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

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

Waste of money or not?

I think I might.

£5 yes, £20 never

Nope. Wouldnt buy one not at £20.

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

Erm
Pre credit crunch yes

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

Nope.

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

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?

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

I'd watch it

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

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

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

£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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.