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Posted by root on 12/02/06 10:22
I recently finished free trials of both Neflix and Blockbuster video
rental services. I live in the greater Los Angeles area, about 20
miles from the Blockbuster center, forty miles from the Netflix site.
The local Blockbuster rental store is within easy walking distance.
The Netflix trial was for four weeks, the Blockbuster for two.
Based upon this experience the Blockbuster service was in every
way superior to that of Netflix. Netflix does not process orders
on weekends or holidays, Blockbuster seems to work 24/7. Netflix
requires two-way mail service for every disk, you can return
your disks to your local Blockbuster store, have the disks scanned
in, and the Blockbuster center will ship your next entry.
As an example, I returned a disk to my local Blockbuster store
on Thanksgiving day; the Blockbuster center received notice
and shipped out a replacement that day; I received the replacement
on the day after Thanksgiving.
Upon returning a disk to the local Blockbuster you can take out
a free rental for any disk in the store. Following on my
Thanksgiving experience above, after I returned the disk I was
able to take out another immediately. There is no way that Netflix
can match that.
If you are interested in video rental by mail I encourage you to
take advantage of the Blockbuster free trial.
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