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Old 09-23-10, 10:57 PM   #22
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well there is no doubt Blockbuster Video will always be something special to someone.

In my life growing up we have only rented movies from a couple of places... blockbuster and a little mom and pop video store.

Blockbuster had its high times in the late 80s and early 90s when movie and video game rentals were running high.

i remember every friday or saturday night being about 11 or 12 years old having a couple of friends over to stay the night and we would pester the crap out of my parents to drive us to blockbuster to grab a few movies and rent a game for the sega or NES / SNES.

it was like christmas time every weekend.

but as technology changed... so should have their business practices. The kiosks were too little too late.

Hopefully, they can restructure into a more up to date and with the times business model and stay around a bit longer.

they need to get into direct to Wii rentals, directo Ipad/pod rentals and direct to mailbox rentals etc. and they need to do such things aggressively and quickly lest they become dinosaurs of the industry.
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