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Blockbuster departs Alaska, leaving 1 store left in U.S.
A.P. ^ | July 12, 2018

Posted on 07/12/2018 7:11:51 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

ANCHORAGE, Alaska >> Alaska’s last two Blockbuster video stores are calling it quits, leaving just one store open in the United States.

The stores in Anchorage and Fairbanks will close for rentals after Sunday night and reopen Tuesday for video liquidation sales through the end of August, said Kevin Daymude, general manager of Blockbuster Alaska.

(Excerpt) Read more at staradvertiser.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Music/Entertainment; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: alaska; anchorage; bend; blockbuster; blockbustervideo; clickbait; dinosaur; fairbanks; oregon; videos; wob
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To: Ciexyz

One of ours is a public library, they even have a video section painted like blockbuster with a reference to blockbuster. That particular one flooded during Katrina, was looted (LOL!) and has been a furniture store and a fitness center as well. Of the other two one was split up and is a restaurant on one side and a cell phone store on the other. The 3rd one I don’t remember what it is.


41 posted on 07/12/2018 8:35:44 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: ConservativeStatement

Never went to one. Back when I still rented, I always supported the local guys.


42 posted on 07/12/2018 8:36:20 PM PDT by AlaskaErik (I served and protected my country for 31 years. Progressives spent that time trying to destroy it.)
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To: yarddog

West Coast Video?


43 posted on 07/12/2018 8:36:26 PM PDT by Phillyred
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To: LukeL

Faces of Death is definitely a show to watch when you are younger. If you watch it when you are older you may have a problem.


44 posted on 07/12/2018 8:37:26 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: precisionshootist

No.


45 posted on 07/12/2018 8:43:27 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum; Gamecock; SaveFerris; FredZarguna; PROCON
I miss the Gene picks.


46 posted on 07/12/2018 8:45:02 PM PDT by Larry Lucido
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To: ConservativeStatement

The final store will bend but not break. …
Pun intended?
The closures will leave the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, as the sole holdout.

“How exciting,” said the Bend store’s general manager Sandi Harding. “It might end up being a little chaotic for a couple of weeks.” …
Wonder what Sandi’s business model is since she intends to stay open.
47 posted on 07/12/2018 8:45:43 PM PDT by Olog-hai ("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
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To: precisionshootist

I take it you knew someone who had the same thing happen?


48 posted on 07/12/2018 8:50:09 PM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: Phillyred

It’s original mail dvds was huge. The streaming came later and it has gotten worse over time as more streaming services fight over content.


49 posted on 07/12/2018 8:53:20 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Ken H

Yes family member


50 posted on 07/12/2018 8:56:50 PM PDT by precisionshootist
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To: kanawa

I listened to that song on my way to work this morning.

RIP Mr. Becker.

L


51 posted on 07/12/2018 9:00:54 PM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I do too. But not Blockbuster. The b@st@rds purposefully targeted and destroyed myriad mom and pop stores.


52 posted on 07/12/2018 9:08:46 PM PDT by Seruzawa (TANSTAAFL!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Remember: Ford no longer builds cars.”

They still seem to make the Fiesta, Fusion, Mustang and Taurus.

https://www.ford.com/


53 posted on 07/12/2018 9:09:50 PM PDT by PLMerite ("They say that we were Cold Warriors. Yes, and a bloody good show, too." - Robert Conquest)
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To: Olog-hai

Yes, perhaps a capital B would have been more telling.


54 posted on 07/12/2018 9:12:00 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: BBell

The thing is that half of the footage is fake, the other half is news footage and a tiny portion may be from crime scenes. It was like the Italian cannibal movie, painfully fake yet still causes investigations in the US.


55 posted on 07/12/2018 9:12:29 PM PDT by LukeL
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To: morphing libertarian

“Opops i forgot to return Plan 9 From Outer Space and I spit On Your Grave.”

At least the biz is dead and unable to collect.

In 2014 the local library charged me a $10 fine for a video I’d returned late in 1996.


56 posted on 07/12/2018 9:25:31 PM PDT by Rebelbase ( Tagline disabled.)
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To: LukeL

Cannibal Holocaust. Making a horror movie that realistic without all the special effects,CGI, and studios that hollyweird has at hand now is a lost art. The director was actually arrested and investigated for murder for that one.


57 posted on 07/12/2018 9:28:54 PM PDT by BBell (es-tu stupide):>()
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To: ConservativeStatement

My in-laws are devastated! They don’t do the high speed Netflix and Hulu thing, now all they will have is the library or purchase movies. I know there ar quite a few people around Fairbanks who are in the same boat.


58 posted on 07/12/2018 9:51:03 PM PDT by vpintheak (Freedom is not equality; and equality is not freedom!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Blockbuster Video. What a difference.


59 posted on 07/12/2018 10:24:05 PM PDT by Chad_the_Impaler
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To: vpintheak
They don’t do the high speed Netflix and Hulu thing, now all they will have is the library or purchase movies.

Too bad. Perhaps they can reach out to others and start a sharing club, of old DVDs or tapes. Similar to people trading or sharing books. Side note: I no longer share DVDs, some people don't reciprocate or return them.

60 posted on 07/12/2018 10:33:25 PM PDT by roadcat
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