tcopePremium
join:2003-05-07
Sandy, UT
kudos:2 | Yup.... I have some crap laying around my house. Perhaps I can sell it to Dish for a 1000x what it's worth as well.
I feel sorry for those BB employees but it's not they have not seen the writing on the wall for at least a year now. If they wanted to I'm betting that they could have found other jobs already. It's not like Dish needs more then one person for each BB store... they'd still outnumber the customers by.... 1. |
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join:2008-08-03
San Antonio, TX
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| Ah, the good ol days Driving into town to rent titanic or so on vhs. I remember they had to put titanic on 2 cassettes! oh and that vhs rewinder we had on our magnavox wooden case tv, I miss you....
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mattmac
join:2011-03-27
West Palm Beach, FL | reply to Duramax08
Re: Ah, the good ol days R.I.P
Blockbuster |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to Duramax08
dont forget when the weather man called for a big snow storm rushing to the BB in the morning to get some movies to watch while snowed in.
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Re: Blockbuster There were two within close driving distance from me. One shut down a long time ago, the remaining one just put up signs that it's closing.
Sadly but I saw this coming for them. Oh well. |
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 IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA
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| Xfinity OnDemand is my video store It's technology like Video On Demand that killed video rental stores. Why wait at a bus stop in the cold and take two buses in each direction to go rent a DVD or Blu-ray with generous late fees for being a couple of minutes late when I can use my Comcast remote to watch a movie using the On Demand feature. They are also competing with public libraries that have a large collection of movies, books and other media that is paid for by local property taxes. |
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KearnstdElf WizardPremium
join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | This was the first thing that killed rentals for us. Though no bus was needed, but still why drive to the store when one can hit the on demand button.
market wise, VOD and then Netflix DVD built the coffins and drove the nails. the dirt was shoveled back into the hole by Redbox.
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to Kearnstd
Re: Ah, the good ol days I remember those days... I both miss them and are glad they are gone at the same time. Now I watch dish VOD or youtube on snowy days, or play games or code. |
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Re: Xfinity OnDemand is my video store I would say ebay also contributed. Prior to ebay and similar sale websites, getting a movie that was out for several years and not available anymore at your big box stores required going to your overpriced local movie specialty store or movie rental store. Then ebay came out and made buying used movies almost as cheap as renting. |
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IowaCowboyWant to go back to IowaPremium
join:2010-10-16
Springfield, MA Reviews:
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Re: Ah, the good ol days said by Duramax08:Driving into town to rent titanic or so on vhs. I remember they had to put titanic on 2 cassettes! oh and that vhs rewinder we had on our magnavox wooden case tv, I miss you....
Or when I would go to the library with my mother after school and would check out movies at the library and they had a 3-day loan period on videotapes with $1 per day overdue fines. And you would get pissed off if the tape was not rewound by the previous user. I still have a ton of videotapes under the TV in the living room and I have a combo DVD/VHS player under my TV as well. The library where I live still has videotapes and the librarians say they still circulate and even audio cassettes still circulate as well. |
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Or when you were 5 days late and they charged you like, $40.
Could have bought the tape!
Die Blockbuster. Die already. And Gamestop, your days are numbered...
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decifal
join:2007-03-10
Bon Aqua, TN
kudos:1 | said by cableties:Or when you were 5 days late and they charged you like, $40.
Could have bought the tape!
Die Blockbuster. Die already. And Gamestop, your days are numbered...
Is it just me, or do most of the gamestops have some seriously smug/ill people working there? I have been to one that had this very lovely woman that treated everyone nicely.. Was a nice change.. I actually bought one from that store  |
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me1212
join:2008-11-20
Pleasant Hill, MO | reply to cableties
I never had to pay late fees, I was 7 at the time, granted it was on my dads way to work so he dropped them off in the morning.
Game stop is fine, people need to stop whining about used games. |
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 sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | Bye Bye Ah, when people used to go to a crowded Blockbuster on the weekends. Where friends would run into other friends. How quickly this place has turned into a ghost town.
There's actually a few Family video locations around me. I think Hollywood Video has left, but I have to reckon these 2 are in dire straights. |
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1 edit | Must have missed the notice that Dish bought Blockbuster How did the justice department allow this purchase? I know the repubs were on a merger-mania blitz before Obama came into office, but then again, AG Eric Holder has been AWOL on the job (so has Obama) going after small players in the white collar crime area, while letting the big guys off the hook -- how many Wall Street bankers have gone to jail? Where is the bail out for home owners and main street?
Merger-mania allowed the dissolution of Alltel into Verizon Wireless and the corresponding loss of duplicated jobs. Alltel cell and customer service were great and was another hit to our economy due to its loss.
This Dish operation smells just like the early 20th century case (»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Mo···nspiracy) where the American light rail system was decimated by GM/Firestone/Big_Oil -- eliminate part of your competition by buying them out! WAKE UP AMERICA! You are repeating history by not knowing the past and not standing up for your fellow man. WHEN YOUR JOB DISAPPEARS, YOU WILL BE MOSTLY TO BLAME BECAUSE YOU FAILED TO STAND UP! Find an alternative to DishNet and make them feel the pain!
This is why cable and wireless costs costs more in America, and why we're slowly choking to death from air pollution. |
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Re: Ah, the good ol days said by decifal:Is it just me, or do most of the gamestops have some seriously smug/ill people working there? I have been to one that had this very lovely woman that treated everyone nicely.. Was a nice change.. I actually bought one from that store
Where was that??? The only one I went into and out just as fast has two cocky 22 yr olds, arguing over the some Nintendo fighting game ignoring the teen trading in 10 xbox titles for 1 reserved game, and someone wanting to buy a used 360...
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They put out all (virtually) the small mom and pop stores. It is there turn now. I would occasionally (like 3 a year) rent a video game there. I haven't been inside a BB in probably 3 years now. Don't miss them at all. The one closest to my apartment I had NEVER been in. The closed 6 months ago. I think the one near my job is still open but has been 3 years since I went inside.
Time marches on. |
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 SnakeoilIgnore Button. The coward's feature.Premium
join:2000-08-05
Mentor, OH
kudos:1 | reply to cableties
Re: Ah, the good ol days quote:
And Gamestop, your days are numbered...
Not for awhile, and gamestop is trying to evolve. |
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