Jackie,
Thanks for supplying that math lesson! I knew the cost was a lot more, but it's really eye-popping when you see it worked out in front of you!
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Personally, I don't really care if MPI doesn't ever release the pre-Barn episodes to the public because I don't care to own them. If they released them, yes, I'd probably invest in them. But if they don't, it won't be any great loss to me. I liked them but I much prefer the Barnabas episodes. I don't think they'd hold out though--I mean I wonder what the ratio of DS fans who are in the club to DS fans who aren't is. I can't imagine that it's very different. I would expect more DS fans to NOT be in the club, given the humongous price differences, so it would be utterly stupid of them to withhold the DVDs.