Blockbuster Online

[CaptainZombie]

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The program will start on Monday Oct. 23. You will recieve an e-mail on the 23rd or 24th announcing it, here is the rundown:

• First off you must have an account in the store. The online and in-store accounts are seperate.

• For every online rental you have, you can bring it into the store and get a free movie rental, NO LIMITS. It must be in its mailer, sealed and ready to go.

• When you come into the store, hold onto the movie, DON'T drop it into the return box. If it is dropped in their and checked in before you come up to the counter, you will NOT get your free rental.

• When you do check in the online rental, a message will be sent to your queue so that another movie can be sent to you. The turnaround will be much quicker so that you can get more movies. If you rent a movie that is on your queue, you must go home and remove it yourself, our computer system will NOT do that. Also the in-store rental will have a due date just like normal, overnight or a week long rental.

• For everybody that gets the 4 e-mail coupons, you will now only get 1 coupon a month in your e-mail, but as long as you bring in your online rental you will get a free rental. If you recieve the 2 coupons a month that can be used for games or movies, you will still recieve both.

• If you are trying to return a defective movie or you lost your mailer, then you have to call the online phone #for lost mailers, or enter it in the Report Problems pagem, under the Shipped Movies section in your online queue.

• If you have the 5 or 8 online movie plan, you will be converted a 4 movie plan.

THINGS TO REMEMBER:

• Must have an in-store account.

• DON'T drop the online rental in the drop box if you want to get a free rental.

• The free rental must be used on the same transaction that you checked the online movie in.

• Normal in-store rental due dates and terms apply.

Thanks, I may have to switch from Netflix to BBV online. What are the costs for 2 movies out at a time?

[OSUG1]

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Thanks, I may have to switch from Netflix to BBV online. What are the costs for 2 movies out at a time?

$14.99

List of plans link

You can also get a free month trial of BB online, follow this Link and for the promo code enter 40030

[SoMiss2000]

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Thanks, I may have to switch from Netflix to BBV online. What are the costs for 2 movies out at a time?

I went with them over Netflix about 3 months ago and I love it. Reason I went with them is because their main distribution center and HQ is in McKinney, TX about 30 minutes from where I live. I mail movies back on thrusday and have new movies for saturday nite. the 2 day turnaround is wonderful. I usually get the free instore rental while i'm waiting on new movies. I get 3 out at a time for 17.99.

[CMH]

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This new plan is amazing.

Instead of waiting for another movie to come in, I can just rent it from the store by bringing in the online movie? That's a great idea.

This is going to make my Television Season watching faster.

[aukevin]

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Cool deal. Can you go back to the 2 coupons a month with a game rental anymore? I wish I held onto that now, it seems like that would be the better way to go now.

[CaptainZombie]

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$14.99

List of plans link

You can also get a free month trial of BB online, follow this Link and for the promo code enter 40030

I went with them over Netflix about 3 months ago and I love it. Reason I went with them is because their main distribution center and HQ is in McKinney, TX about 30 minutes from where I live. I mail movies back on thrusday and have new movies for saturday nite. the 2 day turnaround is wonderful. I usually get the free instore rental while i'm waiting on new movies. I get 3 out at a time for 17.99.

Thanks guys, I think I'm going to dump NetFlix and give BBVO a shot. I like the getting a free rental by returning movies to the store and then they also check them in there which means you get the movies faster.

Do they have a hub in IL?

[OSUG1]

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Do they have a hub in IL?

Here's a pretty good list of distribution centers. They might have added more since the article I pulled this from (Jan 2005):

Charlotte, NC
Dallas, TX
Denver, CO
Lansing, MI
Miami, FL
Minneapolis, MN
Flushing, NY
Sacramento, CA
Santa Ana, CA
Seattle, WA
Louisville, KY
Houston, TX
Worcester, MA
Gaithersburg, MD
Philadelphia, PA
Atlanta, GA
Edison, NJ
Chicago, IL
St. Louis, MO
Stamford, CT
San Jose, CA
Tampa, FL
Cleveland, OH
Phoenix, AZ

from earlier in the thread

[CaptainZombie]

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from earlier in the thread

Cool, thanks. There is one in Chicago, IL which is good.

BBVO here I come.

[aukevin]

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I haven't heard anything of this new plan OSU mentioned. Anyone else?

[Money99]

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I just signed up for the free trial. Can the 1 free rental per week be used for games? Bueller? Bueller?


can someone move this to entertainment forum

There are much better sites out there that are cheaper and have an unlimited amount of rentals a month.
I'm currently using a Canadian site Canflix (I think) that allows me to rent 3 movies or games (or a mix of the two) at a time and unlimited rentals a month. As soon as I'm done watching 3 movies I send them back and I can get 3 new ones the next day.

A coworker of mine is a member of an American site and he can rent up to 6 games or movies at once.

Compared to other online rental services Blockbuster is the worst of them as far as restrictions go. The store I usually rent from charges only $2.50 after 8:00 so I'd be spending more money going with Blockbuster than the local store.

[aukevin]

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A coworker of mine is a member of an American site and he can rent up to 6 games or movies at once.

What's the site?

[OSUG1]

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I haven't heard anything of this new plan OSU mentioned. Anyone else?

There was a problem with the computers and the launch date got pushed back to the 2nd, and I am not supposed to talk about it till then.

[aukevin]

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There was a problem with the computers and the launch date got pushed back to the 2nd, and I am not supposed to talk about it till then.

gotcha. I'm looking forward to seeing how it works out. Thanks.

[Money99]

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What's the site?

http://www.gameznflix.com/

Great site with overnight delivery. But you have to have an American address.

[CMH]

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There was a problem with the computers and the launch date got pushed back to the 2nd, and I am not supposed to talk about it till then.

Yea, a Blockbuster rep told me this last week.

I was surprised she talked about it so openly. But, I guess no one really should be surprised that this would hold out for so long, with the internet and all.

Still a great idea. The rep agreed with me.