This has been happening in every theatre ever for the last twenty years.
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Then just show up 15 minutes later? With assigned seating being a thing, there's no real reason to watch them
It's slowly getting worse imo
Not every screening is assigned seating. Also, I hate having to step over people to get to my assigned seats (in the dark) so I show up on time
OMFG I could not agree more, what happened to just the trailers than the movie. I didn't pay 20 dollars to watch 20 mins of fucking commercials before the trailer starts.
And pretty much exclusively commercials for banks, cars or cell phone companies.
I don't mind trailers but I do mind that they do commercial in between the trailers
Heck I'm noticing with trailers they show a shorten version to allow for more commercials
Heck I'm noticing with trailers they show a shorten version to allow for more commercials
I regularly use 8+ GB a month, so I'm pretty much stuck on the deal
Yeah. 4GB would be pushing it for me, and I could potentially get away with 6GB, but that extra buffer of 10GB is very nice... So it's ultimately a what do I want more, the data or the money...
It's funny as the $5/mo increase literally works out paying an extra month a year.
True. Honestly though, the deal is still too good to be true even at $65. Prior to that deal, i was paying like $80 for 4GB. I'll still gladly stick with this
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I hate assigned seating.
I don't think that's available here
This has been happening for decades. Trailers are a part of the experience. Movies never start on time, it just depends how long their trailers and ads are. Some people go for those though.
I don't think that's available here
This has been happening for decades. Trailers are a part of the experience. Movies never start on time, it just depends how long their trailers and ads are. Some people go for those though.
Yeah...I thought they were $20 a person or more.
They have
I'm actually paying $25.99 but maybe because it was a weekend show.
From my experience, it used to be that if you showed up early to get good seating, they would be running advertisements on the big screen. At the official "showtime" of the movie the lights would dim and the ads would stop (and this was also where they put the "turn off your phone" warnings, once they started doing those), and then they'd show a couple of trailers (maybe 10 minutes, tops) and then start the movie. If you showed up a bit late due to traffic or trouble parking, you'd have to find your seat in the dark, but hopefully all you missed was a trailer or two, and nobody's movie experience was ruined.
But it's been getting worse and worse, and now the lights dim at "showtime", but then there's seriously 20 minutes worth of advertisements, and then maybe 10 minutes worth of trailers, and by the time the movie gets around to playing it's half an hour late, and nobody shut their phone off at "showtime" (I mean seriously, why would you?), and people are getting antsy and annoyed before the movie starts, and dragging things out makes all of the movies feel half an hour longer. "Light" 90-minute movies feel like full 2-hour movies, and 2-hour movies feel like bloated 2.5-hour movies. Actual bloated movies feel miserable. Because the theater doesn't care about the audience's viewing experience, they care about fuck you give us more money.
Basically, from my experience it was fine before, maybe even beneficial. But it's become worse and worse and feels like it's a serious problem now.
My memory isn't the best, so I could be wrong. I'm also not arguing with you, just stating what I remember and know from experience.
For years now...maybe a decade or two...Cineplex has run ads and quizzes before the movie time actually comes around. It'll be car ads, videos hosted by that tech guy Geoff, interviews, quizzes, etc. I remember PS3 ads, but it's mostly car ads. So if you're there early that's to entertain you. They now have a newer host named Tanner who does some of the videos. IIRC.
The previews tend to start around showtime, which is par for the course with movie theatres. I don't remember them running before showtime, just the ads themselves. Maybe I'm wrong.
1000 points for VIP was amazing a few years ago, spent more money on food and drinks
Now I only go to VIP if there is a deal of some sort
And assigned seating is the greatest
Now I only go to VIP if there is a deal of some sort
And assigned seating is the greatest
I gotta start making Tuesday trips to the movies.. damn that's cheap.
All of our screens are now assigned seating and it's ass. I miss the old days.
Assigned seating should only be for big movies during opening weekend or week or whatever.
