01-11-19, 05:29 PM
MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
02-14-19, 01:08 AM
#3001
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Dear Loyal MoviePass Customers,
We know you are as excited about MoviePass as us! We want to ensure that you continue to enjoy the same great benefits as before, so we have undertaken a new marketing strategy. In an effort to provide quality customer service and maintain the value of MoviePass, we have recently made moves to position MoviePass as “the best kept secret in show businesss”. For this reason, you may notice that we are no longer advertising on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. This move will remove distractions and allow us to focus on our loyal customers and our core business models, including producing our own blockbusters such as our new Al Pacino film!
We still invite you to expand on your MoviePass enthusiasm and join the proud ranks of MoviePass shareholders. Our shares provide a great value and can be purchased over the counter at most Dollar General stores or through offers that will be sent to random fax machines.
Again, we are still here and still taking you to all the movies you want to see whenever you want to see them with no restrictions.
Begging you to keep sending in money,
The MoviePass Marketing Team (aka, Mitch Lowe contemplating hooking a garden hose hooked to my car exhaust)
We know you are as excited about MoviePass as us! We want to ensure that you continue to enjoy the same great benefits as before, so we have undertaken a new marketing strategy. In an effort to provide quality customer service and maintain the value of MoviePass, we have recently made moves to position MoviePass as “the best kept secret in show businesss”. For this reason, you may notice that we are no longer advertising on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. This move will remove distractions and allow us to focus on our loyal customers and our core business models, including producing our own blockbusters such as our new Al Pacino film!
We still invite you to expand on your MoviePass enthusiasm and join the proud ranks of MoviePass shareholders. Our shares provide a great value and can be purchased over the counter at most Dollar General stores or through offers that will be sent to random fax machines.
Again, we are still here and still taking you to all the movies you want to see whenever you want to see them with no restrictions.
Begging you to keep sending in money,
The MoviePass Marketing Team (aka, Mitch Lowe contemplating hooking a garden hose hooked to my car exhaust)
You know what? I really thought that that was a real email from them. It definitely is more plausible than the email from the dog.
02-14-19, 09:37 PM
#3002
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Well, it was fun while it lasted. I loved going to 2-3 movies per week during the prime MoviePass months.
02-17-19, 05:35 PM
#3003
Moderator
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Cancelled my subscription this morning... three weeks before my renewal date.
18 movies in one year for $85... it was a good run.
18 movies in one year for $85... it was a good run.
02-28-19, 08:30 AM
#3004
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
MoviePass is stuck on the same 7 movies for the next 6 days... looks like my card ain’t gonna be used this weekend.
I’m happy that is expiring soon.
I’m happy that is expiring soon.
03-20-19, 08:52 AM
#3005
DVD Talk Gold Edition
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
LOL! Moviepass is offering "unlimited" movies again for $9.95*
*Billed one year in advance.
*Only ACH, no credit cards.
*Billed one year in advance.
*Only ACH, no credit cards.
03-20-19, 09:12 AM
#3006
DVD Talk Hero
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
"MoviePass has the right to limit the selection of movies and/or the times of available movies should your individual use adversely impact MoviePass's system-wide capacity or the availability of the Service for other subscribers."
* You can only reserve tickets three hours before a movie starts
* You need to check into the theater 10-30 minutes before the movie starts
A reminder that they just revamped their plans in December, and this replaces those revamped plans.
Oh and the company was delisted, the CFO resigned, and their 3rd quarter earnings were inflated:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/mo...=mw_quote_news
MoviePass parent Helios & Matheson Analytics Inc. HMNY, +3.45% disclosed Tuesday that its financial statements for quarter ended Sept. 30, 2018 "should no longer be relied upon" give accounting errors related to the overstatement of subscription revenue. As a result, the company's preliminary restated net loss for the quarter widened to $146.7 million from $137.2 million, and the restated revenue declined to $74.7 million from $81.3 million. The company said the previous results included "erroneous recognition" of about $700,000 in revenue from MoviePass subscriptions that had been terminated through refunds of subscriptions by Costco Wholesale Corp. COST, -0.16% and up to about $5.9 million in revenue from subscriptions that were in a suspended state given changes made to the service that had not yet been consented to by subscribers.
