Posted by TB on 04/12/06 18:49

"Derek Janssen" 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.

I'd guess the misinformation was more due to the ineptitude of the clueless
BB drone. It was probably AJ Soprano (who gets fired from BB in a later
Sopranos episode this season, heh!)

T.B.

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