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Posted by Lloyd Parsons on 12/21/07 14:56
In article <13mnkjuqkfn6o16@corp.supernews.com>,
Hawk <taohawk2003@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Yes, I see it now. I guess we must wait til next Thursday, December 27, to
> > find out the new prices. Here's the FAQ they've posted...
> >
> > Question: I received an e-mail regarding a price restructure. When do
> > the new prices take effect?
> >
> > Answer: If your price is changing, the new price will take effect on
> > your next billing date on or after December 27, 2007. We are not changing
> > any plan benefits; you will still continue to receive all the benefits
> > you've come to enjoy and value from BLOCKBUSTER By Mail and BLOCKBUSTER
> > Total Access. Our goal is to provide a variety of subscription plans to
> > meet the needs of all our customers, at a great value.
> >
> > The website will be updated to reflect the new pricing structures on
> > December 27, 2007.
>
>
> I'm still trying to understand why I've been unaffected by all of the
> price and plan changes.
>
> I have the 3-Out Total Access Premium plan which includes unlimited
> in-store exchanges and 2 game rentals per month. I am still paying
> $17.99 a month.
>
> According to the info in the FAQ that plan will be $34.99 for most
> people go forward.
>
> I'd like to know what criteria they use to determine who gets their
> rates hiked and who doesn't. It's crazy that I'm effectively paying
> less than 1/2 price (although I won't complain about it). ;)
>
>
> (*>
You may not be going to get the new rate, but you won't know it until
the 1st of the year, I suspect.
I quit them during the last runup in price, with lowering of service.
Primarily because their handling of BluRay and HDDVD discs was
atrocious. With about 50 titles in my queue, it was not uncommon for it
to be less than 20 'available'. But even with 'available', shipments
didn't happen. That's 'cause 'available' in blockbuster online-speak,
that means it is somewhere in there system, but not in my shipment
warehouse. Bad service, coupled with price increases just made
Blockbuster online not a good deal at all.
Netflix, OTOH, has been superb. Even when a title is sometimes not in
my local shipment point, they email and tell me they will ship from one
of the others. That makes 'available' actually have a valuable meaning.
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