Rumor has it that Blockbuster is looking into bankruptcy as a possibility, which doesn't come as a huge surprise given the many other movie-renting options out there (not to mention the withering state of consumer confidence). Still, the blue and gold movie house has been around for some time. Would you miss it?
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my best friends mom used to be a district manager there. We used to go in and help take out the little notes that said when the movie was due. Ahh memories. But really I haven't stepped foot in a blockbuster in Years, so I don't really care
1Nope.
2Nope. It's Netflix or the local rental store for me. I quit going to Blockbuster years ago.
3Yes! I go at least once a week.... there aren't any local video stores near me, and my bf hasn't seen a lot of my fave movies, so we just pop in and rent....
4No, I use Netflix and if i do rent around here i use Hollywood video they charge the same as blockbuster and i can keep the movies for 5 days instead of 2
5Nope, we use the library.
6Nope. We use Neflix.
7Netflix. I've actually never even been in a blockbuster. I've always lived around privately owned video stores that were waaaay better.
8i'm a netflix customer, so it wouldn't really affect me. to be honest, there's just an ease to getting things delivered rather than going to BB. the one time that my fiance and i went there a couple weeks ago, they didn't have ANYTHING that we wanted to see in stock so it was kind of a wasted trip.
9Nah. I use netflix or the library. If i really wanted something THAT NIGHT I would just download it.
10My friend's husband works for Blockbuster so I would be sad for her.
11Nope. I still have a membership, but last time I went, the movie I rented was scratched and wouldn't play. I had to argue with the manager for 20 minutes before they offered to give me a free replacement rental.
12A company filing for bankruptcy has no effect on the average consumer. I never understood the obsession some people have with the dealings of the upper management of companies. Companies sometimes file for bankruptcy. This usually protects them from creditors as they re-organize their business.
13As for Blockbuster, this was proven to be false yesterday by 4pm Eastern time. Yet this rumor still persists.
The fact is, the type of customers that frequent Blockbuster are not the same people that comment on internet forums. There is a huge percentage of the population that is very slow to move to different consumer habits. There are people that will NEVER stream movies online, rent DVDs by mail, use PPV, etc. These people are comfortable with physical media, going into a store, having a clerk/customer interaction, and browsing physical aisles of product.
NOTHING else will replace that in the foreseeable future for these people.
Do people still go here?? Everyone I know has Netflix or uses RedBox. All the Blockbuster stores (and other video stores, for that matter) near my house closed awhile ago.
14Nope, we get Netflix and go to the library. If we want to watch a movie right away, we watch the "instant" movies on Netflix. I'm surprised more video rental places aren't going bankrupt, actually. Netflix is such a good concept and such a better deal than renting from an actual store.
15i love blockbuster....i remember when they first opened and took all the other video store business out....aaawww memories. when will that happen to walmart....but seriously blockbuster.....where can i go to get movies where im in the moment...i might not want the same movie days later when i get it in the mail...and red-box is very limited. netflix is great to get tv dvd but not movies that i want RIGHT now....not very convenient.
16Maybe. My mom occasionally rents DVDs from Blockbuster and we watch them together. It would limit our movie watching time a bit since she's not very good at adapting to new stuff like Netflix...
17Yes. Ever since the Hollywood Video near my house closed down, I go to Blockbuster. I really don't like netflix, so I wouldn't have any other way to get my movies.
18Blockbuster is way too expensive atleast around here. Love my Netflix.
19Nope.
20No, I just rent films from either iTunes or Pay-Per-View/Video On Demand. I do feel slightly "bummed" because Blockbuster used to be all the rage and it has no gone the way of the dinosaur; I'll sort-of miss driving by the place since I have memories of going there as a child.
21Nope, Netflix is way more convenient. Plus, Blockbuster charges late fees and I would ALWAYS forget to turn the movies in on time.
22I would hate to lose Blockbuster. I don't think far enough ahead for Netflix, and the college town's library doesn't have much of a selection.
23I can't bring myself to care about a company that feels the need to censor movies.
24I have always been frustrated with the movie/game rental model. I want to watch/play the newest thing, and the big wall doesn't have one available. Netflix is kinda like this too with their "Very Long Wait" comment.
iTunes all the way! When is that ZillionTV going to be available?
25The one thing I will miss about blockbuster is buying the cheap used DVDs!
26Gosh No. I haven't rented from Blockbuster since 199something. Now Rite-Aid, that's a totaly different story.
27Goodbye VHS, goodbye blockbuster. Blockbuster should have seen it coming and adapted more quickly.
28LET ME TELL YOU! I liked when Blockbuster went to no late fees and I haven't rented from them in a while and when I renturned it a day too late I was charged for it. They have a new rental program too where you have to return it in 24 hours or you pay more to keep them longer and that was when I walked out that door and I said NEVER AGAIN RENT FROM BLOCKBUSTER! What a rip off and if they are struggling its because of their poor marketing and selling.
29I had Netflix but I can't think that far in advance plus I have a bluray dvd player and they don't have bluray dvds.
30We usually only use our bluray now if we own the movie and we do payperview or ondemand.
Subscribed to Netflix in late '03ish, a week or so before Blockbuster's Collection agency came after me for a $10. late-fee.
Collection agency notified me my BlockBuster "rental privelidge" was suspended until I paid them. "Oh no !" I thought. Not that threat again ! Too funny.
I cut my BlockBuster card into 1/2's sending one 1/2 to BlockBuster and the second 1/2 to the Collection agency with a "not-so-polite" letter to each about my recent subscription to Netflix's no late-fee guarantee.
Now there is RedBox $1.00 DVD rental too. Even if BlockBuster offered me 1/2 of my lifetime late-fee money back, I would still boy-cott this company due to their fleecing their customer history.
Over the years, Blockbuster made several claims the movie I returned was never returned. How do you prove that you returned the movie and should not be charged for the loss ?
NetFlix and Redbox became an option at a perfect time I was desperate for a better product / rental company.
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