How many times have you lent out your Firefly DVDs?
POSTED BY: Gelassenheit
UPDATED: Sunday, November 27, 2005 18:36
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Don't lend them out unless you're prepared to never get them back.
Lender nor borrower be. Surefire way to end a friendship.
XG
No such thing as gravity. The "Earth-that-was" just sucks.
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There are two types of borrower - those who will watch it in a few days and get them back to you quick and those who will keep forgetting, keeping it for weeks before watching it. Just remind them politely (try not to nag) from time to time so they don't forget. Give them at least a month before asking them to give it back. Be aware it might take a while to get it back as some people are very forgetful about that too!
I don't think its a bad thing being without the DVDs for a few weeks. Absence makes the heart grow fonder and it's exciting watching them again when you finally get them back.
To increase the chances of getting a quick borrower make sure they really want to see it rather than pushing it on them because you think everyone should watch it.
I'm not worried about them being damaged as I would just buy another set.
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I went with a different approach. (I'm not even sure I should mention this, but... what the heck.)
I made a copy of Disc 1 of the Firefly set, and loaned that out. I know, I know, copyright and all... but that one "unauthorized" copy has led to four sales of the full set that I know of, and it's still out there somewhere, hopefully bringing in new fans all the time. (Its last known location was Dallas, TX, over a thousand miles from home.)
See, by using a copy of Disc 1 only, it's more than enough to hook the recipient into buying the set; the recipient then has the copy to pass along to the next potential browncoat; and I don't have to part with my own Firefly discs.
[DonCoat now waits for the copyright police to start banging on his door...]
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Ain't about you, Jayne. It's about what they need.
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Creating addicts, one DVD at a time!
Got the sis & her hubby this weekend. Gee, what do you suppose they want for Christmas, now?
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Quote:
Originally posted by DonCoat:
See, by using a copy of Disc 1 only, it's more than enough to hook the recipient into buying the set; the recipient then has the copy to pass along to the next potential browncoat; and I don't have to part with my own Firefly discs.
[DonCoat now waits for the copyright police to start banging on his door...]
You know, it is the business model that is being presented by the MPAA that is making this issue more complex than it should be. Theoretically you broke the law, but from what I gather here, you just did some free and great marketing for Fox. And you sold 4 DVD sets. How can that be against the law?
Somehow copyright and MPAA business models will need some readdressing, and soon.
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1.5. My teacher didn't feel right borrowing the whole thing ...but he's thinking of buying them...I'll lend him out Serenity just to get him to buy the DVDs.. ^_^ if he likes it he will...*insert evil laugh here*
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Quote:
Originally posted by Gelassenheit:
How many times have you lent yours out?
never, but I have bought at least a dozen sets over the last (almost) two years,
giving them to friends & family as gifts
(wedding, birthday, Christmas...even as a baby gift once! LOL)
I've ended up with a lot of strong converts,
who all went to the BDM
(I'll wait and see if they'll buy the 'Serenity' DVD on their own)
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watch the R. Tam Session vids: http://www.hittarivertam.nu/
and buy the 'Serenity' comics published by Dark Horse,
and have you joined the Browncoats yet?
http://browncoats.serenitymovie.com/serenity/?fuseaction=tools.invlink
&u=embers&linkID=36
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I have never leant out my DVD
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Q: Why don't we just raise the defensive shields?
A: A superb suggestion with just two major drawbacks. One, we don't have any defensive shields. And two, we don't have any defensive shields. Technically speaking thats only one flaw, but it was such a big one I thought I mention it twice.
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None, but when I can affort to I plan to buy another set and start lending out this one.
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