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 sivranBack to Opera againPremium
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Re: Videostores are a dying breed Wait, bought at walmart for less than the rental price at Blockbuster?
I haven't been into a Blockbuster in a long time, and they've always been overpriced, but that MUST be some exaggeration.....right? 
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| said by sivran:Wait, bought at walmart for less than the rental price at Blockbuster? I haven't been into a Blockbuster in a long time, and they've always been overpriced, but that MUST be some exaggeration.....right? Even if that isn't the case.... I have seen brand new movies for sale at Walmart for about $15, and lesser known ones for $12, $10.
Last time I actually went and rented movies, I paid about $4 per movie if I recall correctly.
So even though it may be a slight overstatement, it's almost better to BUY the movie for about twice the rental amount, get a brand new disc, you get to keep it as long as you like, plus you can actually sell it again in the 2nd hand market if you really want to get rid of it. Plus you support the movie industry that way. 
And sure piracy has a LOT to do with the Videostore's demise.... after all I can understand why you would want to see a movie on the big screen with all the THX sound effects and what not..... but downloaded DVD's are virtually the same thing, only free.
iTunes understands it.
Netflix understands it.
If you don't keep moving along with the market, you become a relic. Just like Novell Netware, which once ran on 90% of servers, and now hardly anyone knows about it.
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