Blockbuster can bite me!

[The Chef]

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Any buisness can do this. It's the small print. YOU signed the contract and when you signed the contract you gave them authority to do this because it was in the contract that they could do this. It's a buisness. And you should go with Netflix anyways, huge selection, good prices, fast turnover rate. Stores like Blockbuster is in the past.

In your opinion, I had Netflix and the turnover was terrible and didnt make up for the huge selection, which by the way was filled with things I had zero interest in anyways. Stores like Blockbuster are not in the past because they to have the online portion of renting but have tied it into their store fronts which still drives people to their stores in the end. Hollywood Video however is on its way out, or atleast thats the rumor here, and I wouldnt be surprised as things changed they didnt change their business plan and instead let themselves fall behind the times.

[Shooter McGavin]

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In your opinion, I had Netflix and the turnover was terrible and didnt make up for the huge selection, which by the way was filled with things I had zero interest in anyways. Stores like Blockbuster are not in the past because they to have the online portion of renting but have tied it into their store fronts which still drives people to their stores in the end. Hollywood Video however is on its way out, or atleast thats the rumor here, and I wouldnt be surprised as things changed they didnt change their business plan and instead let themselves fall behind the times.

Yea, I think it depends where you live on the turnover rate. When I mail things out their is a Netflix facility like 100 miles from where I live so it is extremely fast.

[The Chef]

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Ok, I gotta ask those of you who have been using Blockbuster longer then myself. Have you ever had any problems with them sending movies completely out of order? I have "There's Something About Mary" on Blu-Ray at #1 on my queue yet they sent me two movies that were significantly lower on my list. This movie has shown a status of available ever since it was released so there shouldnt be any reason that I didnt get it. To make matters worse they didnt even send me the next available movie on my queue either as they skipped atleast a minimum of 2 more movies that were shown as available, what the hell is going on? It cant be that difficult to send a movie thats at the top of my list otherwise what the **** is the point of ranking them in the first place? To say Im pissed is an understatement, when I go from getting something I want to watch to getting something I somehow forgot to remove from my queue I begin to lose faith in Blockbusters program. Anyone else run into this before?

EDIT- I called them and I got some stupid song and dance about how those movies may not be ready to ship yet? Are you kidding me? The movie has been out for over a week now and has been labeled as available ever since it was released yet they arent sure if its available for shipping yet? Same thing for The Uninvited? ****ing joke if you ask me.

[daflyboys]

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And they strike yet again.... nay, twice in one trip. So I'm sure like many of you, BB sends this out to your email this week:

As a valued customer, we wanted you to be aware that blockbuster.com will be down for scheduled maintenance on the morning of Saturday, May 16.

To thank you for your patience and serve your movie rental needs during that time, we'd like you to enjoy a free BLOCKBUSTER Favorites® movie rental at a participating BLOCKBUSTER® store, good for this Saturday only.

Oh, but alas! This is really only good for an older movie, not a new run movie. Then, when my 17 y.o. tries to rent a game using my monthly coupon..... hey, guess what?? Even though he is on my approved list, he needs a credit card... or he needs to slap down a deposit!! Yah! Yah BB!! Yah!!!