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   Chris "Sampo" Cornell to weary flake   
   Re: Cinematic Titanic: Blood of the Vamp   
   30 Apr 09 07:58:52   
   
   From: msampo@aol.com   
      
   In article ,   
    weary flake  wrote:   
      
   > dgates  wrote:   
   >   
   > > I think there were extra posts due to some confusion about what you   
   > > meant by "buying online."   
   > >   
   > > #1. the "original" model: you go to Amazon, enter a credit card #, and   
   > > a DVD is shipped to you.   
   > >   
   > > #2. this newfangled Cinematic Titanic model, where you not only enter   
   > > a credit card, but then you have to download their special downloading   
   > > software, use the downloading software to download the movie, then use   
   > > some other software to burn the movie to a DVD.   
   >   
   > What a terrible idea!  So this is what Cinema Titanic is, we can   
   > happily ignore it.  Real DVDs or DVD-Rs can be sold by amazon.com,   
   > their third party Marketplace system, ebay "buy it now",   
   > filmbaby.com, etc., no need to force downloading on us unless CT   
   > wants to do so.   
   >   
   > I suspect that Cinema Titanic was assaulted by Consultants From   
   > Mordac with their "consumers like interactivity, so make things as   
   > hard as possible for them and they'll buy more stuff."   
      
   Just FYI: You can also buy honest-to-goodness DVDs from Cinematic   
   Titanic, either through Paypal or with your credit card a la Amazon,   
   Your choice.   
      
   Sampo (And there isn't a consultant within miles of these guys, believe   
   me)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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