Filed under: Hmmm
They have a great thing over in the states. It is called Redbox and allows a person to rent most new movies for 1 dollar a day. When I am there I make liberal use of it, but I saw an article about the big movie companies like fox and universal demanding that wholesalers not sell to the company because they are not getting any type of profit sharing. I say B.S. on those companies. Redbox is suing and I hope to god they win, because the greed of the movie studios in this case is sickening. Seriously so. People are getting a great deal, and to be honest, the Redbox thing is what made me actually rent movies again because otherwise you pay a ridiculous price for like five days. I don’t need a movie for five days, so I felt like the rental stores were ripping me off by forcing me to take a movie for five days so I just stopped renting movies.
The idea that they are upset because somebody is making money legally that they don’t have their greedy, slimy hands in just really rubs me the wrong way. If they did get Redbox stopped I would stop renting movies and then campaign to get everyone else I know to boycott those studios and all their releases. Why the heck don’t they just move to compete with their own type of Redbox and give people what they obviously want instead of trying to suck everything they can get? That would make a lot more sense than pissing off all the people, customers, who really appreciate what Redbox offers, legally. The movie studios were saying that it undervalues their stuff, well they are seriously overvaluing their stuff. I enjoy movies but, you know what, you stupid movie studios, I could live without them and you.
Tags: greed, movie rentals, movies, prices
Filed under: house
I was out wandering around earlier, walking if you must know. Trying to get some actual physical exercise and I came across some houses, not on real estate forums but physically. Alright, I didn’t just ‘come across’ them, I have been keeping an eye on them. Property prices are more or less good now for the buyer and the houses look pretty good, and the location is nice. They are both in housing developments which I am not too fond of, but they do have some redeeming features. The really big thing is that they are both corner lots. The one is fairly big; it has four or five bedrooms and a very nice open kitchen plan. The backyard is nothing to really speak of but inside looks quite nice, at least from the brochure. The house also has a couple of fire places, which is really nice as it can get fairly cold here. The other house is in a better location, I think. However, it is not as big as the other.
One reason I like it is because it only has neighbors on two sides. The other sides are covered by a big stone wall and a street. The backyard from what I can see is also a lot bigger than the backyard of the first house. The inside, from the brochure, looked pretty good as well. The only problem I am seeing is that the prices are still a bit high, I think the owners for both were looking for a quick house sale but the price on the second house has dropped a couple of times recently, so hoping it gets down into the range I am interested in. Then might have to seriously consider it, and I am trying to keep abreast of general property news. There are of course more things that would have to be taken into consideration, but overall just from what I have seen by walking around both places and the brochures they have I am finding that the second house is more to my liking. Mainly because of the location and the wall, it gives a bit more of a feeling of privacy.
Tags: house search, houses, prices, property
