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Blockbuster reinstates late fees (BB getting thrashed by netflix/Redbox)
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| march 4, 2010
| elizabeth strott
Posted on 03/04/2010 6:59:41 PM PST by max americana
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To: max americana
I wouldn’t buy any stock in Blockbuster.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:03:42 PM PST
by
dr_who
To: max americana
Blockbuster will be out of biz in 18 months.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:05:12 PM PST
by
dragnet2
To: max americana
Netflix recently made a deal with one of the studios to delay their new release DVDs for 30 days before making them available for rental. I have been using NF less and BB more because of it.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:06:51 PM PST
by
cd jones
(Liberals: spreading misery, calling it equality)
To: max americana
I always feel a little sorry for them when I drive by my local Blockbuster and see the sparsely occupied parking lot.
Survival of the fittest, though. Too bad they couldn’t find a better way to be competitive.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:07:39 PM PST
by
TXBlair
("Jim is dead...I'll wager they found no wounds in his back!" Mama Bowie upon learning of Jim's death)
To: dr_who
Every Blockbuster store that I know of in town (Boise, ID) has closed it’s doors. About 6 or 7 of them.
Locally they got killed by Hastings with cheaper rentals and more forgiving on late fees also books, music and coffee.
Netflix/Redbox was the nail in the coffin.
I’m sure there are a few left in town somewhere, just not in the areas I go.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:08:31 PM PST
by
Domandred
(Fdisk, format, and reinstall the entire .gov system.)
To: max americana
BlockBuster—Talk about a dead business model.
You can rent $1 DVDs from a machine at Walmart and the supermarket. You can stream a DVD from Amazon and Netflix. My public library has a vast selection of DVDs. You can reserve them over the internet
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:09:51 PM PST
by
dennisw
(It all comes 'round again --Fairport)
To: Domandred
To: max americana
About ten years ago I went into the local BB and in order to rent a movie they wanted my SS# and a lot of other information. I said no and have not been back since.
To: dennisw
Why rent when you can buy...and have it for years?
That's my take on the business
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:14:34 PM PST
by
b cool
To: max americana
I agree with Blockbusters move.. I got tired of going into Blockbuster and seeing all the new titles rented out.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:15:25 PM PST
by
Onerom99
(I)
To: dragnet2
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:16:40 PM PST
by
klimeckg
("The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men.")
To: rickomatic
Blockbuster does boast of more titles than Redbox.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:18:37 PM PST
by
HiTech RedNeck
(I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
To: dragnet2
The Blockbuster in my neighborhood closed up last year, replaced by a "Big Bob's Discount Clearance" store, which is kinda like a 99 cent type store but its merchandise is more like $99 instead ...
Good Riddance to Blockbuster, as their arrogant late return policies pissed me off more than once ... one time charging me a late fee and then when I asked for the DVD back and would pay the additional rental charge, they refused to waiver the late fee and insisted that I pay *that* as well as the new re-rental fee ... I walked out and never went back.
To: dr_who
I saw a Blockbuster store the other day, first one in a long time. Didn't know they were still in business.
To: max americana
Blockbuster needs to diversify... Say, buggy whips or something since they seem to have a fondness for antiquated technology.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:23:24 PM PST
by
LibWhacker
(America awake!)
To: max americana
That's why I use Netflix for my movies. I hope Blockbuster goes out of business when the American people need help trying to save money.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:25:32 PM PST
by
Nitehawk0325
(I have the right to remain silent, but I lack the ability...........)
To: Domandred
Same here. We had one Blockbuster open up about three or four years ago, to go head-to-head with our local store (Movie Gallery - it's a small town). They went belly-up within a year. Netflix works out good for us - they ship the movies in our queue the day it's released, and it gets here from the local hub the next day. With our schedules, it's great not to have the pressure of trying to watch a rental within a day or two in order to avoid late fees.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:30:41 PM PST
by
Viking2002
(Old fishermen never die. They just smell that way.)
To: Nitehawk0325
I hope Blockbuster goes out of business when the American people need help trying to save money. That was a ridiculous statement.
Nobody puts a gun to anyones head forcing them to rent from Blockbuster and if you don't want late fees DONT BE LATE returning the rental.
To: A message
I hate blockbuster ... period... glad to see the bastards go.
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posted on
03/04/2010 7:40:04 PM PST
by
Porterville
( I have come here to chew bubble gum and kick ass, and I'm all out of bubble gum)
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