MoviePass Brings Back Its Unlimited Movie Plan (techcrunch.com) 50
The subscription plan that made MoviePass explode in popularity is coming back. If you're willing to pay for a full year (via ACH payment), "MoviePass Uncapped" will cost the same as the original unlimited plan, namely $9.95 per month, and will allow you to get an unlimited number of 2D movie tickets. TechCrunch reports: Now, you may be thinking that this kind of deal is exactly what got MoviePass into so much trouble last year, to the point where it nearly ran out of money and began announcing new pricing plans and restrictions on a seemingly constant basis. However, the company's announcement today includes multiple references to its ability to "combat violations" of MoviePass' terms of use. And those terms do say that "MoviePass has the right to limit the selection of movies and/or the times of available movies should your individual use adversely impact MoviePass's system-wide capacity or the availability of the Service for other subscribers."
So if you're a heavy MoviePass user, the plan may not be truly unlimited. In addition, you'll only be able to reserve tickets three hours before showtime, and you'll need to check in to the theater between 10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts. Worth noting: the $9.95 per month rate is available only if you pay for a full year, otherwise it will cost $14.95 for a limited time. The regular price will be $19.95 per month.
So if you're a heavy MoviePass user, the plan may not be truly unlimited. In addition, you'll only be able to reserve tickets three hours before showtime, and you'll need to check in to the theater between 10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts. Worth noting: the $9.95 per month rate is available only if you pay for a full year, otherwise it will cost $14.95 for a limited time. The regular price will be $19.95 per month.
Oh? (Score:2)
I thought they would have run out of other people's money by now.
Just about (Score:1)
I thought they would have run out of other people's money by now.
Well why do you think they are asking for a year up front....
"I'll gladly give you a movie in December if you pay me for one today...."
Yeah right.
Re:Just about (Score:5, Insightful)
1. Sell annual subscriptions for $120 each in March.
2. Pay big bonuses to C?Os in April.
3. Declare bankruptcy in May.
4. Profit!!!
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That's what I thought when I read TFS.
Another possibility is that they don't go belly-up, but rather restrict access: unlimited no longer equals unlimited
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We should be so lucky that they'd use a fixed definition of unlimited.
My honest reaction to the article was, oh no, we're starting the huge parade of different offers every other week *again*?
TFS says you can only purchase tickets at most 3 hours before the showtime and must show up between 15 and 30 minutes before the movie starts. I like to buy tickets at least a week out so I can coordinate schedules, not to mention avoiding block busters being sold-out. Seems like the left-over hotel rooms sold for cheap on third party sites.
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Stop putting limits on the definition of unlimited. It should have an unlimited number of definitions.
Re:I think you mean (Score:1)
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Oh no, I paid my property taxes in advance! What if my house washes away.
Your house is more likely than MoviePass to still be around in a year's time. Although, with that said, everyone expected them to go belly-up before year's end last year. In hindsight, I wish I had bought a Movie Pass a year ago seeing that they are still around today.
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And more importantly, your ability to charge back against an ACH is much more limited. In my experience, ACH is only protected from outright fraud. Anything else and you are usually on your own to take it to court, get a court order, and then be able to enforce collection on that court order. I once authorized a company for a single ACH usage. About 9 months later they pulled for something else I didn't authorize (which caused an overdraft on that account, since it's an account I only put money into specifi
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I think that's the secret. Read the terms and they'll probably deduct the full movie ticket price straight from your bank account if you get a ticket that you shouldn't have been entitled to.
Carlin said it best (Score:2)
Limited time only, though, so act now, order today, send no money, Offer good while supplies last, two to a customer, each item sold separately, Batteries not included, mileage may vary, all sales are final, Allow six weeks for delivery, some items not available, Some assembly required, some restrictions may apply.
George [amanewyork.org]
Hmm ... (Score:4, Insightful)
So, about the same price as Amazon Prime or Netflix but without any confidence that MoviePass will still exist in a year. No thanks.
Unlimited (Score:3)
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No! "And those terms do say that "MoviePass has the right to limit the selection of movies and/or the times of available movies should your individual use adversely impact MoviePass's system-wide capacity or the availability of the Service for other subscribers."
So you will be able to watch an unlimited number of movies--the only tiny restriction is that these will be the rotten movies no one else wants to watch.
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At times no one wants to watch movies at. So yeah, watch as many rotten movies as you want, the
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At least with Netflix I can watch all the rotten movies I want whenever I want.
Re: Unlimited (Score:2)
No, they just change the deal ever other week. Today it's unlimited, tomorrow it's a selection of z-grade horror flicks.
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I don't mind when words change meaning, but they should really publish what the unlimit on their service actually is.
ACH (Score:2)
Not the company I would want to give direct access to my bank account.
an unlimited number of 2D movie tickets. (Score:2)
Thanks, but you've got a negative brownie point score. You'll have to try MUCH harder than that just to reach zero. I'd say change your name to MovieAss so the consumer knows exactly what they're getting. Truth in labeling, don't cha' know?
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Unlimited is the amount of money they will drain from your bank account via ACH.
No more movies for you, coming soon (Score:2)
Pre-pay for a year in advance, with fine print stated in the OP's post. I wonder if "we are short on funds, therefore any of your usage of the pass impact's MovePass's system-wide capacity, therefore no more movies for you this year, and no refund either".
It sounds like company's last ditch effort to get some capital, hoping most people who buy it will never use it. It didn't work before, so what exactly is different now?
Flatrate viewing (Score:1)
After three movies, the frame rate gets limited to 6 Hz and audio gets limited to 4 KHz.
"Unlimited"? (Score:2)
Someone get these idiots a dictionary.
Here's a better idea (Score:2)
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Bruce Springsteen wrote 57channels way back. Seems little has changed, for me at least. Have Netflix, Amazon prime, and OTA with dvr (tivo) , and I barely watch an hour a day, and still find little content on the three sources.
Would love to hear from a subscriber what I'm missing (I'm not being snarky).
Yeah, we have Netflix, Hulu and Amazon Prime. I personally watch less than an hour a day on average- but my kids watch a lot and so does my wife. Hulu probably gets the most use followed by Netflix. We rarely watch anything on Amazon and would probably cut it, but we use it for the free shipping mainly anyway.
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10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts (Score:2)
Maybe they want you to check in 10 and 30 minutes before the movie starts do ensure you'll watch all the preshow commercials. Previously, I expect regular users always arrived late to avoid the commercials.
Unlimited (Score:2)
I tried, I really tried to stay with them (Score:2)
I used MoviePass for a year, I just canceled my account two weeks ago.
At first it was great, unlimited (one per day). Then you could not watch the same movie twice, then it became 3 movies a month, I stayed with them, still a good deal.
These last 4 months has been horrible. For the $10 plan each day you have a limited selection of what you can see ( https://moviepass.com/movies/ [moviepass.com] ). On top of that, VERY often (9/10) you load the app and it says "No movies today" at all the theatres around you. I've read sinc