Death of the movie rental store
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Daniel Plainview
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i dont know if this is regional but the movie store, like a walk in Blockbuster, is all but extinct to me. where you gettin your movies from now?
those redboxes selection suck, blockbuster has their own little bluebox version with a few more movies. still sucks though and i cant remember to return them so their "$1 a night" usually runs me about $15 when i remember weeks later
ondemand movies is the same wack selection.
at the moment i have a cheapass 1 disc at a time netflix deal. although they do get delivered fast.
where you gettin movies now?
those redboxes selection suck, blockbuster has their own little bluebox version with a few more movies. still sucks though and i cant remember to return them so their "$1 a night" usually runs me about $15 when i remember weeks later
ondemand movies is the same wack selection.
at the moment i have a cheapass 1 disc at a time netflix deal. although they do get delivered fast.
where you gettin movies now?
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i download them
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at 1 dollar a rental i was wondering how these boxes would make money,
but then when you factor in no hourly employess,light bills or building costs,,,,,you got major profits
i honestly dont see anything wrong with redbox selections.
they have everything upon release plus a few low budget val kilmer,50 cent & cuba gooding movies.
? ,they even got some gems that i would have never heard of like The Experiment wit adrien broady & forrest whitaker and Ca$h,
also A Prophet,which was prolly the best movie of the year
and if its something you jus cant find,
torrents are your friend
kickasstorrents dot com that its -
Yea man, it's a damn shame. I kinda seen the ? happening first hand. Working at Hollywood Video back in the day n ?
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i still go to blockbuster...redbox doesnt have old classics...n i got it to where when i rent a new release i get a non neew release for free...
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netflix.. redbox occasionally.. and i buy movies least 3x's a week 2-3 at a time at WalMar and Target..
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Netflix for me
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Netflix. Ebay. Amazon.
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Download. Amazon. Netflix. Redbox. ? shops
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movies hit the internet for free way before rental stores get them
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Daniel Plainview wrote: »i dont know if this is regional but the movie store, like a walk in Blockbuster, is all but extinct to me. where you gettin your movies from now?
those redboxes selection suck, blockbuster has their own little bluebox version with a few more movies. still sucks though and i cant remember to return them so their "$1 a night" usually runs me about $15 when i remember weeks later
ondemand movies is the same wack selection.
at the moment i have a cheapass 1 disc at a time netflix deal. although they do get delivered fast.
where you gettin movies now?
Thought it was just in the States nah Blockbusters closing down everywhere, only a few now..... -
Netflix and I buy the movies I really love. Like I'll buy the 3rd Batman movie to complete my trilogy.
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I pretty much use Netflix for movies I haven't seen. If I'm buying them I'll usually go to Best Buy, Amazon or local places.
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A lot of the corporate BlockBusters are closing down. They are in the process of closing a second one in my neighborhood and everything is like 50% off. The franchise stores are surviving and feeding off the closing stores by taking in some of their inventory if the franchiser chooses to do so.
I haven't gotten into the Redbox, even though I have a membership and they send my free rental texts about twice a week. BB usually get the movies about a month before RB and NF does, so I'll stick with them until the casket drops. I do the 3 at a time with unlimited store exchanges because BB has the old movies and rare joints that I don't want to pay money for.
I also have Nextflix, 3 at a time. Been doing both BB and NF for about 5 years now. And I make backups of every movie I come across, so my collection is about 10,000 strong over the years of renting and buying here and there.
my last resort if BB and NF are out because their copies are too ? to watch, is buying them cheap from eBay and Amazon. I've bought movies from both for 1cent at times. ? shops tend to overprice movies, so I haven't bought anything from those establishments.
Too bad BB had to go down like that. If they went ahead with the RedBox concept years ago when they were warned that it was the future, they would have had cornered the market before someone else took it. Too old in their thinking to go along with new concepts. Those old heads are now wondering what the hell happened. Also, no one was interested in buying overpriced and stale candy and soda from there when there are 7-11s with better deals right next to them. -
if it's a movie i'm not sure about i'll download and watch
if it's a movie i'm pretty sure i'll enjoy i just buy it. if not new like at Best Buy then the Amazon marketplace or ebay, worse case scenario i'll give it away or throw it in the trash. $8-15 ain't ? for a movie i'll spend a lot more going to the theatre like back in the day. -
3 Blockbusters been closing down in my neighbourhood...nobody been going to them ? since they got rid of the place to play video games as well. They didnt want loiterers so the kids were just like ? it. Its of course the fault of movie downloads though.........
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Yea man, it's a damn shame. I kinda seen the ? happening first hand. Working at Hollywood Video back in the day n ?
hollywood video used to be the ? . thats where i rented all my games from.... -
online....for free. #winning
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netflix for me...its a block buster up the street from me too...we got royce's video store up the street from me..never been in there; but they have pornos in there too
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Yeah the Block Buster in my Hood about to close I forget to turn my dvds too and you right that 1 dollar be added up got muthas calling me with the automated message to return their ? (lol) Download is the way to go
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i still go to blockbuster...redbox doesnt have old classics...n i got it to where when i rent a new release i get a non neew release for free...
Lmfao!@ your avi. Looks like a Dragon Ball Z character
Netflix is the best thing ever. Blockbusters and Hollywood Videos around my way are history. I used to always mess with Family Video which they still around and well for now. -
Blockbuster's have been closing all over the country for a few years now...NetFlix but the chokehold on alot of movie business
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I ? with Netflix.
but they really need to step up their selection of stream films & minimize the wait for new releases. -
at 1 dollar a rental i was wondering how these boxes would make money,
but then when you factor in no hourly employess,light bills or building costs,,,,,you got major profits
i honestly dont see anything wrong with redbox selections.
they have everything upon release plus a few low budget val kilmer,50 cent & cuba gooding movies.
? ,they even got some gems that i would have never heard of like The Experiment wit adrien broady & forrest whitaker and Ca$h,
also A Prophet,which was prolly the best movie of the year
and if its something you jus cant find,
torrents are your friend
kickasstorrents dot com that its
yea but i dont always wanna watch a new release, sometimes i wanna watch a movie that came out 15 years ago.
and im not tryin to watch movies on my computer most of the time, and idk if im technology competent enough get it from a torrent to my TV lolYea man, it's a damn shame. I kinda seen the ? happening first hand. Working at Hollywood Video back in the day n ?
yea i know people that worked at Hollywood til the store shut down. -
NatTurner1972 wrote: »Yeah the Block Buster in my Hood about to close I forget to turn my dvds too and you right that 1 dollar be added up got muthas calling me with the automated message to return their ? (lol) Download is the way to go
at least when my blockbuster closed down all that $$ i owed them in late fees went away lol. maybe netflix is best for a forgetful procrastinating mf like myself
