[Taltarzac725]

Had been waiting for this to happen. The prices for Villages' movie theaters went up by .50 cents.

Still a very good deal. This was at Barnstorm theater in Brownwood but I am assuming that this applies to the prices at other Villages' theaters?

[ajdeck]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Had been waiting for this to happen. The prices for Villages' movie theaters went up by .50 cents.

Still a very good deal. This was at Barnstorm theater in Brownwood but I am assuming that this applies to the prices at other Villages' theaters?

We still pay $3 for seniors at the 11am and 2pm shows in North Fort Myers.

[DougB]

Originally Posted by ajdeck

We still pay $3 for seniors at the 11am and 2pm shows in North Fort Myers.

Yeah, but by the time you pay for gas it cost more than going to Brownwood

[Madelaine Amee]

Originally Posted by ajdeck

We still pay $3 for seniors at the 11am and 2pm shows in North Fort Myers.

Then you should definitely go to North Ft. Myers to the movies!

[mickey100]

That's about what we used to pay up north. I think movie prices have gone up in the last few years.

[justjim]

Iam not surprised everything eventually goes up. The cost of a ticket isn't too high but the popcorn and soda is a bit high and a movie without popcorn and refreshments is just not quite right. Sometimes you see patrons "kind of sort of" sneaking in their own refreshments!

[blueash]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Had been waiting for this to happen. The prices for Villages' movie theaters went up by .50 cents.

Gee, how are they going to make change for one half of a penny?

Sorry, my math training just can't let that one go. Perhaps you meant either 50 cents or 0.50 dollars?

[asianthree]

redbox with a good bluray and sound at my house and you can stop the movie to get more

[skip0358]

Still a bargain. Price on Long Island at Island 16 in Holtsville was $12.25 and that was in December. I'm sure it's up again.

[ajdeck]

Originally Posted by DougB

Yeah, but by the time you pay for gas it cost more than going to Brownwood

Two miles from house.

[zcaveman]

Netflix is my choice. A great selection.

Z

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by zcaveman

Netflix is my choice. A great selection.

Z

I use Netflix too and Redbox. You lose a lot of the atmosphere, special effects, sound, etc. when you just see the movie via a television rather than on a much bigger screen.

[Taltarzac725]

Originally Posted by blueash

Gee, how are they going to make change for one half of a penny?

Sorry, my math training just can't let that one go. Perhaps you meant either 50 cents or 0.50 dollars?

Fifty cents can be written as .50 as this link shows a quarter as .25. A nickel would be .05.

Learning Money - Elementary Math | WyzAnt Tutoring

There are 100 cents in every dollar. Therefore, 100¢ = $1. We would never write 100¢; by the time you reach 100, you need to express the amount in dollar form, with a dollar sign ($). Also, cents can be written two different ways. First, they can be written as a number followed by a cents sign, like this: 25¢. However, cents can also be written with a dollar sign ($) and a decimal point (.), like this: $0.25 The cents would come after the decimal, and a zero would come before the decimal, to let other people know that you only have cents and no whole dollars.

[blueash]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

Fifty cents can be written as .50 as this link shows a quarter as .25. A nickel would be .05.

Learning Money - Elementary Math | WyzAnt Tutoring

You are making a common mistake. Read your post again. You may write twenty five cents as 25 cents. However if you write .25 cents that is one quarter of a penny. If your are talking in dollars then 0.25 is one quarter dollar, or fifty cents would be $0.50 a half dollar.

A nickel is .05 dollars not .05 cents. A nickel is 5 cents. The problem with your initial post is that you said the cost went up .50 cents which is one half of a penny. Do the simple math. 0.50 is 50 one hundreths of whatever unit you are describing. 0.50 miles is a half mile and cannot be used to mean fifty miles. So 0.50 cents is a half cent. If you had left off the word "cent" as your defining unit of measure then no problem as we all would have understood it to mean dollars. Notice in the helpful resource you have quoted. They clearly indicate that 25c ( no decimal point) is twenty five cents. They did not say that 0.25c is twenty five cents. That is what you errantly are suggesting.

[ajdeck]

Originally Posted by Madelaine Amee

Then you should definitely go to North Ft. Myers to the movies!

Don't get carried away, just saying TV is great but not perfect in
every possible way that's all. Don't need to keep defending a
good thing but it's not perfect.