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When i think about waiting in that long line while 1 kid was actually checking people out and 3 kids standing around, i say good riddance.
Yeah. They're going to have to step it up if they're going to stick around any longer. Then again they tend to lean towards disney type movies so they may go for that angle.
When i think about waiting in that long line while 1 kid was actually checking people out and 3 kids standing around, i say good riddance.
I don't do it, but I can get both them and Net Flix via internet through my Blu-Ray player. I simply hope they don't go out of business to maintain compe ion. Otherwise, I could care less.
I say F blockbuster. they have been overcharging us for a long time.
there used to be this hottie that worked at the local blockbuster. she's what i'll miss most about it.
I did BB online for ~3 years but their jacking with their shipping times (and it being do ented/admitted) a few months ago was the final straw for me. It was then faster to have to mail back to netflix than to return a BB.com rental at the store and put up with their shipping delays.
We couldn't find a DVD we had rented anywhere in the house and kept getting calls about it for about 3 weeks. Finally found it and returned it. The policy had been that if you return it after X amount of days, you pay a $1.25 restocking fee.
Welp, we get a collection agency notice saying we owe about $10. I call them up and say wtf? They said they changed the policy to where the movie becomes your after X amount of days.
They used to do the collection agency notices way back when they charged outrageous late fees and them going back to the collection agency notices today makes me ready to cancel the online service I have with them.
+1 FBB
Online they will be, just like CircuitCity.com
Different. Circuit City died and Systemax bought the brand and domain name in auction. CicuitCity.com != Circuit City
if by different you mean they are still similar, then yeah, different.
If Blockbuster is going to survive online, they're going to need to do a better job with their shipping times. It's piss poor unless you literally live across the street from a distribution center. I tried a Blockbuster free trial and I was getting movies about once every week. I get them every 2-3 days with Netflix. And it's not like I live in the middle of nowhere.. I'm about 15 miles north of Boston. I've heard similar complaints from friends of mine who have tried Blockbuster as well.
I suppose the one good thing about Blockbuster's online service is that they have a pretty decent selection of streaming movies and TV shows. Netflix is catching up pretty quick, though.
Who cares about Blockbuster.. Netflix is where it's at.
DVD's + Streaming = perfect.
Newspapers already are. I'm not sure why libraries would go under. There have been bookstores for decades, and Amazon is nothing new, either. Libraries have one great thing going for them: if you return on time, they're free.
Family Video has been around for a long time, but they only recently started expanding. The first store was opened about 30 miles from where I live, and everyone loves them around here. I've never had substandard service from Family Video, and they're good about letting you know your movies are overdue.
Overall, it's an awesome store.
No surprise here. iTunes, Netflix, Red Box, torrents, etc. as everyone else has said.
Hopefully never. That would be a travesty. Nothing beats holding a hardback in your hands and doing some "real" research via books. Don't get me wrong, the inernet with all it's resources is great and all but reading hawthorne or ens off the internet still doesn't beat picking up those books and laying yourself on a couch or seat at the library.
Some things are better left alone.
Just my personal opinion.
I threw away my blockbuster card last year when I got Netflix
the shelves thing is what I would look forward to taking my son go get a movie. Hollywood closing. Now I get to take him to a dvd box to get him to pick a button
Newspapers will follow suit at one point or another when old nostalgic people that like a Sunday paper with their coffee die off...
but libraries are funded by our tax dollars, among other things......they won't go anywhere any time soon.
People don't understand what corporate bankruptcy means. A bunch of little people get fired, and the pension fund gets looted. BB carries on in a smaller incarnation. How is that "good"?
They deserve to go bankrupt. They have ripped people off for YEARS!
You mean they're not going to get any of those Obama Bailout Bux? I though bailed out every one who didn't deserve it.
Look at all the extra unemployed people now.
good
great
Good. They failed to adapt and they'll die the death they deserve.
If they are smart they will cut their stores loose and implement subscription-based online streaming into blockbuster online. But they won't. They completely failed to adapt to new technology in every way possible. This is what they get for jacking up prices on VHS rentals and charging atrocious late fees, abusing their local monopoly on video rental.
Netflix completely took them over, and the entire time Blockbuster just sat and stared while still overcharging for their products. They needed to convert their stores into local shipping outlets a long time ago and maintain an online model. It's still a brilliant idea too (think: locally shipped games/movies and ability to return locally, very fast delivery, slash costs on shelving/commodities/staff. local store turns into a warehouse.)
Too late now. They have a massive amount of debt and no one is going to invest to fix their problem (well maybe the US government).
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