Little Mr Mahatma

In which the middle-aged Peacenik mouths off about War Drones--and all the other things that make him cranky.

Mr Mahatma--who is a Mr in real life--lives in the valleys of Southern California with his wife, a herd of Dears, and an impressive collection of books. Pnorny!
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Thursday, June 29, 2006

DVD Prices
I was at Toys R Us just a few moments ago. Among the things I was eye-balling while waiting for the kids to stop drooling was the DVD version of "Kronk's New Groove" (sorry, no link to Amazon this time. You see why real soon.). T.R.U. had the DVD for $19.99. That's for essentially 1 - count it: 1 - DVD. There may be an extra DVD full of, well, extras but I only look at how many DVDs of actual essential material there is and in this case, it's 1. For $19.99.

Rip off.

So I figured I'd get the DVD at Target. They usually have better prices on DVDs anyway. Got home. Fired up the computer and check Target online. There it was - "Kronk's New Groove" for...

$29.99.

WHAT THE ?!?

Amazon - $29.99

(sputtering, choking sounds from Little Mr. Mahatma)

As I've blogged before, DVDs should cost no more than $6 retail. $8 absolute tops. To sell DVDs for $19.99 or $29.99 each is like selling gasoline for $3.50 a gallon. It's a blatant ripoff. BLATANT-RIPOFF! And yet these same companies have the gall to cry about losing profits to pirates.

HEY EXECUTIVES!!! YOU'RE LOSING MONEY BECAUSE (1) NO ONE WANTS TO PAY PREMIUM FOR YOUR CRAP; And (2) THERE'S SOOOOO MUCH STUFF OUT THERE ALREADY, YOU'RE COMPETING AGAINST YOURSELF. So you'll excuse me while I go to EBay and find that the DVD I want can be had for about $8, including media shipping. Get a clue guys.

10:12 PM

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