Just back from cinema, what a fcuking rip off!

Ghandee

Mods, I know there is a rip off forum, but want a discussion in AH, so please don't move......

So my wife wanted to go to the cinema this evening, and me being eager to please duly obliged.
Of course when we get there, she insists the cinema isn't the cinema without popcorn and coke.

2 x tickets to see hangover 2
2 x coke, 2 x popcorn
1 x nachos with salsa.

€44.50 :eek::eek:

Recession me hole! No one told said cinema about wage cuts, tax hikes blah blah blah!

Have we lost the value of money during the boom?

What else do you think were being charged WAAAAY too much for?

Renn

You didn't have to pay but you did. Can see this being a fun thread

Wolfe Tone

I love the cinema, but I can't afford to go because of prices like that.


Do people go to the cinema on their own? Would be cheap enough for one

Biggins

This is something that came up in a thread recently.
There is some merit to your opinion - however someone else also put forward a good counter-side too for SOME cases.

DOC09UNAM

Highly original thread and i'm sure it has never been discussed in AH before.

I'm sure you did a search and found zero results.

Yep, definitely.

strobe

Ghandee wrote: »

Mods, I know there is a rip off forum, but want a discussion in AH, so please don't move......

So my wife wanted to go to the cinema this evening, and me being eager to please duly obliged.
Of course when we get there, she insists the cinema isn't the cinema without popcorn and coke.

2 x tickets to see hangover 2
2 x coke, 2 x popcorn
1 x nachos with salsa.

€44.50 :eek::eek:

Recession me hole! No one told said cinema about wage cuts, tax hikes blah blah blah!

Have we lost the value of money during the boom?

What else do you think were being charged WAAAAY too much for?

Why didn't you buy the coke and popcorn and stuff in a Spar and stick it in your wife's handbag like a normal person?

aligator_am

Ghandee wrote: »

Mods, I know there is a rip off forum, but want a discussion in AH, so please don't move......

So my wife wanted to go to the cinema this evening, and me being eager to please duly obliged.
Of course when we get there, she insists the cinema isn't the cinema without popcorn and coke.

2 x tickets to see hangover 2
2 x coke, 2 x popcorn
1 x nachos with salsa.

€44.50 :eek::eek:

Recession me hole! No one told said cinema about wage cuts, tax hikes blah blah blah!

Have we lost the value of money during the boom?

What else do you think were being charged WAAAAY too much for?

Fúckin' hell that's a bit pricey! was the popcorn bucket made of gold or something?

Wolfe Tone

Biggins wrote: »

This is something that came up in a thread recently.
There is some merit to your opinion - however someone else also put forward a good counter-side too for SOME cases.

I felt robbed the last time I went to the one in Drogheda, its a kip with only 1 good screen.

Biggins

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

I felt robbed the last time I went to the one in Drogheda, its a kip with only 1 good screen.

As you know, I am in the same boat as yourself - and I totally agree.
(The sooner the Scotch Hall one opens the better - we have a wait though!)

Ghandee

Renn wrote: »

You didn't have to pay but you did. Can see this being a fun thread

Eh, yes I did!
Wife asked, easier all round to just do it!

PennyLane88

That's why i never bother with cinema anymore, i just watch them on the internet

galwayrush

We buy much cheaper snacks/sweets/drinks beforehand , we can manage 2 adults and 2 kids for a lot less than that OP.

mikemac

Popcorn and fizzy water/coke in Centra, bring them in with your jacket

livinsane

God I hate the culture of eating and drinking at the cinema. The first half hour of the film is the worst - crunch, crunch, slurp, crunch. Then people start running out of food and things get bearable.


But you could always smuggle in some food in a back pack or something.

Mr. Denton

Did she at least give you a tug?

aligator_am

Last film I went to see in the cinema was Tron: Legacy with the ex girlfriend, the tickets alone were something like €37!!! (it was in 3D), I was bulling but didn't want to look like a miser in front of her so paid it, makes me a bigger fool lol.

Ghandee

Wife won't allow smuggled food idea!
' scared we'd get caught! ':rolleyes:

lastlaugh

NEVER buy any food or drink in the cinema, extortionate prices altogether.

Ruu_Old

Hate cinemas, go maybe once a year if that. Some cunt with their phone on all the time, some fat bastard eating too loudly. I hate people! Oh and they rip you off! 3-D me bollix, what a con! :mad:

omerin

Ghandee wrote: »

Eh, yes I did!
Wife asked, easier all round to just do it!

