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Post by MK on Jun 30, 2005 16:20:11 GMT 7
Fascinating, I know, but it's a subject close to all our hearts, and I have never made a poll before, ok?
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Post by MK on Jun 30, 2005 16:24:30 GMT 7
7 kuai for me
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Post by burlives on Jun 30, 2005 16:45:20 GMT 7
Without bargaining...
8 in Wenzhou. 6 in Xi'an.
Elsewhere no dvd player...
With bargaining:
Same.
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Post by Lotus Eater on Jun 30, 2005 16:58:49 GMT 7
Between 6-8 normally, but it varies depending on how many I buy. If I buy an armload I can get them for just over 5 each.
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Post by George61 on Jun 30, 2005 18:24:31 GMT 7
6...except for burning downloads...1 kuai for a blank CD
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jun 30, 2005 19:33:23 GMT 7
I only bought some for the first time yesterday. 6 kwai, didn't even ask for less.
It appears to be thusly : 7 from a shop, 6 from the street or stall. The street gave wrapper and all, the shop in a little plastic bag with generic cardboard cover.
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Post by con's fly is open on Jun 30, 2005 20:40:28 GMT 7
Complicated, so I won't until I understand the question:
Rent? 1Y
Buy from ssme video store? 10Y
Bootleg in the market?3Y
Good authority that it works/no one will stand up in front of the bootleg cameraman and block a key scene, in the market? I'm a $hitty haggler. 25Y
Chris is with me, in good auth... etc.? Unknown
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Post by George61 on Jun 30, 2005 20:44:19 GMT 7
Who's a little pisspot, then??  
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Post by MK on Jun 30, 2005 20:49:59 GMT 7
I'm talking no frills, your local DVD store on the corner, or man in the street if u want, slim plastic baggie with card cover. If you are lucky it will be the same movie inside as outside.
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Post by con's fly is open on Jun 30, 2005 21:38:14 GMT 7
Wait, what gave me away? Ah. In that case, MK... 5Y. |
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Post by MK on Jun 30, 2005 21:44:02 GMT 7
I was gonna include an 'I only have a VCD player' option for those that remember 'the good old days' (i.e. about two years ago), but i forgot.
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Post by acjade on Jun 30, 2005 22:27:05 GMT 7
Lots of loans from FT colleagues and presents from sundry freinds...0 kwai.
Market purchases... cheapest 5kwai. Most expensive.... 14 kwai.
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Post by Shane on Jul 1, 2005 5:48:23 GMT 7
Here in Dalian nearly all the D5 discs (that's the movies that urually have the extras missing) cost 6RMB, and are, for the most part, very good. 9 times out of 10 the cover matches the movie. In Victory Square (the main tourist haunt) though, they cost at least 10RMB.
D9 DVDs (the 'real' ones with all the extras) cost 16RMB. I've started to buy more and more of these lately, especially for films I know I'll watch more than once - mainly because of the extras.
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Post by Ruth on Jul 1, 2005 5:55:18 GMT 7
Usually 7, but can come down to 6 with mass purchases. That's out of the grab boxes for the cardboard cases and take-your-chances on whether you will get what you think you are buying.
14 and up for the plastic cases off the shelves.
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Post by Newbs on Jul 1, 2005 7:43:48 GMT 7
Don't think I ever paid more than 7 kuai. I posted a few months ago how things were getting "more legal", shall we say, in Hangzhou. Still the case a week or so ago. Nothing on display, and last time I was lead out to the back room, where the sliding door was shut and bolted, so that from the aisle it looked like there was nothing there. Also the pimply faced security guards have moved away from the doorway, and are now actually patrolling the aisles. Bad times ahead, I fear.
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PS MK you should have added a $15 Australian column, cos that's what I'll be paying from now on, absolute minimum. I didn't actually tick the more than 10 kuai column, because it would have stuffed up your survey, and also you have added the word "fool" there. Hey, tell me something I don't know.
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Post by Nate M on Jul 1, 2005 8:36:06 GMT 7
Usually 7 or 6. My fave place for cheapies though is Gu Lou, where I can usually get them for 4, 3 for 10, or 4 for 10, including cardboard or plastic cases. I tried to go yesterday, in fact, but they'd already packed up by the time I got there.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jul 1, 2005 8:50:51 GMT 7
I should have added, 20-30 for the 'legal' stuff with everything.
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Post by Nate M on Jul 1, 2005 8:59:43 GMT 7
I was under the impression that the "legal stuff" usually didn't have poo in terms of extra features.
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Post by Mr Nobody on Jul 1, 2005 9:01:53 GMT 7
Well, when I bought some in Foshan, they didn't. But I assumed, do the the others comments, that now they did. The cheapies I bought here have all the outtakes as the special features. I bought the lord of the rings trilogy with the extra disks, so I hope they do. Haven't yet watched them.
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