Blockbuster: No More Late Fees

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:09 am

http://business.bostonherald.com/busine ... leid=58798

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:23 am

They dont wanna fade as quickly as Hollywood Video did. lol

Net Flicks looks pretty cool tho.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 10:39 am

I read that there is a price war going on with these places... among the 3 Netflix/Blockbuster and even Walmart is going to get into the mix. I wonder if they are going to give amnesty to those(me) that didn't pay the late fees in the past and found other outlets.

I expect prices for rentals to plummet.

Zilog B · Post by **Zilog B** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:00 am

Prices have already dropped where I'm at for B&M rentals. Used to be $4.00 for rental for just one day, now it's down to $1.99 for a week even for new releases. That and walmart has upped the prices on the new DVD's it sells. Makes too much sense just to rent now. Family video moved into to town and caused others to drop prices.

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:10 am

I do the $14.99/mo unlimited rentals at Blockbuster. At that price I can rent 2 at time, bring them back the same day and rent 2 more and so on and so on, or I can keep them as long as i want.

It's a good deal.

tao_jones · Post by **tao_jones** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 11:26 am

YARDofSTUF wrote:They dont wanna fade as quickly as Hollywood Video did. lol

Net Flicks looks pretty cool tho.

Ive use Netflix and it is great.

Ghosthunter · Post by **Ghosthunter** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:26 pm

fastchevy wrote:I do the $14.99/mo unlimited rentals at Blockbuster. At that price I can rent 2 at time, bring them back the same day and rent 2 more and so on and so on, or I can keep them as long as i want.

It's a good deal.

hmm they lowered the price? blockbuster by me use to be $24.99 a month for unlimited rentals and was just too high for me since I really dont rent that often.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 12:59 pm

fastchevy wrote:I do the $14.99/mo unlimited rentals at Blockbuster. At that price I can rent 2 at time, bring them back the same day and rent 2 more and so on and so on, or I can keep them as long as i want.

It's a good deal.

LOL, here at work, one of our tech teams has a whole production line. They use Netflix; 1 guy burns, the other guy prints out the album cover and the other guy prints the DVD cover and slaps it on the dvd itself. They do about 10 per day. All of the users bring in DVD's that they want copied. Pretty proficient operation they run here! The MPA would have a friggin field day in here though!

DaddyLongLeg · Post by **DaddyLongLeg** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:28 pm

I was a blockbuster guy until they said you had to have the movie back by noon. So I started to go to Hollywood. Haven't heard of the net one. I'll have to check it out

fastchevy · Post by **fastchevy** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:29 pm

[quote="Prey521"]LOL, here at work, one of our tech teams has a whole production line. They use Netflix]

yeah the monthy fee setup is good for that

emilyb · Post by **emilyb** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:31 pm

This would be a lifesvaer for me....I really thought when they all went to 5 day rentals I'd be ok, but evidently, I have a chemical imbalance that blocks out rental return dates from my memory!

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:32 pm

staceyb wrote:This would be a lifesvaer for me....I really thought when they all went to 5 day rentals I'd be ok, but evidently, I have a chemical imbalance that blocks out rental return dates from my memory!

Yeah, it's called PMS!

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:35 pm

Awesome.

I haven't rented a movie from anyone since 1996. This gives me no incentive to, either!

emilyb · Post by **emilyb** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 1:37 pm

Prey521 wrote:Yeah, it's called PMS!

nah, pms is what compels me to rent 5 sappy love stories at a time......forgetting to return them is an entirely different psychosis!

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:10 pm

[quote="Prey521"]LOL, here at work, one of our tech teams has a whole production line. They use Netflix]

What's your work address?

Spammy · Post by **Spammy** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:25 pm

Burke wrote:Awesome.

I haven't rented a movie from anyone since 1996. This gives me no incentive to, either!

By chance do you remember which movie burke?

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:59 pm

[quote="Prey521"]LOL, here at work, one of our tech teams has a whole production line. They use Netflix]

EvilAngel · Post by **EvilAngel** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 2:22 am

Sammy wrote:By chance do you remember which movie burke?

LMAO... he probably does and has a receipe.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 3:42 am

EvilAngel wrote:LMAO... he probably does and has a receipe.

A receipe? Does he have the nutrition facts too then?

vinnie · Post by **vinnie** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 4:55 am

By the time moves hit cinemas here, they're out on DVD in the US. By the time they get to rental... I've usually seen it.

furiousfords89 · Post by **furiousfords89** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:37 am

its a shame that blockbuster wont start doing this until January 1st, i still have to follow the old rules when i rent a game during xmas vacation.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:12 pm

I'll always return movies on time, so....

Dan · Post by **Dan** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:42 pm

CableDude wrote:I'll always return movies on time, so....

Teirney · Post by **Teirney** » Wed Dec 15, 2004 7:44 pm

We download them and watch them while they are usually still in cinemas.