Posted by omarenoryt on 12/22/58 11:25

Black Locust wrote:
> In article <11harvua0mfk7d7@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>
> > I smell bankruptcy.
>
> Not likely. Despite all the hype that would lead you to believe
> otherwise, Netflix only has about 3 million customers at present. This
> is actually quite pathetic when you look at the big picture. As great as
> their service may be for 'some' people, they're like the anti-Christ for
> the casual renter. The casual renter: "You want me to let you guys
> auto-charge my credit card 20 bucks every month when all I want to do is
> rent a couple of movies a month? No thanks."

Two movies a month wouldn't apply to the $18 plan, liar. Try making
sense next time.

You get the idea... There
> are roughly 80 million homes equipped with DVD players now. Movie
> Gallery probably has about 25% to 30% of these customers. This leaves
> the rest of them for Blockbuster to shovel up and that's A LOT of
> people. With their no late fee policy, they're probably reeling them in
> easy. As far as I know, Blockbuster is the first video rental chain that
> has ever let people rent product from them without getting nailed with a
> fine for returning the product a day or two late.. You can make moronic
> complaints about the little $1.25 restocking fee or the fact that they
> auto-sale the DVD to your account, but the fact is, if you know how to
> milk their system effeciently, you can basically rent a DVD from them
> for about 40 days and only pay a total of $6.50 for it! Netflix(or any
> of blockbuster's other competitors) can't even begin to touch a bargain
> like that.
> --
> "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
> They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
> and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

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