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Blockbuster Bankruptcy: Who's to blame?

Pamela 2009/03/03 23:46:52
Netflix - movies delivered or downloaded to your home
Hulu - watch High Quality movies online for free
Tivo - record your favorite movies/shows and watch them again
No one. Blockbuster sucks!
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Blockbuster is seeking aid in bankruptcy. Blockbuster shares were down 76% to 23 cents before trading was halted. We all saw this day coming few years back. With today's technology and Americans staying lazy, who wants to pick up and drop off a movie these days? We have Netflix, Hulu, Tivo, and torrents... all specifically designed to watch movies with leaving your home. Who's to blame the most?
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  • ɟʇʇoɔs 2009/09/05 20:14:45
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    ɟʇʇoɔs
    The antiquated way of renting movies? Netflix and GameFly are better
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  • jellyfish 2009/03/19 15:12:06
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    jellyfish
    Corporate greed at its finest. I will not be missing Blockbuster. Most of their employees were part retarded anyway.
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  • Ashley 2009/03/07 07:48:40
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    Ashley
    The fact that they are totally overpriced combined with torrents is to blame.
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  • THOR 2009/03/05 23:28:01 (edited)
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    THOR
    Blockbuster had poor customer service and a money grubbing, greedy attitude back in the day. 2 day rental, really meant one day...no matter when you dropped something off it seemed like there was a reason to be charged a late fee.

    As soon as there were other options, I never used them again. Blockbuster came out with a service similar to Netflix, but people weren't interested in it. I know at one point it was cheaper than Netflix and I didn't even consider switching to it, because of my past experience with them. I'm pretty sure I'm not alone.
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  • Formulablinta 2009/03/05 06:20:35
    Netflix - movies delivered or downloaded to your home
    Formulablinta
    +1
    we have Tivo and 1 terabite HD for storrage but netflix is what my friends do for movies.
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  • Reverend BullDOg 2009/03/05 01:20:20
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    Reverend BullDOg
    +1
    All of the above?
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  • Guyupstairs 2009/03/04 20:01:31
    Netflix - movies delivered or downloaded to your home
    Guyupstairs
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    Netflix and ME, I never used Block Buster!
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  • Rebecca 2009/03/04 19:07:23
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    Rebecca
    The library loans movies out for free... up to 6 movies at a time... you can't beat that... ever ( well unless it was 7, but who has time for 7 movies other than me?)
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  • concerned 2009/03/04 18:02:19
    Tivo - record your favorite movies/shows and watch them again
    concerned
    Blockbuster should have keep up ..with times ..another example of what Obama is saying we all have to move forward into the 21st century
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  • Pet Rock Whisperer 2009/03/04 17:55:12
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    Pet Rock Whisperer
    They charge too much. Something I've witnessed a few times at Blockbuster that pisses me right off is when someone that doesn't know better and discreetly asks about adult movies. Blockbuster seems to have ta policy of deliberately attempting to embarrass those people by arrogantly announcing in unusually high volume that Blockbuster doesn't rent adult movies.

    So I think a big contributing factor in Blockbuster's failure is their arrogance in addition to their high price.
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  • Dan 2009/03/04 17:48:03
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    Dan
    +1
    They are the horse and buggy of the entertaining. Times are changing and if you don't..you go bankrupt!!!
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  • SuperCee 2009/03/04 12:47:47
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    SuperCee
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    Before Netflix and all the others, Blockbuster was already on my do not rent list. I'm not surprised by this. There is too much technology these days that rentals are obsolete. You can even watch movies on your computer and for free, so who needs to rent anything?
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  • kangaroo 2009/03/04 03:46:31
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    kangaroo
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    Blockbuster did not keep up with the times, that is why they are lagging behind all of the other options.
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  • Lady Jules ♥♥ in Lestat I t... 2009/03/04 01:01:45
    No one. Blockbuster sucks!
    Lady Jules ♥♥ in Lestat I trust ♥♥
    They should have thought of the Netflix thing first
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  • Skullcrusher 2009/03/04 00:40:20
  • Quasineutrality 2009/03/04 00:11:50
    Hulu - watch High Quality movies online for free
    Quasineutrality
    +1
    because we're aliens and that's how we roll
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