Comments on: Why Are Mormons Sooo “Cheap”?

By: Jenna B.

Jenna B. — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 19:18:42 +0000

Figured out how cheap Mormons are when hubby’s oldest brother and sister-in-law went in with 4 other couples to get us a crockpot for our wedding. Not to be outdone, I sent one thank you card to all five couples, in care of his brother. Figured they didn’t deserve a separate thank you card from me either.

By: movies in utah county

movies in utah county — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 04:33:18 +0000

A lot of people are cheep. Including Mormons. I like to save a buck anytime I can, but I have never sneeked popcorn into a movie.

By: FaithHopeLove

FaithHopeLove — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 20:09:51 +0000

I had a very dear friend of mine regularly sneak home-cooked popcorn into the movies – she’d put them under her shirt and pretend she was pregnant.

I don’t go to movies that often, but the last two have been at the University Cinemas (an entertaining, if not well-written, Fantastic 4 and the highly enjoyable Sky Captain.) I blame John C. (a random John?) for getting me to both of those.

Don, the coolest thing about your theater, IMO, is providing those interesting popcorn toppings.

gst: I’m pretty sure my wife and I would pay more to go to a movie where we’d be less likely to have kids present. *grumble*

By: gst

gst — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 03:33:43 +0000

I go to the most expensive theater in town–the Hollywood Arclight–because teenagers won’t pay $14 to see a movie, and it’s worth an extra $5 not to have teenagers in the theater.

Don, would you eject a customer who “movie hops”? Sometimes if a movie is a dog I will go watch something else, or two other things (though I do not stay for a whole other movie cycle, that is, in an evening I won’t watch more than about 2 hours worth of movie, or watch two movies back-to-back). Is that objectionable?

Incidentally, I can’t movie hop at the Arclight because ushers seat you in assigned seats for each showing, so I pick my movies more carefully there.

By: gibbyg

gibbyg — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 22:48:53 +0000

I imagine the slang would go like, “Could they be anymore Mormon with the serving sizes here?” or “The boss went Mormon on us and cut dental insurance.”

By: Mark B.

Mark B. — Tue, 08 Nov 2005 00:03:35 +0000

My dad said once that as the repuatation of Mormons grew, people would change the way they talked about bargaining people down:

“I really Mormon-ed the guy down. I got a great deal.”

By: Stephen M (Ethesis)

Stephen M (Ethesis) — Thu, 03 Nov 2005 05:23:24 +0000

http://www.cinemark.com/theater_showtimes.asp?theater_id=193

I’m paying a dollar to go there, never thought to sneak food in. It is kind of hard to sneak movie popcorn in anyway — and they don’t give refills if you bring it yourself.

By: danithew

danithew — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:59:35 +0000

Years ago I read a snippet of Torah or Talmud commentary that stated it is morally wrong to inquire about the price of an item that a person has no intention of buying.

For some reason that really struck me as a truth. It’s a form of deception and it is wrong to deliberately and falsely raise another person’s hopes.

For similar reasons, I think it is wrong to go into a bridal dress shop and try on dresses when a person has no intention of making a purchase. It seems especially wrong to do so with the purpose of finding “ideas” for a dress a person is making at home.

People who work in bridal stores have a right to compensation and it is a form of worker oppression to obtain their assistance when one knows ahead of time that no payment is ever intended.

Here’s a link titled “Price Shopping With No Intention to Buy” that provides interesting discussion of the matter.

By: Elisabeth

Elisabeth — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 01:39:10 +0000

ARJ: Yeah, I can’t believe you two played hooky to go see Star Wars! At least you didn’t get dressed up in character. Or did you?

By: don

don — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:43:06 +0000

Eric, thanks for the $1 snack bar idea, I think I might steal that and modify it a bit.

Tom, our dollar per is about .85 – .95 as well…and that’s with lower snack bar prices than Movies 8, so I guess that’s good. It’s just not very good (financially) when theater like the Garland did $1.50+. The bottom line is the difference between a very profitable venture and one that is borderline and even in the red some months. 25,000 people per month times .50 is a big deal!