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Originally Posted by Dion
Back in the 80's the major chains had cheap nights on Tuesdays where one could see a movie for $2.50. If the movie turned out to be garbage you didn't complain. Now, when I pay over $12 plus the inflated popcorn and soda prices, I feel ripped off if the movie is crap. The cost of producing a movie may have risen but the quality of most movies hasn't.
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For disclosure, I, as I stated in my first post in this topic, am pretty much on the fence on this. Here goes though:
Would you have felt ripped off had you payed ~$6.75 for watching a movie today without concessions? The CPI in 1980 was around 45 and today is about 122 if you use the Bank of Canada's definition of CPI at 100 to be in 2002. Fair enough that the price has doubled in that sense still, but I honestly wonder if it's that or if you're just getting older and have shifted priority.
No malice intended - Honest question. When we look at price, we have to look at comparable numbers. 1980's value of money is very different than today's.