xtravision miss me

LegacyUser

just got a call from xtravision there, they said they'd wipe my overdue fees clear with my next rental. fees are €28

anyone else get a call from em?

don't think i'll bother, 5.75's a fekin rip off.

they must be loosing business....... people downloading movies i guess.

€4's the most i'd pay, and for 2 nights.

nesf

It's a short term offer I think. I know a few people that work for them and they mentioned it being on. Everyone is being offered it.

You're not special..

LegacyUser

nesf wrote:

It's a short term offer I think. I know a few people that work for them and they mentioned it being on. Everyone is being offered it.

You're not special..

and here's me thinkin they just missed havin me around the place

nesf

paperclip wrote:

and here's me thinkin they just missed havin me around the place

Yeah, well it must get very lonely behind that counter at night...

Rhyme

Dont they have some kind of 5 year plan to remove the rental part of their stores?... or is that just my illusion

dudara

Goody, that E1 I have owing on my account will be good. I'll be rolling in it

netwhizkid

Rhyme wrote:

Dont they have some kind of 5 year plan to remove the rental part of their stores?... or is that just my illusion

No rhyme I'd say your right as all video rentals will be phased out at least before 2012.
With internet2 coming on stream over the next few years both DVDs and VHS for movie rentals will become defunct as will movie stores. Internet2 can transfer data at up to 512GBps or 100,000 times faster than dial up or 5,000 times faster than standard broadband we will never need to purchase again except for spindles of blank DVDs which will soon be able to take up to one terabyte of memory. Eircom had plans to have all this in place in Ireland by "the mid 00's" as far as i can i remember, Magnet networks are vainly trying something similar now. The government privatized Eircom and we are left with the quagmire we have now. As for €5.75 that is one of the biggest rip offs i have ever heard off.

Dave!

internet2 sounds pretty good......!

Crucifix

Internet.....2? Did Netwhizkid just make a joke?

Cianos

I used to work for Xtravision. It is a complete rip off. Their rental business is probably dropping for a number of reasons;

The ease of pirating DVDs
The growth in popularity of sites such as amazon etc
Better rental services such as Screenclick and BusyBee
Sky Digital

In my experience customers were very wary of the price increases that Xtravision imposed every 4 months or so. Basically nearly everyone felt they were being ripped off...not a good way of making customers sticky.

The late fees were another big turn off for people. If the film is 5euro to rent, it will be another 5 euro if you keep it out again.

Most customers who have a bill of 20euro+ would never bother going back to Xtravision because they know they will have to pay it off to get another film out. Xtravision know full well that they will never get the money that is "owed" to them from this large portion of their customer base. So this is obviously a clever little ploy to bring the customers back. Dont expect them to do it again any time soon though.

netwhizkid

Crucifix wrote:

Internet.....2? Did Netwhizkid just make a joke?

No i didn't look here and here give this a try too. The future will be bright in internet speed terms anyway, however don't expect to see them in Ireland for a few light years, until we change government anyway. Still not convinced check this out.

Laguna

I just looked at some of your links Netwhizkid. Sigh. ADSL2 is not Internet "2", it's a faster method of transporting information across WAN's. Besides, I've been reliably informed that London will be among the first cities in the world to receive 100MB broadband in mid 2007 which will clearly require a different technology to ADSL2 which will, by then, be obsolete. Did you think someone was going to throw a switch and the Internet "1" would be switched off?

KdjaCL

All the nerdy MITs and unis all over the world have been given a compo of sorts to see wqho can create the "internet2".
The cost of shutting down and restarting the new net is ginormous so dont epect it anytime soon.


OP:Cant wait for the call rented a game then found it behind the dvd player 5 weeksl later ,stuck it in the quickie box and never went back


kdjac

Rb

I don't think you have to wait for a call, the ad is on all the shop windows.

Likewise, I rented a DVD before and was on my way to drop it back, something came up and I just shoved it in the side pocket of the door and there it stayed for a month, so this little offer is of some benefit to me

Newshound

I stopped going to xtravision when i got sky movies.

Too much hassle to go to the shop and then bring the thing back.

