Cinema Costs!! - 2nd mortgage anyone?

shopaholictiedtheknot

Well, I am here for another rant:mad:

Just been looking online to book to go and see Quantum of Solace and cannot believe the prices!

To book 2 tickets online for 6.30 this evening
Tickets £6.80 each x 2 = £13.60
Card admin fee (?) £1.40
Total cost £15

But...

To buy tickets at the cinema for 11.45 on Saturday
Tickets £4.75 each x 2 £9.50
No admin fee!!
Total cost £9.50

So a difference of £5.50 to see the exact same film in the exact same place - am I missing something?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1:mad:

End of rant

Cinny91

At my local cinema, it's reeeally cheap in the morning then more expensive at night. I'm just guessing it's because there are so few staff on in the morning compaired to the night?

immoral_angeluk

How the hell does that work??

Cat_Addict

Cinema is extortionate. When my kids want to go I nearly always say wait til the DVD comes out because for five of us you're looking at £35-£40 just to watch a film!

I'm ranting too LOL!

becky_rtw

Cant you get an unlimited card thingy...what are they about £13 a month each...you only need to go twice to make your month back - if you go a lot its well worth it!

Bargin_Betty79

As a treat last Friday we went to the cinema and thought we'd have a MacDonalds aswell, won't be doing that again in a hurry, the whole evening cost £14 for the tickets and another £10.00 for food!

Now we've remember why we wait for stuff to come out on DVD or go on an Orange Wednesday!

shopaholictiedtheknot - your not the only one ranting the OH spent the whole weekend ranting to anyone who'd listen, while my dad reminded us of when you could go to the cinema, buy chips and get the bus home for under a fiver lol!

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becky_rtw

Oh yeah you think £6.30 is bad each try the Central London cinemas - £12 each!!! Not even one of the 'chains' either...luckily I always buy mine on the door so no booking fee but still!

davetrousers

Bargin_Betty79 wrote: »

As a treat last Friday we went to the cinema and thought we'd have a McDonalds

Always makes me laugh when people think that low quality food prepared for and served to you by people on minimum wage working for a global corporation is a treat.

To save money on cinema visits, make use of Orange Wednesdays and don't buy their expensive foodstuffs. The popcorn isn't freshly made anyway, they just tip big bin bags of it into those glass cabinets, and take a bag of sweets in with you bought from a shop.

Sayonee

It can work out (a little) cheaper if you use the current McD's promotion to 'pay' for the second ticket.

The promo is buy a large value meal and receive a code for a bogof ticket. The code needs to be entered online and then I think you need to print off the ticket and stick on the code sticker. A little effort but can save a couple of £££s.

Ames

I think it's cheaper on a morning because less people want to go then, so they lower prices to get bums on seats. Just supply and demand. I agree about the prices though, I get a two for one every time because of being disabled, but even then I think it's too high. I'll get shot down for this, but I got sky movies because it was cheaper than going to the cinema every week, which I was doing.

mrcow

I never pay full price for the cinema anymore.

I either get free tickets from here (have had about 10 pair of tickets so far this year)
Or go on Wednesday on a 2 for 1 with Orange
Or go Saturday morning for £1.50
Or wait until the free tickets come through for my children's birthdays

Otherwise it's just too expensive.