WTF youtube? who would rent a movie for $22.99?

[JosephDredd]

I'm browsing the movies for rent by Youtube and am in disbelief.

Star Wars: A New Hope $22.99

Incredibles: $19.99 (discounted from $22.99)

Pacific Rim Uprising: $17.99

Wreck-it Ralph: $19.99 (discounted from $22.99)

Can anyone explain these prices to me? Would anyone rent a movie for this price? Am I misunderstanding something and you're actually buying a DVD that they mail to you? I'm in Canada right now: am I getting Canadian prices? What are the prices in America?

https://www.youtube.com/movies

 

[Lethal]

That's absurd. I've used the feature a few times to rent movies for like $2.99 where it expires after 3-5 days.

 

[TheWobbler]

I'm browsing the movies for rent by Youtube and am in disbelief.

Star Wars: A New Hope $22.99

Incredibles: $19.99 (discounted from $22.99)

Pacific Rim Uprising: $17.99

Wreck-it Ralph: $19.99 (discounted from $22.99)

Can anyone explain these prices to me? Would anyone rent a movie for this price? Am I misunderstanding something and you're actually buying a DVD that they mail to you? I'm in Canada right now: am I getting Canadian prices? What are the prices in America?

https://www.youtube.com/movies

£9.99 for star wars in uk. About 17 canadian dollars.

 

[bubbleboyjones]

I'm browsing the movies for rent by Youtube and am in disbelief.

Star Wars: A New Hope $22.99

Incredibles: $19.99 (discounted from $22.99)

Pacific Rim Uprising: $17.99

Wreck-it Ralph: $19.99 (discounted from $22.99)

Can anyone explain these prices to me? Would anyone rent a movie for this price? Am I misunderstanding something and you're actually buying a DVD that they mail to you? I'm in Canada right now: am I getting Canadian prices? What are the prices in America?

https://www.youtube.com/movies

Huh? Are you sure those are the "rent" price and not the "buy" price?

 

[James T. Kirk]

Huh? Are you sure those are the "rent" price and not the "buy" price?

This.

 

[pinkybrief]

*buy*

 

[JosephDredd]

Huh? Are you sure those are the "rent" price and not the "buy" price?

This.

They're mixed in with movies priced at $3.99. I'm not seeing a distinction between renting and buying.

 

[James T. Kirk]

They're mixed in with movies priced at $3.99. I'm not seeing a distinction between renting and buying.

Are you on IMDb v2.0 as judgejosephdredd?

 

[Tanaka]

They're mixed in with movies priced at $3.99. I'm not seeing a distinction between renting and buying.

Wreck It Ralph $14.99 US. After clicking on the title it does mention renting for $2.99.

$14.99 is most likely for "lifetime" streaming.

 

[ralphc1]

Shows $17.99 US

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

It's similar to video gamers buying half a game that has to be played online, with servers that will be largely abandoned in a year or two when the future has moved on. If they like the game they can enjoy micro transactions to buy DLC which is often cosmetic

 

[JosephDredd]

Are you on IMDb v2.0 as judgejosephdredd?

No, that's not me. There's probably a bunch of people using this name.

 

[JosephDredd]

Wreck It Ralph $14.99 US. After clicking on the title it does mention renting for $2.99.

$14.99 is most likely for "lifetime" streaming.

Ah, that would explain it. Thank you.

 

[ralphc1]

$17.99 US on both You Tube and Amazon but Amazon lists it as a buy. It doesn't seem to mean it is sold as a disc. Apparently available for repeated viewing.