Movie Rental Wars
Where do you rent your movies? I've had a subscription to Netflix for about 4 years now...I haven't rented a movie anywhere else in that time. This is not an advertisement...it's a fact. I pay $17.99 a month for how ever many movies and/or TV show DVDs I can watch in that month...3 discs are at my house at a time and I keep them as long as I want. No late fees...no due dates...no bullshit. I've always figured...based on rentals of 3.99 each, which is what I used to pay at the rental store; if I watch 5 DVDs a month (which is easy), I've made back my money.
Today...I decided to sign up for a Blockbuster membership in the event that I wanted to get a particular movie on a particular day. Blockbuster says that they no longer have late fees or due dates. However, if you don't return a movie when they tell you to...they just charge your credit card for the movie. WHAT? How is that NOT a fee?
Anyway, here's the point of my story. Today I rented 3 movies...I figured it would be $12 since they were new releases. I learned that Blockbuster DVD rentals are no longer 3.99...they're $5 each! FIVE DOLLARS! How is that worth it?
UPDATE: By the way...one of the three movies was "When a Stranger Calls"...the new version...I thought it was going to be only fair, but it's one of the best suspense movies I've seen in a LONG time. Don't watch it before you go to bed.
posted by Jeff - WeinerToons at 8:32 PM
2 Comments:
I wouldn't be purchasing any Blockbuster stock. That store is completely empty every time I drive by. We too have Netflix, but I've stopped by the BB store several times over the past year just out of curiousity. They have done NOTHING to entice customers to come back. So in my opinion, nuts to them.
Blockbuster sucks!! If you must go in store, try Hollywood Video. They have a Movie Value Pass (MVP) plan that is hardly advertised. For $14.99 a month (can be cancelled anytime) you can get 3 rentals at a time and keep them for as long as 5days. Otherwise, you can return the dvds on the same day & take others out. New releases are usually available to MVP members a week after the release date.
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