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    Option to Purchase after Rental

    I don't know about anyone else.... BUT....

    I don't always want to purchase a title until I see the movie. Some movies are a def buy first, but some I would like to see before I buy and add it to my library.

    I would like to see an option to purchase a movie after I view it for the purchase price minus what I just spent in rental.

    You could even make it a timed option like with 48 hrs after renting you can purchase it for the price difference.


    Ms Laurie

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    Re: Option to Purchase after Rental

    Originally posted by ms_laurie View Post
    I don't know about anyone else.... BUT....

    I don't always want to purchase a title until I see the movie. Some movies are a def buy first, but some I would like to see before I buy and add it to my library.

    I would like to see an option to purchase a movie after I view it for the purchase price minus what I just spent in rental.

    You could even make it a timed option like with 48 hrs after renting you can purchase it for the price difference.


    Ms Laurie

    I have often wondered why they don't do that.

    Of course, they have people like me who refuse to pay $5-$6 to rent a movie, so I will just buy it. But I am probably in the minority.

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      Re: Option to Purchase after Rental

      Every once in a while this idea comes up. I even mentioned it once a while back myself. Vudu doesn't seem to bite, though. Who knows? Their hands may be tied anyway.

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        Re: Option to Purchase after Rental

        Having worked with the studios' digital video departments for years in the satellite tv industry, I can safely say that a proposal like this is something the studios would have control over ultimately, not the provider. That's not to say it couldn't ever happen, it's just...unlikely.

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          Re: Option to Purchase after Rental

          Originally posted by jeffpn View Post
          Every once in a while this idea comes up. I even mentioned it once a while back myself. Vudu doesn't seem to bite, though. Who knows? Their hands may be tied anyway.
          Actually, every once in a while when this idea comes up, I mention - this feature has actually been supported for several years...

          The catch: there are very few movies that offer it, because for the most part the studios didn't really want it (and as Jeff H said, it's up to them in the end).

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            Re: Option to Purchase after Rental

            Originally posted by Jake View Post
            this feature has actually been supported for several years...

            The catch: there are very few movies that offer it....
            Any way we could get a list of the movies that currently offer it?

            Or even better, maybe a Store Front in the Movies & TV > Collections > Showcases section.

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