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Posted on 3/12/12 at 1:50 pm to Maximus
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ask rjones
He owns movie rental stores?
Posted on 3/12/12 at 2:23 pm to BeeFense5
The boxes Blockbuster came out with were pretty legit as far as selection IMO. The only one I ever viewed had about 25 pages of movies. I still think they're borderline stupid for not putting their own boxes outside of their own stores though. Would've helped business outside of store hours.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 2:27 pm to Burkett
Blockbuster was ripe for the fall. They had already pissed off everyone with their exorbitant late fees.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 2:31 pm to Burkett
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I still think they're borderline stupid for not putting their own boxes outside of their own stores though. Would've helped business outside of store hours.
That would probably have been a great idea. Not Game changing or anything, but still would have helped.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 2:42 pm to BeeFense5
I don't really know anyone that leaves their house just to go to Redbox. It's always, "Hey, I have to go to the store to get dinner, I'll stop and get a movie while I am there." They have them outside of a Winn Dixie.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 2:47 pm to Spoonie Luv
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I don't really know anyone that leaves their house just to go to Redbox. It's always, "Hey, I have to go to the store to get dinner, I'll stop and get a movie while I am there." They have them outside of a Winn Dixie.
my mother has the habit of going out to hit a redbox - granted she might do other errands on the same trip
the low cost appeals to her and the near instant gratification of getting something in her hands within minutes. she is also more of an impulsive movie viewer so she might go there without a clear idea of what she wants and just pick according to the selection.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 2:59 pm to BeeFense5
i enjoyed bbs mail in service. Living close to campus i would always watch a movie and exchange it for one in store. i would watch that while i wait on others to get in.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 3:01 pm to molsusports
I think the only way they could have survived would have been to get rid of their brick and mortar stores and immediately adopt the Netflix/Redbox model. Even though they offered dvd's by mail with the added convenience of being able to drop off/pick up movies from a physical store, they simply have too much overhead to compete with an online retailer.
Now, they've put what few eggs they have left into the basket of some studios releasing movies exlusively to blockbuster a month before they hit Netflix/redbox.
Now, they've put what few eggs they have left into the basket of some studios releasing movies exlusively to blockbuster a month before they hit Netflix/redbox.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 3:10 pm to CaptSpaulding
What if Blockbuster "the store" would have offered a membership fee similar to Netflix? You could "rent" as many movies as you wanted for x amount of $$ per month and keep them for as long as you wanted. Games included. I think I would pay for that.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 3:13 pm to ellunchboxo
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What if Blockbuster "the store" would have offered a membership fee similar to Netflix? You could "rent" as many movies as you wanted for x amount of $$ per month and keep them for as long as you wanted. Games included. I think I would pay for that.
My local blockbuster did this like 3 or 4 years ago. It was pretty cool. But I'm not sure how widespread it was. It was like 25 a month.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 3:18 pm to BeeFense5
Crush the competition with lobbying and lawsuits. Content producers have learned from the rental stores' mistake.
Oh, you mean was there anything under the free enterprise system movie rental stores could have done? No.
Oh, you mean was there anything under the free enterprise system movie rental stores could have done? No.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 3:27 pm to Jim Rockford
I'm really surprised that they are all out of business. First of all, they had more of a selection than Redbox, secondly, it was instant and not like Netflix. When I was a kid and up until about 5 years ago, we would go to the video store almost every Friday night.
If all you want is new releases or B movies, then I guess Redbox can be your thing. But video stores also had games and classic movies that you really can't get unless you get Netflix.
Very surprised that not one of them stayed around. I did notice that after I got Netflix, I would always make sure to have a movie for the whoel family show up on Friday or Saturday, and kept the ones just for me to weeknights. I guess other peopel do that also.
If all you want is new releases or B movies, then I guess Redbox can be your thing. But video stores also had games and classic movies that you really can't get unless you get Netflix.
Very surprised that not one of them stayed around. I did notice that after I got Netflix, I would always make sure to have a movie for the whoel family show up on Friday or Saturday, and kept the ones just for me to weeknights. I guess other peopel do that also.
Posted on 3/12/12 at 9:58 pm to alajones
I think everyone pretty much covered it in this thread.
I'm not sure exactly which suggestion would have saved Blockbuster, but there are some good, common sense answers in this thread.
For me it was the feeling of being treated like shite, combined with paying $4.95 to stand in line at an understaffed store just to rent a movie. Between what felt like poor customer service and rising fees, I just drifted away from renting there.
I'm not sure exactly which suggestion would have saved Blockbuster, but there are some good, common sense answers in this thread.
For me it was the feeling of being treated like shite, combined with paying $4.95 to stand in line at an understaffed store just to rent a movie. Between what felt like poor customer service and rising fees, I just drifted away from renting there.
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