Posted by Phisherman on 12/02/06 23:38

On Sat, 02 Dec 2006 10:22:05 GMT, root <NoEMail@home.org> wrote:

>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.


Either service can be good or poor depending on whatever. I dumped
both Netflix and Blockbuster and now use the local Hollywood video--3
rentals for $9.99 a month. And you can exchange as many as you wish
as often as you wish.

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