Your wife asks to see Hangover 2 Sure ya.
OP fess up, it was Bridesmaids wasn't it. Man up!

scudzilla

If i really wanna see a film on the big screen, rather than download it, i'll go to the matineee, 7 euro each, total cost of 14Euro

Snacks/Drink will be bought in Superquinn and hid in wifey's bag

total cost incl snacks/drinks, less than 20quid for 2

YFlyer

Ghandee wrote: »

Eh, yes I did!
Wife asked, easier all round to just do it!

Ball and chain

Einhard

How much were the tickets OP? Why bother with the popcorn, just run into Dunnes or somewhere and stock up on cheap stuff!

Wolfe Tone

lastlaugh wrote: »

NEVER buy any food or drink in the cinema, extortionate prices altogether.

The popcorn is lovely though

aligator_am

Ruu wrote: »

Hate cinemas, go maybe once a year if that. Some cunt with their phone on all the time, some fat bastard eating too loudly. I hate people! Oh and they rip you off! 3-D me bollix, what a con! :mad:

I'm after taking a fit of laughing at this, thanks :D:D

Oranage2

Ghandee wrote: »

Mods, I know there is a rip off forum, but want a discussion in AH, so please don't move......

So my wife wanted to go to the cinema this evening, and me being eager to please duly obliged.
Of course when we get there, she insists the cinema isn't the cinema without popcorn and coke.

2 x tickets to see hangover 2
2 x coke, 2 x popcorn
1 x nachos with salsa.

€44.50 :eek::eek:

Recession me hole! No one told said cinema about wage cuts, tax hikes blah blah blah!

Have we lost the value of money during the boom?

What else do you think were being charged WAAAAY too much for?

what are you at man? you've already married the girl so its not like you've to impress her like its a first date!

Eddie rockets before hand or buy so sweets in a shop.

bryaner

I just wait for films to come out on BRD and watch them in the comfort of me own gaff..

Kevin Duffy

If you didn't listen when the whole of Ireland has been saying how shít that film is, with good reason, then good enough for yeh!

seanbmc

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Highly original thread and i'm sure it has never been discussed in AH before.

I'm sure you did a search and found zero results.

Yep, definitely.

If he searched and dug up an old thread you'd still be complaining.

Ghandee

seanbmc wrote: »

If he searched and dug up an old thread you'd still be complaining.

Didn't even entertain him/her.............

PennyLane88

Ruu wrote: »

Hate cinemas, go maybe once a year if that. Some cunt with their phone on all the time, some fat bastard eating too loudly. I hate people! Oh and they rip you off! 3-D me bollix, what a con! :mad:

This made me lol. Its the whole rip off that the cinema allows - tickets are never really cheap, limited amount of food you can purchase there, food prices are extortionate (popcorn shouldnt be expensive, its hardly gold like)

And having to sit in uncomfortable chairs, people talking, munching, etc makes me swerve cinemas so i just order a takeaway and watch films at home.

lastlaugh

Wolfe Tone wrote: »

The popcorn is lovely though

Very salty though, I think they lash extra salt in to make you parched and then have to pay through the nose for the very pricey soft drink.

Erindoors

I gave up going to the cinema ages ago for the same reason.
At the time i knew that eventually the cost of going to the cinema would be like that of the states.
It used to be a case that if you went on a saturday afternoon, it would be cheaper as it was considered off peak, then they changed it to peak time, thats when i decided enough was enough!
Back in the 70,s there was 100,s of cinimas across ireland that eventually began to shut down one by one till by the late 80,s very few were left in business.
Only by the mid 90,s did new cinemas come back on the scene.
Guess what? the way this economy is going and the way the cinemas are still chargeing boom years rates, soon they wont have any customers left!
Much prefare a DVD in the comfort of my own home, with a coke and a packet of popcorn that i didnt have to empthy my purse to buy!

iguana

aligator_am wrote: »

Last film I went to see in the cinema was Tron: Legacy with the ex girlfriend, the tickets alone were something like €37!!! (it was in 3D), I was bulling but didn't want to look like a miser in front of her so paid it, makes me a bigger fool lol.

Last thing I saw too. Walked 7 miles in the snow to get to it (wouldn't have bothered but our friend had already paid for the tickets) had no time to go to the shop so bought popcorn and coke at the cinema, €14. Wouldn't have paid it except that we were starving after the trek. And it was beyond awful, it should have starred Shia Le Beouf as a warning.

