Posted by Dale Houstman on 12/22/06 11:25

Mark Jones wrote:
> Dale Houstman wrote:
>
>> Mark Jones wrote:
>>
>>> Black Locust wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Blockbuster Inc., reeling from a disastrous second quarter and
>>>> soft rental market, will increase by $3 the two-titles-out
>>>> in-store Movie Pass subscription to $27.99 at select stores
>>>> beginning Sept. 6. The move follows a similar price increase
>>>> for Blockbuster Online earlier this month.
>>>
>>>
>>> I will dump it immediately if they do that.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> They probably expect you to.
>
> I will just go back to renting 3 or 4 movies a month and they will
> receive even less money than they are now. $24.99 is about the limit
> for what I am willing to pay for rentals after seeing how many of the
> movies are B grade at best.
>
I never shopped at Blockbuster - or any other "we got six hundred copies
of Armageddon on hand" outlet, because we have a very good video store
which offers some variety. Even that is starting to have financial
problems and I assume (barring a miracle) it will go the way of
nickelodeans pretty soon. But Blockbuster - at this point - really
doesn't care if you give them your money or not: it is run by
businessmen and I am sure they see the writing on the wall too, and
realize video stores are about to pass into the shadows of time and
changing times. If they're smart, they'll bail before the change in
bankruptcy law coming in Oct. I suspect they are planning just that.

dmh

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