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  • DaveDQ
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    • Sep 2003
    • 7664

    #31
    Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

    Originally posted by whitesox
    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 had a local Hollywood Video close too. I was literally using their game store like a library. It was really nice. The game store closed up first and a few months ago the entire store closed down.
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    • Whitesox
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      • Mar 2009
      • 5287

      #32
      Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

      Originally posted by DaveDQ
      I had a local Hollywood Video close too. I was literally using their game store like a library. It was really nice. The game store closed up first and a few months ago the entire store closed down.
      I'm pretty sure that the entire company went under. It's a shame, too. I loved that place.
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      • MassNole
        Banned
        • Mar 2006
        • 18848

        #33
        Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

        Movie Gallery went under as well, they were at least a Northeastern chain. Now we have no place anywhere near us to rent video games.

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        • Gotmadskillzson
          Live your life
          • Apr 2008
          • 23442

          #34
          Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

          Yeah Movie Gallery, which was the parent company of Hollywood Video & Game Crazy completely went under. I didn't care for Game Crazy all that much because they were charging full price for games that was more then 8 months old and they RARELY had sales on new games.

          I think in my whole life, I only bought maybe 3 or 4 games from them.

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          • Evan_OS
            Go Titans..
            • Dec 2009
            • 3456

            #35
            Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

            It's not surprising that Blockbuster is going down. There are Redboxes EVERYWHERE. And anyways, who would want to rent a movie for 4$ or 5$ dollars when you could just rent one movie for a buck and return it the next day?

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            • Speedy
              #Ace
              • Apr 2008
              • 16143

              #36
              Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

              None of these are too surprising...except BP? If it means lower gas prices though, I'm all for it.
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              • bkfount
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                • Oct 2004
                • 8467

                #37
                Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                Originally posted by MassNole
                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.
                What's really sad is that Blockbuster saw the digital media movement coming. They even partnered with Enron for a planned on demand broadband service like a decade ago.

                They're just like many giant companies before them though. They didn't realize their model was outdated until it was too late, and someone comes along able to do their thing better. Even when they tried to take on Netflix, they offered an inferior service that tried to blend their dying brick and mortar locations with online rentals. They also had in store download rental kiosks, and partnered with Tivo. Too bad Tivo is a dying company with less than 3 million subscribers, while Netflix reaches tens of millions more homes just through the wii, ps3, and 360.

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                • Husker_OS
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                  • Jun 2003
                  • 21459

                  #38
                  Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                  Originally posted by MassNole
                  Movie Gallery went under as well, they were at least a Northeastern chain. Now we have no place anywhere near us to rent video games.

                  Movie Gallery was founded in Alabama. They weren't northeastern. They may have been national, but if anything, they were southeastern.
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                  • auburntigersfan
                    Release the Kirchen
                    • Aug 2006
                    • 4737

                    #39
                    Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                    Originally posted by Husker_OS
                    Movie Gallery was founded in Alabama. They weren't northeastern. They may have been national, but if anything, they were southeastern.
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                    • stlstudios189
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                      • Jan 2009
                      • 2649

                      #40
                      Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                      Radio Shack, BP, Blockbuster and Zales I give 85% the rest 50/50
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                      • TracerBullet
                        One Last Job
                        • Jun 2009
                        • 22119

                        #41
                        Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                        Originally posted by whitesox
                        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 did the same exact thing. I went half in on a 2-out plan from gamefly with my cousin and have't looked back. I miss Hollywood though. Better game selection and cheap prices. I was there almost every week. Blockbuster is charging $10 a game rental now.
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                        • Aggies7
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                          • Jan 2005
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                          #42
                          Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

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                          • Evan_OS
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                            • Dec 2009
                            • 3456

                            #43
                            Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                            Originally posted by Aggies7
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                            • Pokes
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                              • Jul 2002
                              • 4538

                              #44
                              Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                              Originally posted by auburntigersfan
                              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.
                              I woulda lawl'd my way out of there if I saw that.
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                              • bkrich83
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                                • Jul 2002
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                                #45
                                Re: 10 businesses in danger of closing in 2011

                                TMOBILE is just a matter of time. Don't have the infrastructure to keep up with the new faster networks coming out on the big boys, don't have the income nor resources to expand their own.

                                They are living on borrowed time, their best bet is to hope one of the others buys them out.
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