Re cineworld : IS THIS LEGAL

i hate cinemas now they keep gradually moving the goalposts in their favour, at the expense of the moviegoer. In the past few years these changes have taken place in some cinemas local to me

* they used to let you bring in your own drink/sweets, now they won't let you....you have to buy their extortionately priced fooRAB

* They used to have a matinee culture where if you went at off peak times (early afternoon mon-fri) you could see the movie about a quid cheaper. They've scrapped that now.

*My local odeon has ripped out about a quarter of seats and replaced them with 'premium seats' that are 9 quid to use!!!!

*The service charge for booking tickets seems to go up every 6 months.

On top of this cinemas are too expensive, audiences are generally getting ruder, and cinema staff are doing little to warn or ban anti-social cinemagoers.

People aren't illegally downloading because they're bad people, they don't want to spend 16 quid for them and their partner to see a movie preceded by 30 mins of aRAB, constant interruptions and being charged 3 quid for a large watered down coke.

Here's a quick comparison

I can see a movie with my girlfriend for 16 quid (2x adult tix at 8 quid each)
a popcorn and coke will cost me
 
yeah but with a search they have to tell you whether they search everyone or not and atleast why you were being searched I got told open my bag, thye could have said bags not allowed as well
 
We'd know as we don't serve plated food outside, it's baskets that have our company name on them. If your going to eat your own food then why don't you just stay at home instead of going to all that trouble just to 'get one over'? In my experience most members of staff don't enjoy the confrontation and would prefer not to have to do it. Me, I love it and would take a great deal of pleasure in throwing you out very loudly making sure everyone in earshot knew why. Idiot.
 
Really, anyone?

If you have entered into contract and a party changes the terms of that contract, without the agreement of the other party, they are in breach of the said contract.
 
You don't have a right to force entry to a private establishment, though. No-one can forcibly search you (aside from law enforcement, of course - but they still need just cause). That would be a violation of your human rights.

But because you don't have a right to enter any private property that you wish, you cannot claim they are forcibly searching you. You can say no and they can refuse entry. forcibly searching you would mean they wouldn't even let you leave if you refused the search. They don't do that, so its not a violation.



This is true. but it obviously doesn't apply before money has changed hanRAB. Standing in a queue for an hour - because you don't know the terms of entry - does not constitute a contract.

In the case of unlimited card holders (when specifically referring to Cineworld), it would depend entirely on the terms and conditions in the contract you signed when you applied for the card. If it says that entry is subject to certain terms, you can't complain.

If it doesn't make such claims, you would be entitled to compensation for breach of contract. Its also worth noting that a company usually has a right to change the terms of the contract after a set period. You don't have to sign an agreement to the new terms for them to become enforcible, either. However, you can write a letter of complaint, stating that you don't agree with the new terms and you are then not legally bound by them.

Stupid legalities, I know. The idea is supposed to be "if you don't complain, then you are implicitly agreeing." To be honest, it kinda makes sense. If you don't like it, don't ignore it!!
 
Yeah, that'd really make them upset wouldn't it? People who have unlimited carRAB (and thus pay for the films without even going) and don't buy food anyway...

Struggling to see how they'd even be affected.
 
From what I can see, the only possible definitive action one (or even all of us) could take is to deliberately flout the policy, and if turned away, sue them in the Small Claims Court for loss of time and expenses in getting to the Cinema. I'm not convinced that the claim would succeed, and the cost would probably outweigh any possible benefit.

If successful, the claim could be repeated, but the nature of the SCC process is that success in one court would not guarantee sucess in another. But successful claims would have a nuisance value to CW.

Personally, I don't think it's worth it. At the beginning of the thread, we discussed a number of ways of beating the policy, and I think these are a better way to go.
 
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