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Alice ,
@Alice@lemmy.world avatar

What the fuck? A convenience fee??? They’re just making shit up at this point

ChibiBlackSheep ,

AMC has this fee for choosing your seat and booking online ahead of time. It’s a dumb fee that they waive for spending $15/yr on a stubs membership.

I honestly just paid the $15 because it annoyingly makes things “cheaper”

Lzwzli ,

You don’t need to pay for the stubs membership. Just sign up for the basic stubs which is free and the fee is waived. They get your email and can send you marketing materials but that’s easy to unsubscribe.

jimbo ,

wtf, lol…I pay Regal like $22/mo for unlimited movies and discounts on snacks, which I actually end up using quite a bit.

wesley ,

Same, I can’t really go back to not having unlimited now, and I feel bad if I ever have to go to another theater

Ape550 ,

You can do the same with AMC. Me and my wife pay like $25/month for 3 movies a week and it works for every AMC in the country. We go twice a month and I’m saving like $40

Netrunner ,

Yeah…nope

MrFlamey ,

Nah, it’s not that it’s gotten more expensive, it’s that most of the films are shit or otherwise unsatisfying. Maybe a combination of the two? :)

Of the films I’ve seen at the cinema recently, the last one I remember really enjoying was Joker (which is not even recent), and the most recent one I mostly enjoyed, but then it had a shit cliffhanger ending instead of feeling like a complete film in its own right. I was literally saying to my friend before the film started that Dune pissed me off because of the absolutely shit ending, and then the same fucking thing happened. I don’t go to the cinema and pay $15-20 for the ticket to come out feeling like I watched half a season of some Netflix show. I could have a month of Netflix for the same money, watch what I want at my own convenience and pause/rewind if I need the toilet or want to check something.

I still like going to the cinema, but I feel like the movies have got to be more varied, more surprising, and fucking end properly instead of teasing a second part in a fucking year. I would love it if they were more respecting of my time and didn’t run on for three fucking hours too. I’d love more movies like Terminator 2 where there is zero fluff and the whole thing ends in 2 hours? That’s what the cinema is for!

digdilem ,

Last film I watched in the cinema was Dumb and Dumber in the early 90s…

(That’s more to do with living rural and not really wanting to spent an hour each way travelling to be disappointed by distracting audiences)

Coskel ,
@Coskel@lemmy.world avatar

Same time frame, Puss In Boots, and we were shocked at the price. Haven’t been back in one since.

Rolder ,

The hell is a “convenience fee”?

Gradually_Adjusting ,
@Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world avatar

That’s when you pay extra because money is yucky

erik1984 ,
@erik1984@lemmy.world avatar

Came here to ask the same thing. Whatever it is you expect it to be included in the ticket price already when they are this high

hiscapness ,

Usually charged when you use a credit card online. Because “fees”. At least that’s what I’ve seen.

COOLSJ ,

I pay $5 in india ig we are living in heaven when i see your pricing.

myxi ,
@myxi@feddit.nl avatar

That’s one of the benefits of being from a third world country. I am also from India and pay around $1.8 for a ticket.

Tired8281 ,

How is it legal to make up a fee then offer a paid membership to avoid the fee you just made up? How is that different from the mob guys that would collect your “insurance” membership so that you didn’t incur a “business burned down” fee?

hup ,
@hup@lemmy.world avatar

“Free market” is neither free not cheap.

rowB ,

That’s crazy. I think I spent that much seeing Guardians of the Galaxy 3 but I went with my partner and we ordered food and alcohol to our seats. If we would’ve just done without I think it would been like 20 dollars for two adult tickets. Your theater seriously robbed you.

MargotRobbie ,
@MargotRobbie@lemmy.world avatar

I think in the age of streaming saturation, going to movies still offer an experience for people vs watching Netflix on your couch. It should ultimately be something that’s most of all, fun, and exciting.

Nobody should ever feel like they are getting ripped off for the money they paid, even if everything is getting more expensive, and having blatant tagged on fees, or request for tips for things that didn’t use to ask for tips, just makes people feel bad that they got cheated out of their money. And that’s not fun.

Perfide ,

Holy shit that’s outrageous. Me, 2 other adults and 1 kid all saw Spider-Verse 2 at the fanciest theater I know the other week. It was like $7 a ticket. You’re being robbed.

majere ,

Across the Spiderverse for $7 is money well, well spent.

Perfide ,

It was! Absolutely phenomenal movie. Shame to hear the rumors about the animators being under horrific crunch though.

huessy ,

If you live in a city, movies are needlessly expensive. AMC does half price tickets on Tuesdays, so if you can schedule around that you can go see a movie for what people used to be able to pay. A group of us try to see IMAX movies on Tuesdays for ‘only’ $12 a ticket.

Am I wrong about the city thing? Anyone in the burbs/more rural areas seeing prices like OP’s?

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    Techmaster ,

    I haven’t been to the theater in years and just watch everything on my home theater. I bet I’ve saved even more than you. LOL

    KreekyBonez ,

    I own neither a home nor a theater, and the only thing I watch is life passing me by, so I think I’ve saved more than any of y’all

    toxic ,

    Congrats, but he’s spending $20/month and watching movies in a nicer setup for what likely amounts to a nominal fee.

    Pika ,

    20$ a ticket whew plus the feel, this is almost as bad as doordash, like dang

    zav ,
    @zav@lemmy.world avatar

    20$ is a joke.

    I remember when Tickets were 5-10$ at most not even that long ago, wtf happened

    deweydecibel ,

    They still are. I have no idea what this price is from, tickets where I live at normal theaters are still under $10 at most

    PalmTreeIsBestTree ,

    It’s most likely a 3D or IMAX movie. Could not see why else it is so expensive.

    _number8_ ,

    yeah, oppenheimer was like $20 for me just for a single adult. thought it was annoying but worth it

    bemenaker ,

    Go to matinee

    deadpool ,

    Just looked up a standard viewing of Indiana jones in NYC and it was $20.50

    mayo ,
    @mayo@lemmy.world avatar

    $18 in Canada. Seems normal.

    I’d pay more to see IMAX, but I think it’s a lot more/too much.

    donut4ever ,
    @donut4ever@lemmy.world avatar

    Serious question, wtf is a convenience fee? There needs to be a law for companies to explain wtf these things are.

    idealotus ,

    For the convenience of getting screwed over…

    LetMeEatCake ,

    Convenience fee is the best name they can apply to soften a fee, which is really just a way for them to charge more than the list price.

    Fees should be universally folded into the list price by default.

    donut4ever ,
    @donut4ever@lemmy.world avatar

    It’s fucking disgusting. TMobile does this shit, too with their “other fees”. My gym does this with a $27 a year “maintenance fee”. Like wtf is this?

    SixTrickyBiscuits ,

    You might be seeing fees I’m not, but some cell service are actually mandatory in the US. Usually a few dollars a month, they go to various state and federal agencies.

    donut4ever ,
    @donut4ever@lemmy.world avatar

    I don’t know. I don’t mind the fee if it’s small, but at least give a name that shows it’s justified. “other fees” doesn’t mean shit

    Xterrestrea1 ,

    Essentially automated greed. They make more money by automating their employees and they charge you even more because of how convenient it was for them to do so.

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