So the rude dingbats that used to work for blockbuster can go get a job at Mackie-D’s?
Obama’s economy is represented by 200,000 applying for 50,00 jobs?
Way to go Zero!!!
The first affirmative action president is making great progress in destroying the country!
one dying industry buying out another dying industry.
Blockbuster was my first job after college. I used to frequent their very first store in Dallas at Preston Royal. Amazed they lasted this long.
I just bought 12 movies ranging in price from 3 to 5 dollars at our local BB that is closing
I have been meaning to take pictures of the remaining Blockbusters in my area. Will be interesting to explain to My twin baby Boys...”You see, there were these places, where your Mom and I would wait in line for hours to pay 5 bucks, thats like 100 bucks today, to rent a single movie.” I also remember freaking out when they switched to dvd. Heh.
Hoisted by their own petard!
For $21.99 a month for unlimited rentals, they sure beat cable prices for my entertainment dollars. And they managed to close every grocery store movie rental stand $.99 price for a short time.
But after they decimated their competition, they immediately raised their prices, and priced themselves out of the entertainment marketplace.
Kharma in action, gotta love it!
Question: There are many older films that have never been released on DVD. Is it worth it to buy the films on VHS and convert them to disc or are there other alternatives?
Sounds like Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. needs to weight in on this. Obviously this whole online movie situation is killing jobs left and right. Now I know that Jesse will probably be the first to admit that he himself knows how to download movies and may even have done so a time or two himself.
But now he’s going to have to amend his newly proposed legitimation banning ipads (which are single-handedly responsible for book stores closing and newspapers and magazine companies folding) to include banning online movie downloading as well. Exempting Congress and their staffers, of course.
I passed three former Blockbuster Video stores on the way home from the grocery store the other day. All had gone out of business in the last few months.
They had lousy service, were frequently dishonest, had poorly trained employees, a cruddy business model, and a meager selection.
I’m glad that they are gone and can’t see doing business with anything or anyone in their stead.
Good riddance.
Lackluster, in my town, has been gone for some two months.
Can’t say I miss them.
I prefer to download a movie from them or Netflix and “get around” to watching them.