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Originally Posted by TigaSefi
no I don't blame them, I just politely say that the disc was unwatchable and get a refund if it's a store.
Previously I went with another company online and I recieved out of 20 or about 11 discs that seriously impaired the viewing of the movie. That put me off till now. Amazon are more reputable. So hopefully it'll be better.
And the discs should be taken out of circulation after say 10 viewings. Come on it not expensive to get the actual discs itself.
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10 viewings, they are not a charity. Lets see, £2 a rental. Postage costs will be 56p, the envelope it is in, probably printed in the volumes they have about 6p each. So gross income from each transaction is about £1.40.
Now pay for the software to run your shipping, CS, inventory, internet process. The people to pack and pick, their NI, sick, maternity; the disc itself, the plastic caddys to keep them safe, VAT, Tax.
A Rental DVD is more expensive (significantly) than a retail disk. Back in the 80's a friend of mine was so desparate for a copy of top gun he bought it the day it went rental, that VHS cost him £80! Prices have fallen since then and the movie houses have worked toward a commission based system, so you pay per rental, not to buy the disk outright (this is why you could not rent Warner from Blockbuster last year, they were arguing about this contract). I would think that 25 cycles is break even and 50 is what they want to get out of a disk at a minimum.