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03-20-19, 09:15 AM
#3007
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Anybody who sticks with this is crazy.
03-20-19, 12:58 PM
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
I used mine the other day for an IMAX screening. MP covered up to $18.70 of that ticket, so I only paid $2.50 out of pocket. And it's linked to a CC I barely use, not my bank account. I'm making this service work for me.
03-20-19, 09:05 PM
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Sorry, that wasn’t “an accounting error” ... that was deliberate fraud. Everybody knew they were counting those accounts (people they arbitrarily reinstated and those of us who did not accept the terms) in an effort to artificially inflate the numbers when reporting was due to shareholders. They also tried changing their reporting schedule so they wouldn’t have to report the actual number of subscribers they were hemorrhaging.
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03-21-19, 08:28 AM
#3013
DVD Talk Hero
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
03-21-19, 11:50 AM
#3014
DVD Talk God
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
The fact that they can’t pay the credit card vendors, want your bank info instead and want year long commitments to this new structure shows they are desperate.
you would be a fool to commit all that money up front when they are on thin ice already and lost their NASDAQ listing.
you would be a fool to commit all that money up front when they are on thin ice already and lost their NASDAQ listing.
03-21-19, 11:56 AM
#3015
DVD Talk Hero
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
The fact that they can’t pay the credit card vendors, want your bank info instead and want year long commitments to this new structure shows they are desperate.
you would be a fool to commit all that money up front when they are on thin ice already and lost their NASDAQ listing.
you would be a fool to commit all that money up front when they are on thin ice already and lost their NASDAQ listing.
Either way, the point stands about giving them any kind of payment info.
03-21-19, 06:38 PM
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
https://www.slashfilm.com/preshow/
MoviePass founder is launching a new app ... watch ads and get free movie tickets. Although, the app will track your face/eyes to make sure you are actually watching.
Somebody correct me, but I believe this is one of the original founders, not the clowns running the circus now.
Still ...
MoviePass founder is launching a new app ... watch ads and get free movie tickets. Although, the app will track your face/eyes to make sure you are actually watching.
Somebody correct me, but I believe this is one of the original founders, not the clowns running the circus now.
Still ...
03-21-19, 09:03 PM
#3018
Banned
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Which is what I mentioned last year. MoviePass simply became a customer data operation under the assumption that they were a ticket facilitator. Their business model was broken from the start and I still don't know why or how they are still operating.
03-22-19, 12:35 PM
#3019
DVD Talk Ultimate Edition
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
The fact that they can’t pay the credit card vendors, want your bank info instead and want year long commitments to this new structure shows they are desperate.
you would be a fool to commit all that money up front when they are on thin ice already and lost their NASDAQ listing.
you would be a fool to commit all that money up front when they are on thin ice already and lost their NASDAQ listing.
At least they were nice enough to put this up front on their main page, "Your movie choices may be restricted due to excessive individual usage which negatively impacts system-wide capacity. See Terms of Use section 2.5 for further details." So basically they could say every night is too busy to use the service. I'm sure the small print in the TOS says they have the right to change limit the service in any way too.
04-18-19, 01:58 PM
#3020
DVD Talk God
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
https://variety.com/2019/digital/new...00-1203192468/
Only 225K subscribers left.
Remember they reached 3M at it's all time peak.
Only 225K subscribers left.
Remember they reached 3M at it's all time peak.
04-18-19, 02:41 PM
#3022
DVD Talk Hero
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
I wonder if they made a "slight mistake" in their accounting and it's really 22.5 subscribers left.
07-03-19, 11:01 PM
#3023
DVD Talk Hall of Fame
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
MoviePass to "temporarily" shut down for an indefinite period. E-mail sent to subscribers:
07-03-19, 11:54 PM
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re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]
Yea, sure, Mitch. I mean, it isn't like you can just send out an update to the app once it's complete...
I'm gonna say this is the end. Decent ride.
I'm gonna say this is the end. Decent ride.
07-04-19, 11:56 AM
#3025
re: MoviePass... would it work for you? [UPDATE: THE DEAD SHALL RISE]