 ARPremium,ExMod 2001-04
join:2000-09-21
Toronto, ON | No choice for Netflix They had to give their existing customer base free access to the online service.
I was watching Blockbuster ads pimping their stores as a quicker way of returning the movie and not having to wait for a replacement - well, Netflix can tell the lazy customer (like me!) that now, they can download a replacement, no need to drive to some store. 
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 intellerSociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK
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1 edit | Netflix is going to have their ass handed to them by Blockbuster and this new bring it to the store plan. This is the best flexing of brick and mortar muscle I have seen. People aren't going to futz with streaming download bullshit for hours when they can go down the block to their blockbuster and drop off the movie and get another one.
If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling.
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 TopmounterSent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | I subscribe to Netflix so I don't have to go to Blockbuster. |
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 juilinsandarTexas GoonerPremium
join:2000-07-17
San Benito, TX
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| said by Topmounter:I subscribe to Netflix so I don't have to go to Blockbuster. Dittoes.
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intellerSociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to Topmounter
enjoy waiting for your intentionally delayed movies while others pick up news ones from blockbuster.
Zealotry gets you no where.
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TopmounterSent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO
2 edits | Have you ever been to a Blockbuster store? Driving in traffic to get there, the lines once I do get there and the idiotic people... why exactly would I waste my time?
Netflix does exactly what I need. |
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 morboComplete Your Transaction
join:2002-01-22
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I agree that Blockbuster's new strategy is a great one. Preserves the "need" for the retail stores and provides consumers with choice. Netflix's strategy is also a great one but limited by crappy cappy download speed, non-integrated home media centers, etc. If they can use TiVo's that are already connected via home networks that would be a step, and I think that is their strategy. |
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said by inteller:Netflix is going to have their ass handed to them by Blockbuster and this new bring it to the store plan. This is the best flexing of brick and mortar muscle I have seen. People aren't going to futz with streaming download bullshit for hours when they can go down the block to their blockbuster and drop off the movie and get another one. If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling. You can only return movies not rent any but 1 a month with Blockbuster. And, look at the crappy selection at local stores that are smaller than Burger King. |
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TopmounterSent By Grocery Clerks
join:2001-02-20
Evergreen, CO | reply to morbo
Streaming to the PC doesn't interest me much, I'd like to see them do a deal with Tivo, Apple, etc. |
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intellerSociopaths always win.
join:2003-12-08
Tulsa, OK | reply to Topmounter
I can walk to Blockbuster if I wanted to. You must live in the sticks.....oh wait I see Jackson, MS. No wonder.
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intellerSociopaths always win.
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Tulsa, OK | reply to kyramilan
smaller than burger king? WTF? All the blockbusters here are HUGE.
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join:2001-08-25
Kendall, FL
kudos:2 | said by inteller:smaller than burger king? WTF? All the blockbusters here are HUGE. Most of the ones here have been closed down.
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 NPGMBR
join:2001-03-28
Arlington, VA | reply to inteller
Thats an extremely shortsighted view. Netflix subscribers that have not already jumped ship for Blockbuster won't.....and that reason is because they are happy.
I myself do not run home every day just to sit on my azz and watch movies. I have dinner dates, homework assignments, Movie dates and other social activities that keep me busy. As a result I have downgraded my Netflix subscription to two out at a time because I don't watch the movies quickly enough.
I belive the only people that are gonna run to Blockbuster will be those like my roommate whose sole existence is to come home watch movies, eat, drink and smoke in his bedroom at every moment he gets, because hes a lazy azz with no life.
Now don't get me wrong. There is nothing wrong with having a day to yourself and vegging out, and doing things that make you happy.....but my roomie will park his car on Friday after work and go to his room and neither he nor his car would move until its time to go back to work.
He might switch to Blockbuster but im guessing that hes too lazy to get off his butt even if it meant getting movies faster. |
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 spewakR.I.P DadkinsPremium
join:2001-08-07
Elk Grove, CA
kudos:1
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said by inteller:enjoy waiting for your intentionally delayed movies while others pick up news ones from blockbuster. Zealotry gets you no where. That is exactly why I am now subscribing to Blockbuster and cancelling my Netflix account. They intentionally delay movies from being reported as being recieved, even though you drop them all at the same time. I work at the main Postal facility and know how the system works, when the driver for Netflix arrives to pick-up the thousands of discs. For them to report that not all of the discs have been returned is horsebleep! We won't even get into throttling. See ya Netflix.
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I have had all 3 (blockbuster, netflix and walmart). I like that I can bring my mailer(s) to the store and get another rental right away. Sometimes I want to watch more or less movies that week. This doubled my amount of movies! until someone comes out with a cheap way to download (there is a company that does it over the air) directly HDMI to my TV then I will keep with this. |
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 cbrigante2Cubs 20??Premium
join:2002-11-22
North Aurora, IL | reply to inteller
said by inteller:I can walk to Blockbuster if I wanted to. You must live in the sticks.....oh wait I see Jackson, MS. No wonder. Tulsa is the cradle of Western civilization now?    |
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 tiger72SexaT duorPPremium
join:2001-03-28
Saint Louis, MO
kudos:1
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said by inteller:Netflix is going to have their ass handed to them by Blockbuster and this new bring it to the store plan. This is the best flexing of brick and mortar muscle I have seen. People aren't going to futz with streaming download bullshit for hours when they can go down the block to their blockbuster and drop off the movie and get another one. If I had stock in netflix, I'd be selling. Let's not forget that you are forced to watch the movie on your PC now too.
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Look, a Blockbuster Troll!
Who cares? This thread is about Netflix and downloads, not Blockbuster and their only selections of BIG hit movies (no obscure or indie films, or if so, in supply) and 90 copies of Open Season with only one on shelf...oh look, the pimple-faced clerk has 4 copies behind the counter but wants to chat about his level 50 WoW character with the other over-weight, pasty-faced clerk-asst mngr. |
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 B52GUNRKM 7D love and D3 NirvanaPremium,MVM
join:2001-03-06
Vallejo, CA | reply to kyramilan
said by kyramilan:You can only return movies not rent any but 1 a month with Blockbuster. And, look at the crappy selection at local stores that are smaller than Burger King. BZZZZT! Wrong answer. I dropped Netflix ages ago due to crappy delivery. With the new blockbuster system, I can take all three of my envelopes down do to the store and here's what happens:
1) I get 3 rentals of my choice
2) The next day the movies clear my queue
3) My next 3 movies ship.
So, in total, I now have 6 movies when I'm only paying to rent 3.
Explain to me, exactly, how that is only renting on movie per month? Or how that's only able to "return movies"?
Do some research on how it really works before spouting off garbage.
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intellerSociopaths always win.
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Tulsa, OK | reply to cbrigante2
compared to North Aurora, IL....yes. |
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