Is there something weird going on with online shopping and purchase tax? A couple of days ago I ordered something from Amazon and it didn't charge me the Ontario tax, then I saw it shipped from the US so I didn't look into it. Now I'm looking at Roots to buy a sweater and it's showing no tax! $92.00 for the sweater and that's the total.
What is happening?
What is happening?
Amazon logistics is weird - they have GPS on all their drivers and can tell where they are when they scan a package, but either the driver gave my package to a neighbour who has presumably decided to keep the package for themselves or it was just straight up stolen.
I dunno, on the one hand the tracking is useful, but unless they put GPS trackers into each package, all it does is make the drivers accountable without actually making sure packages are safe. Although as I finish typing that sentence, I suppose that's the whole point and they don't really care if you get your package or not. lol
I dunno, on the one hand the tracking is useful, but unless they put GPS trackers into each package, all it does is make the drivers accountable without actually making sure packages are safe. Although as I finish typing that sentence, I suppose that's the whole point and they don't really care if you get your package or not. lol
Sometimes things that you buy that aren't sold by Amazon don't have tax. It surprised me when I bought a boxed set of books from a third-party seller which Amazon fulfilled, yet didn't get charged tax for it.
There were XPS 13 and Lenovo sales during boxing day for standard 8gb models and I assume these companies just look for any reason to have a sale... so presumably an Easter sale will happen soon.
Is it shipped and sold by Amazon? If not, then there's no tax if it's from the US (which I assume is a mistake like the PSN stuff, but I have no idea).
They didn't take a pic of your package at your door? I've always had that from them.
No, the package was specifically listed as "handed to resident", but my parents were home and didn't receive it. A package the same day from Canada Post was just left in my mailbox too, so... it's just a weird situation.
I guess it's a case of either the driver scanned it wrong and did leave it on the porch but didn't want to take a picture or something, he handed it to a neighbour who now gets a free game, or he handed it to a complete stranger who happened to be walking by my house. Or the driver just stole it?
I dunno. I guess as long as Amazon gives me the money back or whatever, it doesn't really matter (assuming that I don't have someone stealing packages anyway), but this is certainly the first time I've had an issue with Amazon Logistics itself (as opposed to the normal carriers).
You're looking anywhere from $300-350, reasonably. At least toronto is showing me that
Yeah, I couldn't imagine someone paying $350 for a used. $200 would be great. I'll start there.
Not unless you're willing to trade some games/systems for it.
Depends, what will you be using this laptop for when travelling i.e. work, light gaming, browsing the web?
Doesn't hurt to start high and then just list it lower later. Will help with potential offers too.
Walmart update - they finally fixed preorder returns for good and you can just return stuff without it being a chore.
Amazon update - I found my package in a snowbank in front of my house... no idea if that's asshole neighours or asshole driver... I wish they'd just use Canada Post all the time because at least they're responsible people.
Amazon update - I found my package in a snowbank in front of my house... no idea if that's asshole neighours or asshole driver... I wish they'd just use Canada Post all the time because at least they're responsible people.
And that's pre-tax. You could get an extra tax dollars depending on where province you live.
Generally just browsing the web, managing photos, perhaps light gaming like visual novels?
Are you 100% sure it's fixed? Like, the computer actually accepted it and didn't enter an endless loop of loading?
If that's the case, here's a few recommendations:
Acer Aspire 3 ($700): Good battery life, solid APU; Ryzen 5 is able to handle any games thrown its way at 720, plus it comes with a large enough drive for holding photos and several games/programs.
ASUS ROG 504 GD ($900): In terms of bang for your buck, this is the best laptop you can get, certainly when it comes to power, while still remaining portable. The only concern is that, with it being primarily a gaming laptop, the battery life will not hold up on a long trip without packing a power bank.
Yep. I joked with the Walmart manager/clerk/person about it while she entered the game into the system. I got the refund confirmation an hour later.
Timeplay sucks now, I miss getting good prizes
Ugh, just realized how many games I have lying around from E3 pre-orders that I still haven't played and would have been cheaper if I had waited lol......
I need to stop pre-ordering so many :( Good thing I only have 4 games still pre-ordered and 3 of them are still over a year away I think
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