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   Anonymous Coward, Jan 8th, 2004 @ 7:20am

   
   

   Hey Mike, How exactly do you define a 'reasonable' price ?
   
   Not trying to be an ass, but I hear you saying that 99 cent or 9.99 for a CD is too much and yet you consider Nemo (least I think that's what you said) DVD to a better value.
   
   Yet, I suspect if I bought a CD I like and a DVD I like, that I'd get more use out of the CD as am more apt to listen to the same song, say once a week, but watching a movie every week just isn't an option ... least not for a sane person.
   
   So what/who/how is 'reasonable' determined ?

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   Mike (profile), Jan 8th, 2004 @ 9:21am

   
   

   Reasonable is a price at which the consumer is willing to pay, and at which there's no viable competitive product. In the case of music, there is a viable (in fact, better) product at a cheaper price. That's not true of movies at this point.

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   Matthew H. Wier, Jan 8th, 2004 @ 10:08am

   
   

   Consider the price of going to the movies these days: at my local theater there are three tiers of regular (not student, youth, senior, etc.) ticket prices: regular $8.25, matinee $5.75 and twilight $5.00. According to friends in larger metropolitan areas, these are faily cheap. Ticket prices in Manhattan now top $10.00. That said, it's becoming cheaper to just go out and buy the DVD and avoid the expensive tickets, overpriced concessions, crowds and rude talking people and just watch the movie at home.

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   BoilerBob, Jan 8th, 2004 @ 10:27am

   
   

   The difference in my mind, is that when I buy a movie, I watch the whole movie. Spending 9.99 or more on a CD for 1 song I like with 9 fillers seems like a bad value since I'm paying for something I won't use. I think that is why downloads of single songs are my preferred way to buy music now days. Having the record companies force me to buy a full CD will make me buy nothing.
   
   That's my $.02 on resaonable pricing.
   
   BTW, I don't consider 99 cents too much for a single song but I do want volume discounts so the more I buy the cheaper per song.
   

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   It is a good price

   

   Anonymous Coward, Jan 8th, 2004 @ 3:45pm

   
   

   I picked up the DVD for Finding Nemo for $24 (CDN). When my family saw it at the theater it cost us $28. We've watched the movie at least three times at home (OK, the kids have watched it at least three times), so in my mind, this is an awesome deal. Much more bang for the buck.

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