This old article is interesting because of the surprising statistic regarding late fees:
"[Netflix] found that 11 percent of movie renters return movies unwatched because of the time restrictions and that 20 percent pay, on average, about $7.60 in late fees for every tardy DVD rental. "
That's rough. For one in five of us, we're paying $11.00 to rent a DVD for a week from Blockbuster. One in ten of us doesn't get to see the movie at all!
It is pretty sad. But thats why I switched to Netflix, or rather started subscribing.
ReplyDeleteI own too many to bother renting, although I have considered Nicheflix and Ehit....
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me that anyone uses Blockbuster anymore. Hollywood Video gives you 5 days on every rental. If even that isn't a long enough time, I have no sympathy for you.
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ReplyDeletePeople still use Blockbuster because they may not have many movie rental places near them...I personally have two, and one is a Blockbusters, so sometimes I'm almost forced to go there...
ReplyDeleteGet a life --- instead of watching everyone else's version of life, go out and experience your own.
ReplyDeleteBlockbuster had once a plan where you paid $ 20 dlls and you could rent as many movies as you could watch, same as netflix, the only cons were you could only have 2 movies out at a time and you had to pick them up and return them in person. I tried it, cause I was sharing it with a friend, and even when the circle was slow, he rented them, give them to me, I watched and returned them, just yo start again with him going for more... we got to rent around 30 in one month!
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