Couple of points... The thing i will miss about Blockbuster is when you want a hard to find title NOW, it served a good purpose. I have used BB one time in maybe 3 years for just that reason, clearly not enough for them to stay in business.
The other thing, i thougth Wayne Huizinga spun off and sold BlockBuster like a decade ago...the article says that BB is now 'housed' (as in home office) in Dallas, and Huizinga is a Miami guy... On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: > The trendy get movies via Amazon online or iTunes. The majority of the tech > savvy have switched to Netflix. The customers that Blockbuster used to lean > on the heaviest (and hit the hardest with late fees) have fled to Red Box. > Blockbuster just doesn't offer any value that I can discern. Kinda sad to > see a huge company wither like they made all those mom-and-pop video stores > do ages ago. From what I understand, Wayne Huizinga is a jerk and deserves > the financial misfortune. > > > On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 8:29 AM, Luke <[email protected]> wrote: > >> They do offer online rental along with the in-store exchange, but in >> my experience Blockbuster took longer to ship, had less selection, and >> was not cost-competitive with Netflix. I tried them for a few months >> because they were cheaper for a similar plan but once Netflix beat >> that price I went back to them. >> >> On Jun 14, 10:28 pm, Cary Preston <[email protected]> wrote: >> > http://phoenix.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2010/06/14/daily7.html >> > >> > -- Shared with Google Share Button >> > >> > They might be able to reconfigure their business model, but I doubt it. >> > Netflix, Red Box, and all the online rental outlets have made >> Blockbuster >> > obsolete; they never adapted to changes in technology and consumer >> tastes. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "The Unique Geek" group. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. >> >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The Unique Geek" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<theuniquegeek%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Unique Geek" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/theuniquegeek?hl=en.
