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    Image of Mikestan Mikestan
    11/30/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    but the books have to be returned by Friday or you'll be faced with late fees.
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    Image of d1zzle d1zzle
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    TBH the BB by my house is always busy. My neighborhood is what you'd call "upscale"(perhaps we are more tolerant of higher pricing), still it's kinda surprising considering there are both a Redbox and a Hollywood Video nearby.
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    OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear promoted this comment d1zzle was starred d1zzle was unstarred
    Image of OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear OW-Holmes:Bringer of Fear
    11/29/09

    @d1zzle: I always figured Blockbuster could compete in poorer areas. Poor people dont have access to the internet so can't use netflix. I live in a poor neighborhood and there were two blockbusters not 2 minutes away from each other.

    One of them went under and sold everything. I went in to see if I could get any sweet deals. Pricing protip: 9.99 is not a going out of business deal for a USED DVD.
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    Image of frigg frigg
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    As long as people keep using typewriters, there'll always be a need for Blockbusters to service them.
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    Image of brahmachari99 brahmachari99
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    Why does everyone hate Blockbuster so much? I like it, and along with my Blockbuster Total Access online membership, I am never out of any movies to watch. It'll be a sad day for me if Blockbuster goes out of business. Streaming from Netflix is not really a good option because of (1) their poor selection, (2) poorer audio/video quality compared to BluRay, (3) and having to use your own limited internet bandwidth.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment brahmachari99 was starred brahmachari99 was unstarred
    Image of emorottie emorottie
    11/29/09

    @brahmachari99: Blockbuster hasn't been my rental store of choice for about 15 years now. I always preferred Hollywood Video.

    Your statements confuse me. Are you using a streaming service from Blockbuster? Because those limitations (at least quality and bandwidth) would still be concerns.

    If you mean that you're getting movies in the mail through blockbuster ... well I'm doing the same through Netflix.

    And let me tell you ... there is no shortage of movies on Netflix for me; it has everything *I'd* like to watch. So your statement there is a bit biased. You can't just say something has a poor selection as if it's a fact without proof. You mean that Blockbuster has more films that you'd like to see. (But now I'm just being picky. ;)
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment emorottie was starred emorottie was unstarred
    Image of brahmachari99 brahmachari99
    11/30/09

    @emorottie: Blockbuster has TotalAccess which means I can exchange the by-mail movies for a movie at the B&M store for free. This saves me the 2-day turnaround time by mail.

    I am not using Netflix, but other users have frequently complained about lack of new movies in their online collection.
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    Image of emorottie emorottie
    12/01/09

    @brahmachari99: Yeah that's where I got confused. "Online selection" to me is related to the concept of "streaming movies". But any movie I've ever looked for was always available on DVD ...

    BTW, do you EVER have to mail the movies back at some point instead of keep going to the store?
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    Image of brahmachari99 brahmachari99
    12/01/09

    @emorottie: You cannot keep going to the store... the return envelope is actually a "coupon" to get a free exchange from B&M store. You could mail back the movie, but exchanging it in-store makes more sense. Now when you return this B&M movie, the next movie will ship (along with the return mailer/coupon) from your rental queue.
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    Image of emorottie emorottie
    12/01/09

    @brahmachari99: Ah, I gotcha. Thanks for the clarification there! :)
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    Image of ploopsy ploopsy
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    Blockbuster is a dying model.

    You have to go to the store only to find that what you want is not there and then you wind up renting some other crap just to salvage the trip.
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    Image of craigeryjohn craigeryjohn
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    They need to sell Milk. You can just pop in for Milk and a movie. Used to be the only reason I'd make a trip into town.
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    Image of Michael Scrip Michael Scrip
    11/29/09

    @craigeryjohn:

    That's why RedBox makes so much sense. In my town, RedBoxes are at grocery stores... and a few drug stores too.

    I'd rather drive to the grocery store to get a $1 RedBox movie and a bag of chips or something... than go to Blockbuster and get the same movie for $5.

