Blockbuster BD rental discussion thread - Page 60

Can you link a quote from the studio's in a press release or news story? I can't seem to find it.

^ I was wondering the same thing.

Hey you better to remember to cancel your 2 weeks FREE trial..before BB charge you.......btw nice prediction this past week on BB closing down today.....

1+++ I dont get it too...People hoping BB fail and then crying that they dont have a place to go to rent blu ray movies...I just dont get it.....

If they dont get payments they are owed, why would they continue to send product? Some studios might out of stupidity, but even stores are getting less and less products (if any). Visit www.ihateblockbuster.com and read what the employees are saying. Its certainly not going to be in a press release.




Since I've had by account for 9 days and still dont have a single movie that'll be canceled today. Thanks for reminding me.

And anyone thinks that BB will thrive with this decision is clueless. It'll be bought and killed off for tax reasons. It's not a viable business. It's what, 10 cents a share?

No problem hopefully you will not come back to this thread again....Now that BB is not closing whats the point of posting right?

That's really your response?

Why everyone is getting so bent out of shape about a business that has clearly failed is beyond me. I gave BB a shot (mainly because they gave me 2 free BDs in-store to keep to sign up at a location that was closing), and even today, when the replacement discs were suppose to arrive, I didn't get squat.

But really, thanks for your very mature post. Instead of discussing it like an adult I get attacked for complaining about a service that won't even provide discs to me 9 days after signing up.

The company goes up for sale on April 20th to the highest bidder. Until then, BB will be a walking zombie. The only good thing they have going for them is the Kiosks and online program, as I doubt the new buyer will see much potential in the dying B&M stores. They've already tried selling everything they possibly could - CDs, Games, Artwork, Pickles in a Bag, DVD/BD Players, HTIBs, TVs, MP3 players, random accessories etc. They've done everything possible to stay alive. And good for them. They didn't just roll over and die. But they have distinct advantages of Netflix/Redbox like no 28 days delays and 'impulse renting' (not including Redbox, but even they don't stock a ton of new releases), and yet...here they are, at .10 a share (http://money.cnn.com/quote/quote.html?symb=BLOAQ) - down from $6+ a few years ago. Whoever buys them - if anyone actually buys them - is likely going to close even more store locations. Possibly another 900 on top of what was announced 10 days ago. They went from something like 10,000 locations several years back to currently about 2,000. Sometimes a business just fails. Circuit City is a grand example, and soon Borders. Consumers have changed their habits and Blockbuster took way to long to adapt. The faster they go the faster something else could possibly come that is better.

I don't know. Maybe because this is a Direct Links and RENTERS GUIDE that you are posting in? You know, people who actually rent from Blockbuster and actually prefer BB over the other service. Some of us, who don't seem to make a life out of complaining about everything, seem happy with the service we get from them. If you don't feel that way, cancel your subscription and go support Streamflix, err, Netflix, and be happy.

The only reason I posted here is because of the string of posts similar to mine:






Among others. So I have a valid complaint for coming into this thread much like the others above do. I see you didn't single any of them out. Why is that?

And what went down today with Blockbuster is pretty damn relevant to this thread. If Chapter 7 hit, BBo would have likely shut down and lots of people might have been screwed. Discussion of BB sure seems warranted here as not everyone knows about stores closings or even the hearing that went on today. Or that studios may or may not send new titles to them. Since studios typically send BB movies 2-3 weeks in advance, we might not see an effect until late March.

to me, companies seem to be managed by really shortsighted execs, in the way of burdgeoning tech. If I, a consumer, can see that the future is streaming and digital books 5 years ago, then the execs should've seen that 10 years ago. Yet they're still playing catch up. Same with Blockuster as the music distributors. They're always behind.

For those that continue to argue....Enough....

Everyone has had their say...time to move on. If this continues, then some will be banned from posting in this thread.

Just feel the need to point out (again) that Blockbuster has nothing to do with the kiosks, other than another company (NCR) pays them to use the BB name on them. And they get the same 28 day delay that NF and Redbox do.

Mail service seems to depend on region. I haven't experienced any disruptions over the past few weeks. Still getting new releases and discs at the top of my queue.

I really hope that this service somehow survives the bankruptcy process. The prospect of returning to Netflix and dealing with studio delays isn't something to look forward to.

Scott

I find that if you just operate on the presumption that the Netflix release date is the actual date, then it doesn't really bother you.

don't forget that they are selective about which blurays they choose to stock now...

Which one, BB or NF?

Well, this is new - maybe it means something, maybe it doesn't, but when I tried to add some In Theaters Now movies to my queue, they popped up with the message, "No rentable product for this movie. Please try again later."

Maybe they're working on the software. Maybe they're not planning on being around by the time these movies are released on disc.

I hope it's the former.

Scott

nf

both. BB may actually let you add Blurays of a lot of catalog movies, but most of the time they are "on order" which is the same as not stocking them.

LOL. No, this is not the same thing at all. In BB case, they are at least intending/attempting to bring the titles into stock. They may not be successful in all cases due to their circumstances, but that is much different than never even intending to stock a la netflix.

Why is it that some people feel the need to continually bash whatever is not their personal choice? Does it make them feel better, more important, superior, god like? LOL.


ron

No, not at all. I'm being realistic. It doesn't seem to me that from what others have said (and I used BB Online for 4 years) that the "On Order" stuff ever actually gets ordered, so it's the same as not intending to carry it in that respect - except BB is teasing you with it while Netflix just doesn't list it.

New release is on its way, everything is back to normal, for now .

bguzman

From personal experience, not true. I had a few new releases that came up "on order" but after a week or so they changed to in stock and shipped (mostly Criterion releases).

Blockbuster is shipping me Clint Eastwood's "Hereafter" today, but they did skip over "Yi Yi" (which is now showing On Order), and went into my queue to ship "Amarcord" instead.

Uncle buck was "on Order" when it first was release about three weeks ago. I ended up getting it last week. I agree with you I dont know why some people keep bashing BB for their services. BB's blu ray selection is much better then Netflix, but to some people Netflix is god like....

On a plus note for this week - The Fighter and Hereafter have been shipped. On a minus note All the The Presidents Men blu went from on order to unavailable. At least I did get to see Network from that weeks' releases.

The service from BB has been every bit as good as Netflix for me anyway. My BB warehouse is located in Santa Ana.

I don't think Netflix is god-like. I think they provide a lot more for the same money if you factor in streaming though. This is my basis for the statement that a lot of what BB "carries" that Netflix doesn't is just "on order" perpetually:

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showt...0#post20065370

Have not visited this thread in some time. I have both NF and BB. It definitely seems like BB gets most (not all) of the Blu-ray releases for catalog titles and TV shows. NF seems to never get any catalog titles on Blu-ray and never seems to be get TV shows on Blu-ray either. I will take Blu-ray over heavily compressed streaming any day. Not sure what all the big hype is about streaming when there is nothing new and all the movies are 5 years old. Only good for some TV shows which right now I am checking out Parks and Recreation.

Well BB's mail service is horrible. They said they were shipping me two discs last Thursday. I happened to order something from Amazon UK on Thursday night and received that item in the mail today, FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY! And still nothing from BB.