaters doing this. It's an outside company who is going to pay for the movie on your behalf.

So, if you go to 4 movies a month, this service will charge you $10 a month and pay the movie theaters $40 a month. A lot of these types of things build in losing tons of money at the start with big funding to build up a user base and get market share.

All of a sudden, when there are one million people on the service they can say to the movie theaters "If you want to continue, you'll have to accept $5 a ticket" and then they raise the price to $20 a month or whatever is profitable.

The movie theaters are in a tough spot because signing up for this is basically setting themselves up to be at the mercy of this service down the line.

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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:09 am 
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Peoria Matt wrote:
$9.99 a month for unlimited movies at the theater.

https://www.moviepass.com/

Search to see if your theaters are included:

https://www.moviepasslocations.com/index.html


wow, classic cinemas is on board. we usually go 2-3 times a month and see the 3-4p matinees, so it's always $13 for 2. hm...


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 Post subject: Re: MoviePass
PostPosted: Fri Aug 18, 2017 10:33 am 
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I'd have some interest in this. Even if I don't go all the time, I usually am sure to see the Oscar contenders during the cold and
winter months so I figure I go to at least 8-10 movies a year which is close to breaking even. If I had the card I would likely see
some that I wouldn't normally go and pay for.

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