What do DVDs cost to make

Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
in slim cases for $1 each.

Matthew (product must cost less than $0.10 to make)
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Matthew L. Martin

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:56:01 -0500, Matthew L. Martin <> wrote:
>Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
>in slim cases for $1 each.

Walmart doesn't manufactor DVDs. There's no correlation between what
it costs to manufactor a DVD and what walmart can sell them for.

TCS

TCS wrote:
> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:56:01 -0500, Matthew L. Martin <> wrote:
>
>>Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
>>in slim cases for $1 each.
>
>
> Walmart doesn't manufactor DVDs. There's no correlation between what
> it costs to manufactor a DVD and what walmart can sell them for.
>

Are you saying that someone is taking a loss on PD titles? I'd like to
see some support for that.

Matthew

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>There's no correlation between what
> it costs to manufactor a DVD and what walmart can sell them for.
>

New economics?

Alpha

Matthew L. Martin wrote on [Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:27:18 -0500]:
> TCS wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:56:01 -0500, Matthew L. Martin <> wrote:
>>
>>>Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
>>>in slim cases for $1 each.
>>
>>
>> Walmart doesn't manufactor DVDs. There's no correlation between what
>> it costs to manufactor a DVD and what walmart can sell them for.
>>
>
> Are you saying that someone is taking a loss on PD titles? I'd like to
> see some support for that.

It's entirely possible.

Justin

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 16:51:14 -0800, "Alpha" <> wrote:

>
>>There's no correlation between what
>> it costs to manufactor a DVD and what walmart can sell them for.
>>
>
>New economics?
>
>

Arthur Andersen economics as applied by Enron.

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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:56:01 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
<> wrote:

>Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
>in slim cases for $1 each.
>
>Matthew (product must cost less than $0.10 to make)

It was $0.88 at my local Walmart and they also had another case
featuring movies like High School USA in cardboard sleeves for $3.00
I did pick up a few $0.88 DVDs mainly for my parents as they used to
like the old shows.

A sign that VHS is really dead; is when DVD sells for less than even
the bargain priced VHS.
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Loss leader

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On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 19:27:18 -0500, Matthew L. Martin wrote:

> TCS wrote:
>> On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:56:01 -0500, Matthew L. Martin
>> <> wrote:
>>
>>>Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
>>>in slim cases for $1 each.
>>
>>
>> Walmart doesn't manufactor DVDs. There's no correlation between what
>> it costs to manufactor a DVD and what walmart can sell them for.
>>
>>
> Are you saying that someone is taking a loss on PD titles? I'd like to
> see some support for that.
>
> Matthew

Many stores have "loss leaders." These are items marked at or below a
store's break-even point or even below cost. It is one form of
advertising. Draw the customers in, and hope they will buy other things
that more than make up for the loss on the item in question.

Obviously, Walmart knows how to make money. They've certainly made a ton
of it for their owners and investors. Whether or not Walmart is selling
these DVDs to make a profit or using them for loss-leader advertising is a
question I don't know the answer to. Whichever it is, Walmart is always
free to change their mind on the pricing of these DVDs today or in the
future. As a consumer, just enjoy the ride while it lasts, assuming they
have a title or two for a $1 a pop that you'd enjoy.

mercutio

On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 20:26:41 -0500, Impmon <> wrote:
>On Tue, 04 Jan 2005 18:56:01 -0500, "Matthew L. Martin"
><> wrote:

>>Next to nothing, given that Walmart is selling 25 public domain titles
>>in slim cases for $1 each.
>>
>>Matthew (product must cost less than $0.10 to make)

>It was $0.88 at my local Walmart and they also had another case
>featuring movies like High School USA in cardboard sleeves for $3.00
>I did pick up a few $0.88 DVDs mainly for my parents as they used to
>like the old shows.

>A sign that VHS is really dead; is when DVD sells for less than even
>the bargain priced VHS.

I've yet to see any movie I'd actually want to own sell at those prices.

Those movies are about as desirable as a David Lee Roth CD.

TCS