"WickeddollŽ" <wickeddoll1958nofeckingspam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "tom dunne" <dunnetg@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> > WickeddollŽ wrote:
> > > Hey guys! Saw an ad for the Nikita DVDs at Best Buy for $69. Still
too
> high
> > > in my opinion, but better than the original $99!
> > >
> > > I'll wait for it to come to the Air Force base where I live, as they
> usually
> > > sell TV series DVDs for a significantly lower amount than any
civilian
> > > facility.
> > >
> > > I know I'm a cheapskate. I don't believe in paying a ridiculous
price
> for
> > > anything, just because you can.
> >
> > A new DVD release of a single two-hour film costs (conservatively),
$16.
> > That's $8/hour of media. The LFN S1 DVD set contains (again,
> > conservatively) 16 hours of media, and you quoted it at $70. That's
> > about $4.35/ hour of media. Per unit of entertainment, the LFN set is
> > about half the price of any new movie you'd want to buy.
> >
> > So, as DVDs go, how much below their present dollar/hour price do you
> > feel it needs to go before it's cheap enough for you? Or do you just
> > not buy DVDs, as they're even twice as expensive for what you get?
> >
>
> The series I've purchased are Buffy 1-4, Hercules & Xena, both season
one,
> The Young Ones, a British cult show, the complete Mr. Bean series and
The
> Blackadder series.
>
> Buffy generally runs about $50 per season, as do most of the others. I
think
> they're charging so much more for these because they underestimate how
many
> folks would buy them. (I meant why they're charging so much more for
Nikita)
>
> The different Star Trek series run about $100 per season, which I think
is
> ALSO ridiculous - and I'm as much of a Star Trek fan as you can get. I
just
> refuse to be ripped off, simply because I can afford it.
>
> I think $50-60 bucks TOPS is the most any series should cost per season.
>
> Natalie
>
>
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