Usual Suspects for €55! O_o

[garlad]

Rip off Ireland - as its known - is where i live and today in HMV i came across the Usual Suspects blu-ray selling for €55 which is approx $85!!!! Can you believe that????? How do stores get away with it... It made me sick..

[Gremal]

That is just wrong.

[garlad]

Originally Posted by Gremal

That is just wrong.

Totally!! Wish i could do something about it.. Its daylight robbery.. no wonder blu ray is having a tough job taking off here - with those prices is it any wonder!

[richieb1971]

Everything is rip off man, I just went to the cinema to watch Ironman and they were charging £9.00 for two cokes and popcorn for 2. It was already £7.50 to get in already.

[ryoohki]

Originally Posted by richieb1971

Everything is rip off man, I just went to the cinema to watch Ironman and they were charging £9.00 for two cokes and popcorn for 2. It was already £7.50 to get in already.

It cost about 40$ here for 2 (2 tickets, 2 Drink, 2 Popcorn) on a normal day

It it's about 20 Pound..

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by richieb1971

Everything is rip off man, I just went to the cinema to watch Ironman and they were charging £9.00 for two cokes and popcorn for 2. It was already £7.50 to get in already.

You got off lightly; just cost me €24 for tickets, and about €15 for "goodies".
For our American friends that's over $60.

And yes, the price of BDs here is outrageous, and is why I buy all mine from Amazon.com

* Do note however that all these price comparisons are greatly skewed by the current exchange rate (weak Dollar, strong Euro)

** Iron Man was great by the way

[ajkj9]

what a rip off that movie sucked anyway (in my opinion) i own it and if anyone is willing to buy it for 85 let me know! lol i'll even go to 84.99

[jw]

Originally Posted by ajkj9

what a rip off that movie sucked anyway (in my opinion) i own it and if anyone is willing to buy it for 85 let me know! lol i'll even go to 84.99

lol...sold
Moneys in the mail

[SpartanDavie]

Originally Posted by ryoohki

It cost about 40$ here for 2 (2 tickets, 2 Drink, 2 Popcorn) on a normal day

It it's about 20 Pound..

Our drinks and popcorn ain't quite the size u get in the US

[Blu Titan]

Originally Posted by garlad

Rip off Ireland - as its known - is where i live and today in HMV i came across the Usual Suspects blu-ray selling for €55 which is approx $85!!!! Can you believe that????? How do stores get away with it... It made me sick..

That is truly an outrageous amount for that BD!

[RobertB]

Whow! That is actually more expensive than here in Norway...that is pretty damn impressive in a bad way!

[ajkj9]

Originally Posted by jwbbud

lol...sold
Moneys in the mail

ha ha i'll be waitin

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by Blu Titan

That is truly an outrageous amount for that BD!

Yes, it's ridiculous.
And how about (the equivalent of..) :
$9 for a bottle of beer
$6 for a coffee
$7+ for a gallon of gas
$1600/month for childcare for 1 child
$1.60 for a can of Coke

[garlad]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

You got off lightly; just cost me €24 for tickets, and about €15 for "goodies".
For our American friends that's over $60.

And yes, the price of BDs here is outrageous, and is why I buy all mine from Amazon.com

* Do note however that all these price comparisons are greatly skewed by the current exchange rate (weak Dollar, strong Euro)

** Iron Man was great by the way

I was buying from amazon.com all the time then i started to get charged customs!! and extra 20 euro just to ship a blu ray in to the country!!

[Mobe1969]

Originally Posted by garlad

I was buying from amazon.com all the time then i started to get charged customs!! and extra 20 euro just to ship a blu ray in to the country!!

Man that is so wrong. We have it pretty good in Australia with personal import limits before customs ($500).

If it wasn't for those evil hosting ****-sticks at Fox region locking everything and not releasing the proper editions locally, I wouldn't have much to complain about. I should just buy me a Japanese PS3 from Play Asia...

[horseflesh]

Originally Posted by garlad

I was buying from amazon.com all the time then i started to get charged customs!! and extra 20 euro just to ship a blu ray in to the country!!

Yeah, I get hit with Customs most times now (after getting away with it for YEARS), but I'd usually have probably 5 or 6 Blu-rays per order, so €20 spread over, say, 6 titles is still much much cheaper than buying here.

[jfanning]

Originally Posted by garlad

Rip off Ireland - as its known - is where i live and today in HMV i came across the Usual Suspects blu-ray selling for €55 which is approx $85!!!! Can you believe that????? How do stores get away with it... It made me sick..

Well don't buy it there, you can get it online for under half that

[jfanning]

Originally Posted by horseflesh

You got off lightly; just cost me €24 for tickets, and about €15 for "goodies".
For our American friends that's over $60.

It only cost me €5 to go see it this morning