    I'm seeing Blockbuster stores going out of business in heavily populated areas in Columbia, SC. Times aren't looking good for Blockbuster.
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment Michael Scrip was starred Michael Scrip was unstarred
    Image of Rescue9 Rescue9
    11/29/09

    In reply to Are Netflix Discs Going to Kill Me?
    Swine Flu or Blockbuster.....

    Swine Flu it is.
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    Yerzriknot promoted this comment Rescue9 was starred Rescue9 was unstarred
    Image of tamoko tamoko
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    My girlfriend dragged me into a BlockBuster two weeks ago for a quick movie fix... the first time I've been in one in years.... I could smell the corporate death upon it.
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    11/29/09

    In reply to Are Netflix Discs Going to Kill Me?
    Benjamin Button was okay. Once. Only once. I bet Jack didn't like Big Fish either.
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    Yerzriknot promoted this comment bustedchain was starred bustedchain was unstarred
    Image of Yerzriknot Yerzriknot
    11/29/09

    @bustedchain: Benjamin Button is a poor man's Forest Gump.
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    Image of bustedchain bustedchain
    11/29/09

    @Yerzriknot: Forest Gump wasn't enough better for me to want to see it a second time. I liked watching the Forest Gump movie, once. That was enough.

    I've watched the Triplets of Bellville several times. It was a very good movie and pretty amazing how everything was communicated using normal every day body language.

    Then again, I'm no Sysquell or Eggbert. I tend to like movies for what they are. If they don't have enough "eye candy" in some manner then I may not want to watch it again, but I could still have enjoyed it the first time.

    Do yourselves a favor and don't watch the new Land of the Lost movie. I was expecting pretty bad and came away even more disappointed than that.
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    Image of Homerjay is utterly alone. Homerjay is utterly alone.
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    I assume you're using the term "sell" very loosely seeing as they're 75% off.
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    Image of OCEntertainment OCEntertainment
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    And thus the transformation begins. After a long gestating period, soon the former Blockbuster will be ready to burst from its cocoon as a new, beautiful.....Media Play.

    ...Unfortunately, Media Plays, like their cousin the butterfly, also only have a lifespan of about a week.
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    Image of Benguin Benguin
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    They also sell snuggies.
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    Image of ludwigk ludwigk
    11/29/09

    @Benguin: Wait, what the hell does that mean? Are they morphing into some sort of 7-11/Walgreens with DVDs hybrid amidst their death throes?
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    Image of prochobo prochobo
    11/29/09

    In reply to Are Netflix Discs Going to Kill Me?
    Six samples? How scientific!
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    Jack Loftus promoted this comment prochobo was starred prochobo was unstarred
    Image of Denver80203 Denver80203
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    Someone should design a way to rent movies you can download onto a USB stick from a venting machine. Less captial investment (disc, shelf space), never run out of movie X, etc
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    Image of spannu spannu
    11/29/09

    @Denver80203: [gizmodo.com]
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/29/09

    In reply to Blockbuster Is Doomed
    I didn't even know there still where Blockbuster stores anymore.All 3 of the ones that I knew closed down.

    Still- Books? That's bad, but the main video store chain in Ireland, Xtravision, cram in a dozen computers into each one and try to sell the place as a cyber cafe.Really hard to want to go get a particular DVD when you have to squeeze past some 13 year old kids watching porn to get to it.

    And they started selling cellphones a few years back - but they never invested in proper displays for them, so they literally screw the display phones to the wall. right through the screen. Sometimes the entire thing breaks apart so there is just the battery cover left there.
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    spannu promoted this comment Edited by njdevil at 11/29/09 1:25 PM njdevil was starred njdevil was unstarred
    Image of Mr_Human Mr_Human
    11/29/09

    "I didn't even know there still where Blockbuster stores anymore.All 3 of the ones that I knew closed down."

    @njdevil: So if there are no McDonald's in your area, does it mean there aren't any anywhere else? /snark
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    Image of njdevil njdevil
    11/29/09

    @Mr_Human: Dude I'm from New Jersey. I used to be able to see 2 different Golden Arch signs from my bedroom.

    If all the McDonalds in my neighborhood closed down, It would mean the whole company had gone down the shitter.
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