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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:15 PM Original message |
Blockbuster expected to file for bankruptcy this week |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
1. sad...i have some pretty fun memories of the local video rental places |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. in highschool I worked for a local video store, so fun. Sad to see them go |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I noticed recently at a small chain, hot video, is gone. |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. Sad in a nostalgic way, but that biz model was doomed the day Netflix opened. |
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Nye Bevan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
4. Years from now if I have grandchildren |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. I remember when we got our first VCR (1979) |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Donated ones are piled up at the goodwill / salvation army store |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:58 PM Response to Reply #12 |
15. we donated boxes of them:) |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
5. People like EASY. They don't want to drive somewhere & look for a movie |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:17 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Have they been sleeping for the past 6 or so years? |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:21 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Yep.. adapt or die |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
7. Another "Nobody could've predicted" moment? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:15 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. They are frantically trying to copy the 'red box' model. They've put blockbuster boxes in 99 cent |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 12:38 PM Response to Reply #13 |
19. And they copied, and even improved on Netflix' model, but being the corporate asshats |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 03:44 PM Response to Original message |
8. They may still have a chance to be competitive after getting rid of their debt. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 05:09 PM Response to Reply #8 |
10. the exclusive deal actually applies only to Netflix and Redbox, not brick and mortar competitors |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
9. Blockbuster has RedBox kiosks in some of the stores around here. Same basic deal. |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 09:16 PM Response to Reply #9 |
14. Here, blockbuster boxes are in 99 cent store |
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WolverineDG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Sep-22-10 10:14 PM Response to Original message |
16. Guess they couldn't make that $1 they ripped me off for stretch that far huh? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-23-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. I closed my BB account after a particularly egregious claim that I hadn't returned a video. |
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