I think the only way to save xtravision is for them to do a subscription based service, same as busybee etc.
If they charge even slightly more per month than busybee people would be able to get a dvd every day and not wait for the post.
It would transform the dying xtravision franchise.

the_syco

netwhizkid wrote:

Internet2 can transfer data at up to 512GBps or 100,000 times faster than dial up or 5,000 times faster than standard broadband we will never need to purchase again except for spindles of blank DVDs which will soon be able to take up to one terabyte of memory. Eircom had plans to have all this in place in Ireland by "the mid 00's" as far as i can i remember, Magnet networks are vainly trying something similar now. The government privatized Eircom and we are left with the quagmire we have now. As for €5.75 that is one of the biggest rip offs i have ever heard off.

Hawhawhaw. THis is so funny. We talking about the same Eircom that is pushing a 4 meg line, and you think the copper system can handle 512GBps? Sounds like that uber 6GHz laptop that you were on about, tbh.

the_syco

/me goes to xtra-vision to see OLD moviez. Already saw every movie in the cinema...

zokrez

Newshound wrote:

I stopped going to xtravision when i got sky movies.

Too much hassle to go to the shop and then bring the thing back.

I think the only way to save xtravision is for them to do a subscription based service, same as busybee etc.
If they charge even slightly more per month than busybee people would be able to get a dvd every day and not wait for the post.
It would transform the dying xtravision franchise.

very good idea

KdjaCL

Newshound wrote:

It would transform the dying xtravision franchise.

Eh hello they frikkin everywhere selling and competing with Game Hmv and Virgin, in case you hadnt noticed they are cheaper than the above and sell other things too. Someone posted above about cutting the rental, wouldnt be surprised tbh but people will want to rent games to know if its worth 60 odd quid.


kdjac

Newshound

They gamnes could be rented in the subs too.

They most definitely are not cheaper than anywhere else.
Have you seen the price of their DVD players?

Why are they trying to compete with Game, HMV and virgin. This is why they are going down the toilet.

High street game selling is going nowhere. People are ordering games far cheaper off the net.

Xtravision are in the perfect position to reinvent the DVD rental market. A subs based walkin dvd rental shop.

Mossy Monk

may aswell head down Friday to clear my debt

irlrobins

netwhizkid wrote:

With internet2 coming ...

Yea but the sequels are never as good as the original

netwhizkid wrote:

The future will be bright...

I always thought the future would be orange....

projectmayhem

irlrobins wrote:

I always thought the future would be orange....

that's what they say up north anyway

Beekay

I thought i heard Xtra-vision were planning to sell cd's.
Or did i just dream it?

spooydermot

Beekay wrote:

I thought i heard Xtra-vision were planning to sell cd's.
Or did i just dream it?

I hope not, if the woeful selection i've seen in a few of their stores is anything to go by, its going to be 'britneys greatest hits' all the way.

impr0v

I for one feel cheated by this offer. I have no outstanding debts with them but if I knew that this was coming I would have spent the last month or so accumulating an account balance which would make Zaire's national debt look manageable.

ciaran76

Beekay wrote:

I thought i heard Xtra-vision were planning to sell cd's.
Or did i just dream it?

Extra Vision in Blanchardstown are selling CD's, MP3 players ,dvd players,phones !

But I must admit i haven't rented a DVD in about 4-5 months now. I just think the price is a rip off and there isn't much good out recently that I have wanted to see. Considering i used to rent out at least 2 movies a week before !

Cake Fiend

Aww - like a sucker, I went and paid off a bill only a couple of weeks ago

kjt

projectmayhem wrote:

that's what they say up north anyway

Get back to work!!!


I'm looking forward to Internet3 with 5Gigateraflopabitofabyte connection!

irlrobins

Would I be very very bad if I put this as my sig?

netwhizkid wrote:

With internet2 coming ...

There's just something so innocently charming about it....

Mutant_Fruit

average rate of 5.11 gigabits per second.

Thats only about 100x slower than what he claimed "Internet2" would be. I'm disappointed. Even his own links can't back up his claim.

Should i also point out that no home computer in the next decade or so would be able to process that much data in that amount of time. (my own estimate).

Rb

It's actually only €4.50 for two games/dvds for two nights AND you get your debt to them cleared.
How desperate...

honru

€5.75 is absolutely ridiculous, haven't been to Xtravision or any video rental outfit in years. For another €5.75 you could probably buy the DVD you want online, have it sent straight to your door and get to keep it, for life.

