violian

July 05, 2010 at 3:44pm

I used to think that the whole Netflix thing would only catch-on with the younger generations because Netflix required having to go online on a computer to select movies and stuff. But I was wrong. My small town composes of mostly older people, and the one and only Hollywood Video Store finally shuttered its doors 2 months ago after more than 12 years. I think Redbox is Netflix's biggest contender. We have lots of Redbox's in our little town, and everywhere you go, there's always a line.

admobadmo

July 05, 2010 at 11:36am

I imagine the creditors don't mind giving them a few more weeks, because they probably figure they're not going to get their money back anyway.

For my part, I see so many empty former Blockbuster locations around town now that I'm surprised they're still in business at all.

chipmunkofdoom2

July 05, 2010 at 7:21am

Wow, I'm shocked... you mean the places that charge you $6 for a new release, want it back in 48 hours, and will then charge you haneous daily late fees if the movie is not back are getting pushed out business by a better, more consumer oriented business model?

 

You'll hear no complaints from me. If Blockbuster isn't smart enough to adapt and make themselves competitive, they deserve to go out of business. Capitalism demands it.

Zallomallo

July 05, 2010 at 6:46am

Who knows, all this failure might make them realize what they're doing wrong and improve.

dracx619

July 05, 2010 at 6:23am

i worked for bb for amost 2 years right after highschool and into college. cant say im not surpirsed. we were pushed so much to upsell so much crap it was ridiculous. even though i was their top seller, i hated it hated it, hated it! whatever, the store i worked it is now closed and others in the district will be closing soon...i can finally laugh at stick the finger the the jerk ass district manager who always gave me and my friends crap.

americanpegasus

July 05, 2010 at 6:21am

We used to be happy Blockbuster subscribers, back when $17 got you mail-in service similar to Netflix, plus you could exchange movies in the store all you wanted.  Hell, we would have even paid $20 or so for this.  But then they changed our plan, told us we could only exchange one or two movies a month in store, unless of course we wanted to pay nearly $40/month.  Bye.  Hello Netflix.

THEN, just recently I went to check out a movie in store from them, only to find out they've BROUGHT BACK LATE FEES.   Srsly?  In this day and age, you will charge me if I'm a day or two late?  What was so wrong with just charging me the whole movie if I didn't bring it back?

Go out of business and rot, you sorry, anti-customer, antiquated way of doing business.  Netflix has moved light years beyond you, and you cannot catch up.