Would you pay £20 for a DVD that showed a typical day at your child's school?

[emkana]

dd2's school did this this week. Apparently every child will be in it, albeit briefly.

Waste of money or not?

[Nabster]

I think I might.

[weddingdress]

£5 yes, £20 never

[Galava]

Nope. Wouldnt buy one not at £20.

Its a good idea to see what happens higher up in the school though...

[sagacious]

Erm
Pre credit crunch yes

But now I'm pretty sure most parents would baulk at it (am on Pta committee)

[Mintyy]

Nope.

[southeastastra]

ooh yes, as long as they lingered over the play times

[nametaken]

Do what we do. One parent buys the DVD then copies it for all the other parents. £20 fucking quid who do they think we are?

[hobbgoblin]

No way in the world whatsoever. Like, why would you?

[thisisyesterday]

no way!
I mean, i'd be kind of interested in what goes on I guess, but only from ds's perspective lol

no, I really wouldn't. wouldn't even pay a fiver.

[emkana]

Because it is a nice memento, for them as well as you?

[PuppyMonkey]

What nametaken said. I would only want to see it if it was unedited too.

[Cosette]

£20 way too much. Would pay £10 though..

[thisisyesterday]

do you think they'll ever watch it? nah. i honestly wouldn't.
£20????? i mean ffs. how much does it cost them to make and copy? peanuts.

[emkana]

I'd watch it

[EdwardBear]

I'd want one, but £20 is a LOT for that

[emkana]

I personally wouldn't feel comfortable doing the copying thing. It's illegal innit?

[MollieO]

No. Ds's school regularly put video clips of school activities on their website.

[Hulababy]

£20 way too expensive.

I wouldn't but then I go in to school and see it in RL. I think the £12 or £15 I have to pay out nativities is enough.

[nametaken]

Yes it's illegal - have you never driven through an amber traffic light. That's illegal too.

Anyway, it may be illegal but don't you think there's something sleazy and immoral about charging £20 for a DVD and only donating £1 of that to the school?

[emkana]

I don't think it's that funny actually. Sorry if I sound holier than thou, but I wouldn't want to do it for moral reasons.

The school has condoned the filming and will benefit financially, how much they receive I don't know. But to deprive them of their share would feel wrong to me.

[nametaken]

Yes, it would be wrong to deprive the school, but I know for a fact that at our school, they only receive £1 for every DVD sold so I give them £1 extra on another fund-raising occasion, when I can slip it in unnoticed.

I just got annoyed one year when I had one child in KS1 and one in KS2 and we were not allowed to film the nativity ourselves, but we were allowed to pay £20 for each key stage DVD. Which would have ended up costing me £40 on top of all the other xmas expenses - frankly, I just saw red and a group of us got together and agreed, my friend would copy it and charge us £2 for her costs.

However, if it's worth it to you, and you can afford it, get one.

[emkana]

At our school you can film the nativity yourself if you want to so maybe that's why it feels different.

[nametaken]

Ask the person responsible for organising the DVD sale, or the person selling the DVD how much does the school receive. They shouldn't mind telling you.

[littlemissbossy]

I agree £5 but £20, no way! I'd call the school office and ask for a visit around school - you can then see what goes on for free

[imaginaryfriend]

I would love to see it but knowing retiring dd she'd hardly feature in it! And yes £20 a bit steep. I'd stretch to that for a DVD of dd's class for a day.