So long Blockbuster...

[ztirffritz]

http://www.macworld.com/article/139884/2...c=rss_main

Blockbuster said it has “substantial doubt” about continuing as a “going concern.”

[Michael]

It's been years since I rented from Blockbuster. I'm not sure I ever rented a DVD from them, just VHS tapes.

[Racer X]

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.

[OWC Jamie]

:-)

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.

[AAA]

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.

[Racer X]

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.

[NewtonMP2100]

. . .they also need better inventory control. . .sometimes they have a gabillion copies of a movie that not a lot of people will rent. . .

[the_poochies]

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.

[Will Collier]

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.

[cbelt3]

BlockBusters are all gone in my area, and have been since late last year. Circling the drain..