Comments on: Can Anyone Save Blockbuster?

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:48:50 +0000

You know it serves themn right. I stopped using them over a year ago, maybe 2. They were money hungry, and crappy customer service. Plus the online was way to pricey. You have internet and tv fees and yet they still wanted $5 to rent a movie. Netflix is the way to go! But they need more movies to watch(newer ones). Go Netflix! Bye Blockbuster

By: Jeffrey B.

Jeffrey B. — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:27:55 +0000

I like the $1 movie rentals from the Blockbuster Express Kiosks but I think that any DVD rental store will fail in the coming years. It is unfortunate for small stores and even large chains like Blockbuster but the reality is that this kind of commerce is becoming outdated. There are so many ways to rent movies without leaving your home that really make it difficult for these stores to succeed.

By: John

John — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 19:19:10 +0000

Well, Blockbuster’s streaming service has done nothing to win me over. New Year’s Eve we wanted to see a movie that Netflix didn’t offer on its streaming service, so I tried Blockbuster’s. Instead of the smooth, full screen service Netflix provides through a browser, I had to install a program, then watch the movie in a Blockbuster window, with a degraded picture. I only have 3.0 DSL, but Netflix handles that fine, giving me a DVD-quality picture, and is only kept below HD because of my slower connection. Because Blockbuster was in essence being asked to cannibalize its storefront business by developing a streaming service, it just didn’t have its heart in it, and it shows.

By: Dylan

Dylan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 04:13:43 +0000

Their by mail plan blows Netflix out of the water these days… Blockbuster actually has Blu-ray available! Netflix not so much these days since they’re focussed on streaming.

Not to mention BB by mail has game rentals as well for no extra charge, free in-store exchanges and none of that 28 days later B.S.

By: Alan

Alan — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 01:12:01 +0000

I agree Joel. I haven’t forgotten how that threatened me and sent me to a collection agency for $2.99 that I didn’t owe. I swore I would never deal with them again and I told LOTS of people about that and directed them to Netflix instead. Long rot Blockbuster in corporate Hell.

By: tim

tim — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:47:20 +0000

Screw you Blockbuster and screw your “family-friendly” business model. You’ll never be relevant again….you blew it, dumb-a$$es! Censor that!

By: Dynar

Dynar — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 23:29:19 +0000

If blockbuster wasn’t so expensive they might of had a chance to live. Their mailing program sucks, tried it twice, and yeah took 4 days to get a DVD by mail each time, and 3 days for them to receive it while the distribution center it was sent to was in the same region as I am in.
Yeah too late blockbuster…too late…even tried screwing me on a rental as late when I wasn’t late, foolishly I paid it and I shouldn’t have, so screw you blockbuster.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 18:47:35 +0000

Too many people have negative associations with blockbuster for it to ever be a viable business.

By: Mike the Personal Trainer

Mike the Personal Trainer — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 12:42:44 +0000

HAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA at Blockbuster … Karma’s a bitch ain’t it? That’s what they get for decimating the mom & pop stores of the early 1990s. :)

By: will

will — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 07:53:54 +0000

That is a really interesting article as it clearly demonstrates how companies should respond to consumer trends, but also about how some people can’t let go of what they have, even when it isn’t working.