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MoviePass Limiting Subscribers To 3 Movies Per Month (npr.org)

Posted by BeauHD on from the policies-that-change-every-week dept.

nolaguy shares a report from NPR: Movie theater subscription service MoviePass will not be raising prices, as it had announced last week, but will instead be capping the number of times that subscribers can visit movie theaters. For $9.95 per month, MoviePass subscribers used to be able to see a movie in theaters every day, if they so chose. Beginning on August 15, the service will instead provide three movies per month. The change replaces a previously announced plan to raise prices to $14.95 a month. The beleaguered movie theater subscription company is also canceling two other recent changes -- "peak pricing" surcharges for popular movies and a ticket verification process -- that were intended to stop the company from bleeding money.

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  1. Bait and Switch by Stan92057 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Surprised to hear no one suing for false advertising. Sell full access to all movies, switch to 3 a month is Bait and Switch, that against the law in the US as far as i know.

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  2. Interesting concept of a contract by sphealey · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MoviePass certainly has an interesting concept of how a contract works, one where they collect money upfront (the 2017 holiday promotion) and then unilaterally change the terms of the contract later. I wonder how they will fair in court with that?