Today, I succumbed to the lure of “cheap” DVD’s. I visited one of the many DVD stores that you can find everywhere in the city and walked out with a whole bunch of recent movies, some of them currently in theaters in the States. They are selling for less than $2 (a little more than 1 Euro) and of very good quality. They are cheap for a reason of course. Hint, hint.
The basement store (hidden under a furniture store and of course no windows) was recommended to me by a local friend and packed with foreigners. After some hectic shopping, I’ve found some relief in a little park across the store. There I took the attached picture of people playing cards. As I was walking around with a bag full of DVD’s, watching these people having fun with a simple game of cards, I was wondering if they are not better off than me. Them , sitting with friends in the park and enjoying a nice game versus me, sitting in a sofa by myself watching a movie. You get the picture.
2 comments:
Paul, don't be guity with those DVDs :-)
If you are buying them at 5RMB/DVD, it means they are totally illegal copies. Really cheap, but with a risk of being very low quality.
For your case,if it's 10~12RMB/disc and especially if you find advertisement in that DVD before movie starts, then it's offical low-price version - designed to fight illegal DVD and part of the cost covered by ad.
Enjoy with proud~
Ray
10 rmb but no advertising ?
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