Posted by Allan on 09/02/05 12:47

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 11:51:57 GMT, Diane
<delenn@nospamatmindspring.com> wrote:

>In article <vokfh1977ccrql5ldr18i296eo9d8gpts2@4ax.com>,
> Allan <Spamstillsucks@buffyandkantica22arebrianlamb.net> wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:20:12 GMT, Diane
>> <delenn@nospamatmindspring.com> wrote:
>>
>> > then over time, the price
>> >comes down, and the hoi polloi can afford them. (Remember, too, when a
>> >lot of VHS releases were $99 or more!)
>>
>> $99 VHS were never ever meant for the "Average Joe" to own. That was
>> the Price for Video Stores that that would Rent them out for a
>> profit..
>
>Not true. Stores carried popular titles for sale for $99, sometimes a
>bit more. This is typical of the new, high-end product marketing cycle.


Didn't say stores didn't carry them.... just that the "Average Joe"
wasn't buying them.

Heck I paid over $100 for a couple of Laser's... but I certainly
wouldn't call myself atypical movie fan.






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