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So long Blockbuster... - ztirffritz - 04-07-2009
http://www.macworld.com/article/139884/2009/04/blockbuster.html?lsrc=rss_main
Blockbuster said it has “substantial doubt” about continuing as a “going concern.”
Re: So long Blockbuster... - Michael - 04-07-2009
It's been years since I rented from Blockbuster. I'm not sure I ever rented a DVD from them, just VHS tapes.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - Racer X - 04-07-2009
they keep making changes to their website, that makes it harder to navigate, and slower to load and refresh.
The only thing they have over Netflix as far as I am concerned, is that I get movies in the mail early in the day, and if I am home, I can watch them, return them in store that afternoon/evening. They then get checked back in, and get new ones mailed to me the next day, and thus have 2 day turn around cycles. Netflixx would be 3 at best, and that is if I get the movies to the last pick-up at the Post Office at 5:45 pm.
I'm the kind of customer thay hate.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - OWC Jamie - 04-07-2009
:-)
last time I was in a blockbuster, on the counter was a dozen of the new movies, just out in the new ' DVD format '.
Be kind, just rewind.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - AAA - 04-07-2009
Our BB B&M is always very busy.
Busier than a Sears store that is about 40 times larger.
Busier than 10 K-Marts.
About as busy as nearby Starbucks.
1/100th as busy as Wal-Mart and McDonald's Hamburgers.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - Racer X - 04-07-2009
I think that they just have too many stores. There are 5 within a 5 mile radius of my house. That's just wastefull. The closest to me has 3 registers, and maybe 2 in use at any given time. Up the staffing a bit, run 3 registers, and close every other location. Instead of having the DVDs 3 deep on the shelf, 4 or 5 deep to accomodate the higher volume.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - NewtonMP2100 - 04-07-2009
. . .they also need better inventory control. . .sometimes they have a gabillion copies of a movie that not a lot of people will rent. . .
Re: So long Blockbuster... - the_poochies - 04-07-2009
The Blockbuster by my house is always incredibly busy, especially after work.
I work next to my local Public Library. The rentals there are FREE, although they may not have the newest or most obscure titles.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - Will Collier - 04-07-2009
Golly, if only they had gone through with the Circuit City merger, just think of how well they'd be doing today.
Oh, right. Never mind.
Re: So long Blockbuster... - cbelt3 - 04-07-2009
BlockBusters are all gone in my area, and have been since late last year. Circling the drain..