PayPal on eBay Discounts $100 iTunes Gift Cards to $85 as iTunes Highlights $5 Modern Horror Movie Sale

[H3LL5P4WN]

Nice discount I am always looking out for these. But I never ever could bring myself to buy or rent a movie from the iTunes Store.
They cost double the amount a physical rental did back in the days. Digital rental should be a tenth of the current price, then I would consider it.
5€.... do other digital rental platforms have same prices? Beyond me why anyone would pay such amount.

Why anyone would rent is beyond me.

 

[wigby]

Nice discount I am always looking out for these. But I never ever could bring myself to buy or rent a movie from the iTunes Store.
They cost double the amount a physical rental did back in the days. Digital rental should be a tenth of the current price, then I would consider it.
5€.... do other digital rental platforms have same prices? Beyond me why anyone would pay such amount.

It's not fair to compare pricing of "back in the day" to today just like it's not fair to compare Netflix streaming pricing to Apple's rental pricing. They are all completely different models dictated by the studios. They are also consumed differently. I used subscribe to Netflix physical disc delivery and go through a movie every night for only $10/month. That's a great deal until you realize that two hours every day is a part time job and sucks time away from other things. Now I use Netflix as background noise while I work or do other things. But when I rent something on AppleTV, it's rated more as an event that I watch with my family on the better TV. So we adjust our viewing habits based on priorities like time and affordability and convenience.
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Because many Apple fans are rich wealthy elite workers and families who don’t recognize the value of a dollar. It is literally not a thought on their mind - will I have enough for this movie and groceries - or should I even pay this much? Can I shop around somewhere and find it cheaper? Yeah, the family probably could, wait why? With it all in one ecosystem and money not really meaning anything to them, in fact they’d probably pay even twice as much as Apple currently rents for and not blink an eye about it. That’s Apple’s base, and why their brand and public image matter so much.

So then who are all these families being dragged by their kids out to theaters to see the latest $20 movie as soon as it's released? I can tell you that there are just as many Android users in those theaters as Apple users. If anything, I've found that Apple users spend more money because they value their time more which is more important than searching for deals.

 

[Rigby]

Nice discount I am always looking out for these. But I never ever could bring myself to buy or rent a movie from the iTunes Store.
They cost double the amount a physical rental did back in the days. Digital rental should be a tenth of the current price, then I would consider it.

I agree that rental prices are too high (roughly double of what Redbox takes), but there are pretty good deals to be had on purchases. They often have deals going as low as $4.99, and more and more movies are 4K and come with extras. The prices are on average probably significantly lower than buying BDs or UHD BDs, and they don't make your living room look like a Blockbuster store.

 

[SuperBrown]

First time I've ever done this, now wondering why I didn't sooner. It's an incredible discount.

A few years back they used to regularly discount them at 20% off.

 

[FelixDerKater]

But they are.

Nope. You can’t use an Apple Store gift card in the iTunes/App Store as of my last attempt.

 

[Bawstun]

It's not fair to compare pricing of "back in the day" to today just like it's not fair to compare Netflix streaming pricing to Apple's rental pricing. They are all completely different models dictated by the studios. They are also consumed differently. I used subscribe to Netflix physical disc delivery and go through a movie every night for only $10/month. That's a great deal until you realize that two hours every day is a part time job and sucks time away from other things. Now I use Netflix as background noise while I work or do other things. But when I rent something on AppleTV, it's rated more as an event that I watch with my family on the better TV. So we adjust our viewing habits based on priorities like time and affordability and convenience.
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So then who are all these families being dragged by their kids out to theaters to see the latest $20 movie as soon as it's released? I can tell you that there are just as many Android users in those theaters as Apple users. If anything, I've found that Apple users spend more money because they value their time more which is more important than searching for deals.

That may be. It is just my personal opinion that they don’t value their time more, it’s that they don’t value money. Or rather don’t see a value in necessarily saving it, not at the price of a movie rental anyway.

I mean really all you need to do is walk into any Apple store in a major city and you can easily spot the staggering wealth difference of any other store you walk into. Apple’s customers (their base anyway) are very wealthy.

 

[zorinlynx]

When you get billed for, say, iCloud storage or buy an app, does Apple automatically draw off this balance first or do you have to designate it manually?

Yep, it automatically bills from any store balance before hitting your cards.

This actually once bit me because I once had a large balance, back in the day when I spent a lot less, and it lasted me over a year, and the credit card has expired. So when the balance ran out I suddenly had an unexpected "you must update your credit card info" almost a year after the card had expired.

 

[wigby]

That may be. It is just my personal opinion that they don’t value their time more, it’s that they don’t value money. Or rather don’t see a value in necessarily saving it, not at the price of a movie rental anyway.

I mean really all you need to do is walk into any Apple store in a major city and you can easily spot the staggering wealth difference of any other store you walk into. Apple’s customers (their base anyway) are very wealthy.

I agree but doesn't a wealthy Apple customer indicate that they do understand the value of money and that they do save it and do not waste it? Where are they getting all this money? Are you insinuating that Apple customers are living off of credit debt more than non-Apple customers?