10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Netflix & broadband insta stream killed Blockbuster.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Netflix & broadband insta stream killed Blockbuster.

Yep. I use to go to BB for movie rentals and once I started using Netflix and Redbox haven't been back since.

[Phobia]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Netflix & broadband insta stream killed Blockbuster.

It killed all brick and mortar places. But that is not surprising, streaming is the future. I mean who wants to drive somewhere

[Buckeyes_Doc]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

It killed all brick and mortar places. But that is not surprising, streaming is the future. I mean who wants to drive somewhere

And who wants to spend more.

[AUChase]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

The Blockbuster here closed several months ago.

[auburntigersfan]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

The last time I was in a blockbuster there were signs hanging all over the place saying not to use Netflix or Redbox. It literally showed the Netflix and Redbox logos with X's through them. After seeing this strategy I knew they were done.

[ScoobySnax]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

LOL. T-Mobile isn't going anywhere.

[Altimus]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Surprised to see T-Mobile on there.

[SuperBowlNachos]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

I've heard that Best Buy wants to absorb Radio Shack.

[Gotmadskillzson]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Didn't they just have free phone promotion on Father's Day last month ?

[ANDROMADA 1]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Didn't they just have free phone promotion on Father's Day last month ?

ha, your right. I just realized that was from my DVR, duh...lol sorry guys. I'll delete that post.

[DaveDQ]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

I have always been at odds with Blockbuster. They never got their pricing to where it was decent, they went the way of looking for profit in late fees and their business response to Netflix was to charge more.

What Netflix did was give the consumer a very positive alternative. Blockbuster responded with something similar but charged more.

???

[MassNole]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Had Blockbuster been intelligent they would have taken Netflix's model and rented movies AND video games. They didn't and from a girl I know who works there they don't expect to be open by the end of this year.

[Whitesox]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Here's a little anecdote about Blockbuster.

I prefer renting games to buying ones that I'm sure to return and lose money on. So when my local Hollywood video closed, I found myself with one option. Blockbuster. I went in there, saw that they charge nine dollars for a five day rental, turned around, and don't plan on returning. Instead I went to Gamefly, who charge 16 dollars a month. That means, I can rent any combination of games (one at a time) for 30 days. That would cost $54 if I was using Blockbuster.

I can't think of anyone who would actually pay that much for a 5 day rental. As for movies, Netflix has them beat.

Like I said previously, I'm baffled as to how they are still alive.

[Buckeyes_Doc]

Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

Here's a little anecdote about Blockbuster.

I prefer renting games to buying ones that I'm sure to return and lose money on. So when my local Hollywood video closed, I found myself with one option. Blockbuster. I went in there, saw that they charge nine dollars for a five day rental, turned around, and don't plan on returning. Instead I went to Gamefly, who charge 16 dollars a month. That means, I can rent any combination of games (one at a time) for 30 days. That would cost $54 if I was using Blockbuster.

I can't think of anyone who would actually pay that much for a 5 day rental. As for movies, Netflix has them beat.

Like I said previously, I'm baffled as to how they are still alive.

I also use to rent a lot of games from Blockbuster and when I found out about Gamefly I stopped using it. The only good thing about BB is you get your new movies/games fasert but other then that the prices are ridiculous. I do not see them around too much longer, but I said the same thing awhile ago and they are still around. Have no idea how.