Posted by Derek Janssen on 04/12/06 17:45

wasteofcarbon@yahoo.com wrote:

> I just rented Narnia from a local Blockbuster and it had a "2-day
> Rental" sticker on it. No problem, I understood that. But, after it
> was rung up the cashier tells me to ignore the sticker and that the
> rental was due back in 9 days. I said that was cool and left with my
> dvd and receipt. When I got in the car, I read the receipt and saw
> that the rental was due back in two days and that any movie not
> returned in 7 days is turned into a dvd sale.
>
> Has anyone else had this experience? I initial thought it was a rude
> employee having a "bit of fun", but since started wondering if BB was
> trying a new trick to get higher profits.

It's all there, in the fine print--
(And well, at least you can't say it's "No more late fees"...) :)

And I don't even *rent* BB, I just like to look at the ad disclaimers,
to see what latest surreptitious indignities BB piles upon itself to win
its fading glory back away from Netflix.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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