And nowhere near enough Bruce Boxleitner to silver fox up the screen.:(

Renn

Ghandee wrote: »

Eh, yes I did!
Wife asked, easier all round to just do it!

No you didn't. Who asked for the nachos?

veryangryman

1. Since its a recession, the miss should understand you going to Tesco for the confectionary

2. As a veteran of doing this in multiple cinemas large and small, you NEVER get stopped.

3. The Hangover is a terriibly immeasurably sh1te film. Its sequel is terribly, immeasurably worse. You should have gone to see Pirates or Senna for the money

4. Whinge about charges you cant avoid. You sound like a typical Aer Lingus customer.

pappyodaniel

Is your wife Hitler? Grow a pair of balls, stay at home, get them sucked, give your wife €44, watch Hangover 2 online.

Wolflikeme

It's been mentioned in another thread about how cinemas make their money. And it's through selling snacks what with a large chunk of ticket prices going to distributors.

jack presley

Oranage2 wrote: »

what are you at man? you've already married the girl so its not like you've to impress her like its a first date!

Eddie rockets before hand or buy so sweets in a shop.

Eddie Rockets??? Are you made of money?

aligator_am

iguana wrote: »

Last thing I saw too. Walked 7 miles in the snow to get to it (wouldn't have bothered but our friend had already paid for the tickets) had no time to go to the shop so bought popcorn and coke at the cinema, €14. Wouldn't have paid it except that we were starving after the trek. And it was beyond awful, it should have starred Shia Le Beouf as a warning.

And nowhere near enough Bruce Boxleitner to silver fox up the screen.:(

OT I know but I think they're making another one which will be centred around Bruce, haha I've been a fan since his Babylon 5 days

DOC09UNAM

seanbmc wrote: »

If he searched and dug up an old thread you'd still be complaining.

Kindly show me any evidence to support your crazy and uneducated claim

Biggins

I might be wrong (probably am) but I feel that 3-D films are a general rip-off.

themadchef

Ghandee wrote: »

Mods, I know there is a rip off forum, but want a discussion in AH, so please don't move......

So my wife wanted to go to the cinema this evening, and me being in the dog house for staying in and watching Miriam with her, duely obliged.
Of course when we get there, she insists the cinema isn't the cinema without popcorn and coke, it's not like i didint spend enough on Guinness and the curry and forced her to schniff me farts after it.

2 x tickets to see Chick flick
2 x coke, 2 x popcorn
1 x nachos with salsa... God dam munchies

€44.50 in Heineken money! :eek:

FYP :P

... those Guinness farts will never make her horny, just so ya know loike

omahaid

Ghandee wrote: »

Mods, I know there is a rip off forum, but want a discussion in AH, so please don't move......

Does this work for every topic, because I have a load of topics relevant to the "Camping Locations" forum that could do with a bigger audience?

seanbmc

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Kindly show me any evidence to support your crazy and uneducated claim

Don't need any, I'm psychic.

LighterGuy

Biggins wrote: »

I might be wrong (probably am) b

ut I feel that 3-D films are a general rip-off.

You're not wrong.
3d films are a rip off. Now any old movie comes out in "3d" to squeese that extra bit more out of you.

Ironman76

X Men First Class, liked the movie but ever since then Irish cinemas can fcuk right off as far as Im concerned. Youd think with the prices they charge they could have someone at least pop their heads in to make sure noone is acting the b*llox and people are enjoying the movie. Some prick behind me rustling a bag, when I turned my head and back again it got worse. Four kids talking and ****eing out of them for the entire movie (One of them was about three years old . . WHY ! ! ) , another ass*hole messing with his phone.

I cant wait until one by one these rip off merchants are on RTE News ****eing out of them they have to close as theyre getting no customers. And it WILL happen. . .pubs anyone ?

GOD BLESS BLU RAYS ! ! ! !

Ghandee

Renn wrote: »

No you didn't. Who asked for the nachos?

Nacho anyway! (see what I did there?)

DOC09UNAM

seanbmc wrote: »

Don't need any, I'm psychic.

Don't give up the day Job, because you're also wrong

flahavaj

Why do people feel the need to smuggle in pop corn/drinks/sweets brought from outside the cimema? They couldn't do anything to stop you surely?

seanbmc

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

Don't give up the day Job, because you're also wrong

So you'd rather have him dig up an old thread then starting a new one?