It baffles me how often they hike the price up, I mean, no wonder consumers are steering clear. I'd say once they hit €6, they're ****ed.

qz

I can't remember the last time I rented something from Xtravision, it got way too expensive. Fúckin rip off, they deserve all the customers they don't get.....

They deserve all the un-customers levels they receive...
They don't deserve half the consumers....
They're un-deserv ......./head explodes.

[Jackass]

I think I owe a about a tenner...rental would cost me €5, so could i be arsed going up to save myself a fiver...not really, besides, the debt is interest free.....as in i have absolutely no interest in paying it back.

jesus_thats_gre

netwhizkid wrote:

No rhyme I'd say your right as all video rentals will be phased out at least before 2012.
With internet2 coming on stream over the next few years both DVDs and VHS for movie rentals will become defunct as will movie stores. Internet2 can transfer data at up to 512GBps or 100,000 times faster than dial up or 5,000 times faster than standard broadband we will never need to purchase again except for spindles of blank DVDs which will soon be able to take up to one terabyte of memory. Eircom had plans to have all this in place in Ireland by "the mid 00's" as far as i can i remember, Magnet networks are vainly trying something similar now. The government privatized Eircom and we are left with the quagmire we have now. As for €5.75 that is one of the biggest rip offs i have ever heard off.

Man those figures are bull**** and you are not gonna get anything like that to your house in the next decade. I wanna say 50 years but **** ya never know..

projectmayhem

on the cds, yeah xv are selling them, and for now they'll be the ****ty ones. but apparently by christmas the bigger stores (blanch, finglas etc.) will be getting a proper back catalogue. though, this will be at the expense of games sections as they're not pulling in enough revenue to justify the store space

Cabaal

pfft Xtravision sucks, even the likes of http://www.dvdrentals.ie/ beat it and thats factoring in how expensive they plans are

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Man those figures are bull**** and you are not gonna get anything like that to your house in the next decade. I wanna say 50 years but **** ya never know..

I got to say I'd agree with the figures, HOWEVER this is Ireland, in 2010 we'll all be lucky to have 2MB DSL...and by ALL I actually mean 60% of the country because the likes of Eircom won't do the job that fast

nlgbbbblth

Xtravision should forget about DVD rentals and revert back to concentrating heavily on VHS.

weemcd

popped in to my norn iron extravision.

any game or dvd for £1.

Can't complain about that :D

paconnors

They just cleared €80 on my account i was happy with that can anybody beat that!!

honru

Found out I had loads of €2 vouchers for Xtravision. Used one of them last night on a non-new release and got it for two nights for 50 cent.

Not bad. I'll be doing that more often.

KTRIC

I was in Ashleaf Xtravi$ion last night and they've turned the shop into a retail store instead of a rental store. They have one shelf on the right hand side with new releases and the rest is for sale. I think they should sack their managment and get themselves sorted out before the go out of business altogether.

Duckjob

Well I'm glad XtraVision are well on their way to going belly-up following their extortionate price increases.

For once, it's victory for the consumer over rip-off culture in Ireland.

Sully

Just to clarify, as I believe the instore advertisment is rather mis-leading;

The offer applys ONLY to money owed BEFORE the 4th of October. So if you rented a moive before that date and owed money, you have untill the end of the month to go in and get it cleared. To get it cleared, you gotta rent two DVD's/Games for €4.40 for two nights. You also get entered into a draw..

Now I got confused when I was told about it cause I thought it meant before and after the 4th of October so I took two DVD's out a bit longer then I should ave the other day and went back to be told I have to pay up. Something not said in the add.

Oh and I am still trying to figure out can I still get two DVD's/Games for 2 nights for €4.50 and also get entered into a draw - or does that apply for those owing money before the 4th and not apply to those owing money or renting after the 4th? Really mis-leading add.

Xtra-Vision in Tramore are selling DVD-R/RW's for like €20 for a pack of 10 (or 5? Cant remember), Zen Micros, Digitial Cameras, CD's etc. I thought there CD collections were cheap!

Sully

And another thing which is rather annoying; The Terms & Conditions for the offer cant be found on the site. It shows T&C's but nothing regarding the promotion. Rather embarsing to ask instore for a copy dont ya think?

Our man in Havana

Sully04 wrote:

And another thing which is rather annoying; The Terms & Conditions for the offer cant be found on the site. It shows T&C's but nothing regarding the promotion. Rather embarsing to ask instore for a copy dont ya think?

How? Humour me here.