Blockbuster goes bust...

TLAM Strike · 09-23-10, 11:29 AM

I bought a few used DVDs from them a couple of years back and that's it.

I don't mess around with pay for memberships and stuff. I'll go to the library or use Redbox if I want to rent a movie.

Sailor Steve · 09-23-10, 11:37 AM

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Originally Posted by TLAM Strike

I bought a few used DVDs from them a couple of years back and that's it.

Oh, I do sometimes go the the nearest BB and see what they have on sale cheap. I guess I will miss that part.

A little.

Not really.

frau kaleun · 09-23-10, 12:48 PM

My biggest complaint with BB was that, on the few occasions that I bothered to stop there because I had some movie in mind that I wanted to see, they would not have it. And I don't mean new releases, of which they would always have plenty, altho on occasion I'd want one of those and all 8 dozen copies would be out. But even with other stuff, older movies - either they only kept one copy in stock and it was gone, or it would be something that they didn't bother to stock at all because it wouldn't have a wide enough appeal given the local customer base.

And then when the one particular thing I wanted to see wasn't available, I'd plod around in there for who knows how long trying to find something else of immediate interest so I didn't feel like I'd wasted a trip.

Then to top it off they closed the one that was most convenient for me on the weekends, so I went to Netflix and never looked back.

SteamWake · 09-23-10, 12:55 PM

I do subscribe to netflix 10 bucks a month.

There awsome with a 2 day turn around on disks, live streaming of shows I like. Currently going through "My name is Earl" and laughing my butt off.

I have also been going through Battlestar Gallactica only available on disk but in the third season now and I'm losing interest in it. My wife calls it "All my Cylons"

frau kaleun · 09-23-10, 01:03 PM

Waiting two days for the movie I want and knowing I will get it is much better than trudging down to the store today only to find the movie I want isn't and maybe never will be available there, and if it is I'll have to trudge back down there and try again another time. Plus trudge back there to return it.

Weiss Pinguin · 09-23-10, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I do subscribe to netflix 10 bucks a month.

There awsome with a 2 day turn around on disks, live streaming of shows I like. Currently going through "My name is Earl" and laughing my butt off.

I have also been going through Battlestar Gallactica only available on disk but in the third season now and I'm losing interest in it. My wife calls it "All my Cylons"

Oh we love netflix. My family (dad especially) got hooked on 24 and we went through 7 seasons in a couple months with instant play. Waiting for season 8 is the worst kind of torture

I'm gonna miss that when I move outta the house...

09-23-10, 11:29 AM	#1
TLAM Strike Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Rochester, New York Posts: 8,633 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 6	I bought a few used DVDs from them a couple of years back and that's it. I don't mess around with pay for memberships and stuff. I'll go to the library or use Redbox if I want to rent a movie. __________________

09-23-10, 12:55 PM	#4
SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	I do subscribe to netflix 10 bucks a month. There awsome with a 2 day turn around on disks, live streaming of shows I like. Currently going through "My name is Earl" and laughing my butt off. I have also been going through Battlestar Gallactica only available on disk but in the third season now and I'm losing interest in it. My wife calls it "All my Cylons" __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

09-23-10, 12:48 PM	#3
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	My biggest complaint with BB was that, on the few occasions that I bothered to stop there because I had some movie in mind that I wanted to see, they would not have it. And I don't mean new releases, of which they would always have plenty, altho on occasion I'd want one of those and all 8 dozen copies would be out. But even with other stuff, older movies - either they only kept one copy in stock and it was gone, or it would be something that they didn't bother to stock at all because it wouldn't have a wide enough appeal given the local customer base. And then when the one particular thing I wanted to see wasn't available, I'd plod around in there for who knows how long trying to find something else of immediate interest so I didn't feel like I'd wasted a trip. Then to top it off they closed the one that was most convenient for me on the weekends, so I went to Netflix and never looked back.

09-23-10, 01:03 PM	#5
frau kaleun Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Skyri--oh who are we kidding, I'm probably at Lowe's. Again. Posts: 12,706 Downloads: 168 Uploads: 0	Waiting two days for the movie I want and knowing I will get it is much better than trudging down to the store today only to find the movie I want isn't and maybe never will be available there, and if it is I'll have to trudge back down there and try again another time. Plus trudge back there to return it.