Is this true? ->SM MOA's scam on 3D movies

standlasalle

Is this true guys?

I was told by my former classmate in college that if you watch a 3D movie at SM Mall of Asia (just the regular movie house showing 3D not IMAX), they'll fool and force you to get a regular pop corn for P50?

They'll bill you P250, (P200 for the 3d MOvie, P50 for the pop corn). What's worse is that they don't issue receipt for the P50 pop corn which is tax evasion. Imagine how many patrons watch 3d movies in MOA in a month?


ISSUE 1: They will fool and force you to buy a P50 worth of pop corn

ISSUE 2: They will not issue receipt for your pop corn, approx P1M + sales per month without paying taxes


Parang ironic, kasi sobra na nga laki ng kita ng SM, nanloloko pa sila?

Please confirm this guys.

Thanks

Rocker09

1st, no one can force the customers to buy...If a customer buys something that he/she doesn't want then it's his/her fault....

2nd, At 250 pesos, the 3D price w/ popcorn is actually quite fair(some cinemas charge 300+ pesos for 3D movies and this only covers the ticket)

factsheet

@standlasalle Di lang naman sa MOA pati dito sa amin. SM Clark. Medyo sapilitan nga. Tinanung namin yung babae kung pwedeng 200 na lang ibayad kasi ayaw namin ng popcorn nila. Di daw pwede kasi package yun. Sus. Anong klaseng rule naman yun. Tyaka ang panget lang naman ng 3D sa SM Clark.

H0KAGE

Ganun sa MOA. We watched there last month. 320 pesos sa IMAX kasama ang popcorn. 270 pesos ang sa movie tapos kailangan pang magbayad para sa popcorn. Hay.

standlasalle

Rocker09 wrote: »

1st, no one can force the customers to buy...If a customer buys something that he/she doesn't want then it's his/her fault....

2nd, At 250 pesos, the 3D price w/ popcorn is actually quite fair(some cinemas charge 300+ pesos for 3D movies and this only covers the ticket)

price is relative. The question here is not about if the P250 is fair or expensive. The question here are:

1. does SM MOA really forces you to buy "the 'free' pop corn" because according to my classmate, what's written on the movie stub: P200 ONLY (for the movie).

2. They don't issue receipt for the additional P50 that they charge which is a form of tax evasion. All sales more than P25 should have an official receipt.


12% VAT of P50 is P6 per person. You just can't imagine how many people watch 3d movies at sm moa cinemas in a month. We're talking about millions of pesos of unreported sales to BIR. We all automatically pay our taxes as employees, si SM sobra na ang kita at yaman, nanloloko pa :(

Rocker09

If it is indeed a package then IMO it's just right for them to ask for 250 pesos...

The receipt thing is a whole different story though...If it is a package, the ticket should reflect 250 pesos or a separate receipt for the 50 pesos should be issued

yang23

Thats trure. Ive experienced that a lot na parang sa sobrang excited mo na manood eh nagiging irrational ka na and just bayad na lang. but for me just the word "package" itself, you cant break down the charges. you're buying only the ticket, pero may kasama nang popcorn cos its a part nga of the 250peso package.

bluegrey

dapat di talaga package yan,

3D rin ako nanood sa MOA ng Thor and di ko gusto ng popcorn or hotdog sandwich. I don't buy snack on their snack bar peor walang choice kasi mapipilitan kang kunin kasi binayaran mo yun. Sayang naman.

Nung nanood din kami ng Rio sa SM North naman, 250 sya then sabi nung cashier na 225 yung ticket pero may kasama ng softdrinks kaya 250 tapos ang haba pa ng pila para makuha yung softdrinks na natapon lang naman kasi di inayos nung crew yung pagsara ng takip at di pa namin nasimulan yung movie ng sakto at di namin nainom yung isang softdrink. I don't drink softdrinks pa naman sana water na lang kinuha ko

bluewing

tanong mo sa DTI

Aya_Alexa

bluegrey wrote: »

dapat di talaga package yan,

3D rin ako nanood sa MOA ng Thor and di ko gusto ng popcorn or hotdog sandwich. I don't buy snack on their snack bar peor walang choice kasi mapipilitan kang kunin kasi binayaran mo yun. Sayang naman.

