Re: Can you guys explain something to me?

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"Anthrax442" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote
> -** Troll.

No way, not even a troll. My brother in law buys movies like crazy, he has
hundreds of them. We ate dinner last night, and all he did was complain
about Christmas being tough because he wants to always have more money to
spend than he does.

My wife and I just looked at each other...

After he left, my wife and I just started talking about how ridiculous the
whole culture of "owning" is. I don't buy video games, I rent them, I have a
blockbuster games pass...$20 a month. That's $240 bucks a year. That's 365
days of playing any game I want as often as I want for as long as I want. At
that same price, I could only buy about 5 games. Likewise for Netflix. I pay
$15 a month for up to 4 movies out a month, and over the course of a month,
I probably go thru about 10-12 DVDs a month. If I even spent TWENTY DOLLARS
on HALF of those, I'd have about a $1400 dent in my wallet by the end of a
year, instead of the $180 I spend for the year on Netflix. I just makes
absolutely NO sense to me...seriously.

> C'mon Krusty, you can do better than that.  Besides, just
> because you purchase something doesn't mean you can't sell it later on
when
> you realize you're not going to watch it anymore.

You're kidding right? I just went to ebay and did a search for "hulk dvd"
figuring some people bought it, it's kinda new, they've watched it a couple
times, and decided to strike while the iron's hot and sell it now...the
prices range from about $3 to about $9. Now, I'm no Einstein, but the hassle
of selling something on ebay, packing it up, sending it, and then getting
maybe $7 for my trouble, just seems...well...retarded.

> You'll make enough money
> to essesntially put the cost in the "rental" category, with the exception
> being that you don't have to bring it back to blockbuster or mail it back
to
> netflix.

I walk out to my mailbox and stick it in. How hard exactly is that?

> Also, if a show is available on DVD, I think it's proper to actually PAY
for
> it, rather than just download it from somewhere.

I barely keep what I download. I routinely delete movies and videos I
download. In fact, I just threw out a *stack* of VCDs containing Simpsons,
Family Guy eps, Animaniacs...all downloaded, watched a few times,
then...what? the CD cost a nickel, and I can always get it again. Hell, next
time it might even be better quality...or something..

Krusty,
still doesn't get it...