Comcast On Demand Just in 24 Hour Rental Ripoff

Comcast On Demand for Just movies is a 24 hour ripoff for $5.99 that I found out about the hard way earlier today when a friend of mine came over who had yet to see X-Men: First Class. I told him that I had rented it yesterday, watched it, and thought it was alright, but not worth buying. He still wanted to watch it, so I found it in my Xfinity TV On Demand menu and noticed that I would have to pay another $5.99 just so his fat ass could watch it because it had been more than 24 hours since I rented it.

This cold have been worse if it were not for the fact that he was already going to be at my place for a different reason, so this was not a special trip that he made. When I told him that he was SOL on the X-Men movie he was disappointed, but just went about his day as planned.

I realize that $5.99 isn't much money, its cheaper than going out to see a movie, its HD quality is better than anything I could hope to find on Pirate Bay without the risk of viruses, and On Demand is more convenient than going to a video store, waiting for it to arrive in the mail from Netflix, or trying your luck with one of those Red Box vending machines. Still when the movie is already out on video you should get more than 24 hours of access for $5.99 especially considering the fact that no physical merchandise is involved. 24 hours for $5.99 is a ripoff.