Nung nanood din kami ng Rio sa SM North naman, 250 sya then sabi nung cashier na 225 yung ticket pero may kasama ng softdrinks kaya 250 tapos ang haba pa ng pila para makuha yung softdrinks na natapon lang naman kasi di inayos nung crew yung pagsara ng takip at di pa namin nasimulan yung movie ng sakto at di namin nainom yung isang softdrink. I don't drink softdrinks pa naman sana water na lang kinuha ko

Same thing happened to us, nanuod kami ng ate ko ng Megamind and 225 yung ticket tapos 250 daw with either coke or popcorn (yung small pa yun ah) eh may food na kami na nabili nun pero package na daw talaga yun pwede daw na di na kunin pero 250 parin daw dapat yung babayaran so no choice kinuha ko yung drink and popcorn sa ate ko, di pa kami nakakaupo nagtataka na ako bakit ang daming tulo yung coke yun pala kasi sobrang puno siya plus sa sobrang pilit ata na ilagay yung takip nagkapunit yung plastic cup, tinapon ko nalang siya kasi paubos na rin lang.

pero ngayon ko lang nalaman na wala pala sa official price yun sa stub.

haberdasher

same with sm southmall. my fault not to check the price on the ticket. and am not into eating popcorns during movies coz i find it messy. lesson learned for me.

MrMagalang

That happens on all major smcinemas. Sa gateway nga, P270! Pero may kasama small drink. Frankly I dont really like 3d. Maybe once in a while. I prefer 2d instead.

H0KAGE

Tara, ireklamo sa DTI. Hahaha. How I wish!

standlasalle

Nanloloko nga sila. I watched 3d na at SM Moa. Pag nag check ka ng receipt, P200 nga lang ang nasa receipt. May small stub na cut out yung receipt, yun ang kukunun sa cinema bar in exchange for your "free daw" na hotdog or pop corn.

Manloloko. Anlaki laki na ng kita ng SM nangloloko pa sila

questor

Paging DTI.

standlasalle

ka_enteng wrote: »

buti nga senyu e dito sa amin, sm davao tubig lang ng sm ang kasama sa 250 pesos na package. kahit coke man lang sana :(

Grabe talaga, bottled water lang

Sobrang garapal tong SM Cinema management

FatFingerz

Time to visit DTI's website. Kaso kailangan ng evidence, eh nawala ko na Thor ticket ko. Please someone should report this one.

innerchild

my friends and i watched rio 3d sa glorietta, 300 ang price pero wala naman sinabi about popcorn. Bat parang ang mahal sa glorietta? First time to watch 3d kasi eh.

DPS.ph

Galleria 3D with similar popcorn and softdrink.

danella

Nangyari din sa akin yan. Nagpareserve ako ng 12 tickets sa IMAX for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows thru landline. First time kong manoood sa IMAX so tinanong ko magkano. Ang sabi sa akin P300 daw so P3600 ang total. Pero nung kinuha ko na yung tickets, nagulat ako na P4100 ang chinarge sa akin. P350 pala per ticket kasi may kasamang popcorn. Wala na akong magawa kung hindi kunin yung tickets. Ang daya lang kasi ang sabi sa akin P300.

cinelamour

H0KAGE wrote: »

Ganun sa MOA. We watched there last month. 320 pesos sa IMAX kasama ang popcorn. 270 pesos ang sa movie tapos kailangan pang magbayad para sa popcorn. Hay.

rackeetering ang tawag diyan. reklamo na sa DTI!

parang yung tindahan na binili namin na rack para sa laptop. sabi doon 300 pesos buy one take one. pero ang binili namin ay isa lang kaya ang siningil sa amin ay 150!