Comments on: Blockbuster–R.I.P.?

By: Kennesawga Garage Door

Kennesawga Garage Door — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 09:13:53 +0000

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By: cher lloyd

cher lloyd — Thu, 07 Oct 2010 10:56:44 +0000

I just can't see how blockbuster and other static video rental shops can stay open in years to come. give it another 4 or 5 years and the idea of going to a shop to rent will be obselete

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By: C

Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:32:24 +0000

Everyone is making a big fuss about the possiblitiy of Blockbuster closing thier doors. Why? Its not like there aren’t other video stores out there. Hollywood Video, Movie Galary. There doors are still open with nothing in the future of closing. Plus depending on what state you live in their prices are alot cheapier. Michigan in some cities like Sagianw, the prices are 3.79 for 5 nights on new realeses adn 2.49 for 5 days on the older films. Plus they dont charge per day they are late. Its the same price 3.79 for new and 2.49 for old and you get to keep them for another 5 days. get over it.

By: Jon

Jon — Thu, 28 May 2009 03:53:47 +0000

I own a small video rental store in VA and we are staying busy. I am 28 and owmed or partnered in some kind of a business since I was in my teens. The one thing that no one gets is this…..CUSTOMER SERVICE & DISCOUNTS. Yes I charge late fees but I work with my customers unlike Blockbuster why, because S%*^T HAPPENS. If I help my customers they help me by still coming in and word of mouth, the number 1 advertising in the world. I am at my store 99.9 % of the time. I am open 7 days a week from 10:00 till 10:00 except Sunday when I open from 2:00 till 10:00. I work everyday except for Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon and Sunday. I have family that works for me because they know what I have up for the store. Also I don’t have to worry about money. movies, or anything else going on in the store. So yes I would hate to see Blockbuster close on a personal note. But on a business note….. let the B*$%H FALL, they have been around and made so much, let us little guys that built this country make some money for our families now.

By: Arthur

Arthur — Fri, 01 May 2009 15:11:03 +0000

I currently own a small 1500 square foot video and game store and this is the first year we are losing money…Since we took over 3 1/2 years ago (we bought the 6000 sq ft building to open a tanning salon and the video store was part of the package for the building)… we always knew that the store would eventually lose money(with all the competition both from two other locals and the big ones) We will wait before pulling the plug after May 11,2009 and see what shakes out. About late fee…we charge $2.42 for one day and 3.42 for two days rental and old releases for 3 for 3 day for $3.00 and 6 for 6 for 6. If we do not charge late fees, we will never know when the DVD/Games will be back if at all and that’s not fair for the next customer, or for me…It’s call lost opportunity of revenue…someone has to pay for that. Being a small store I can not go out a buy 35 DVD of one time for one movie(I tried that with Pirates of the C and lost my shirt many of my customer went to Walmart and bought it. And that’s another thing I pay almost what Walmart is charging and there are other video stores who pay more because of there low volume. This is not a good business to be in. One thing that is being lost is the human connection, the store was a meeting place for our town and with that said, it is sad that it has gone away (actually it has moved over to the tanning salon side of the store…which is all one store with two different sides.) And for the record “I HATE LATE FEES, TOO” BUT A NECESSARY EVIL!

By: jason

jason — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 03:17:39 +0000

goodbye i hate lackluster video customer service sucks and i werk at and indepedent video store that struggles partly because of them so why i would hate to see those ppl lose their jobs my video store will hopefully pick up the ppl who they lose by closing their stupid doors. good riddance

By: Robert

Robert — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 13:19:52 +0000

I currently work at Blockbuster and this all sounds sooooo familiar to me. I worked at a small record store chain when Best Buys started popping up everywhere. At that time they were selling cd’s at less than my store’s cost. We simply couldn’t compete. All my customers were telling me about it every day. I told them all that what Best Buy was missing was service, and that if they put every small, service-oriented store out of business, the super prices would evaporate. Guess what? I WAS RIGHT! Now when I go into a Best Buy, I can’t find anyone who knows a thing about music (other than what is on his Ipod) and the prices are straight-up manufacturer’s suggested retail. This will happen at Netflix if Blockbuster goes under. Their level of service will fall off. They will change their prices at will to adjust their bottom line. The customer will suffer, and Netflix will not care. Why should they if they have no viable, legal competition?