Blockbuster - 15th and 5th ave...going out of business?

I can't believe there are still any brick and mortar video stores that are still opened, so, i would not be shocked by this at all.

judging by the number of red envelopes I see in people's hands.... this is of no surprise.

I love watching movies and have always hated video stores. They always had light that was offensive (flourescent.. very white) that gave me the feeling of let's cast lots of light on this because perhaps someone might steal. Of course that was impossible because the video was not in the box anyway.

The selections were usually main stream and pathetic.

I have been a member at Netflicks for years and it keeps getting better and better.. huge data base, streaminglive to your computer and now to yout TV. So I don't mourn the loss of any video store.

flynn wrote: this reminds me of when blockbuster did this to a lot of the mom & pop video stores many years ago. karma is a b****

It's not like blockbuster scammed some widowed old woman out of her nest egg of a video store. Blockbuster systematically (as skilled corporations do) made fair and reasonable offers to individual and groups of video stores.

They bought each one out at fair prices and without that much undo pressure (at least in the beginning). It's called a roll up strategy - you buy up poorly managed and under performing companies and then leverage your own management expertise and economies of scale to deliver a superior and cost advantaged product to the customer. You should thank them... I've never been in a blockbuster so I owe no praise personally.

As for Netflicks... that ain't karma... that's the inevitable advance of technology to once again, deliver a superior product to the customer. The smart money got out of blockbuster years ago.

The video store on 7th ave and 8th st rules- all rentals are $2 or $2.50 (cant remember) and the woman who works there is hilarious. They're all overnight, though!

Drunken Revival wrote: [quote=flynn]this reminds me of when blockbuster did this to a lot of the mom & pop video stores many years ago. karma is a b****

As for Netflicks... that ain't karma... that's the inevitable advance of technology to once again, deliver a superior product to the customer. The smart money got out of blockbuster years ago.

What the heck is NetfliCKS?

veets wrote: [quote=raw][quote=Drunken Revival][quote=flynn]this reminds me of when blockbuster did this to a lot of the mom & pop video stores many years ago. karma is a b****

As for Netflicks... that ain't karma... that's the inevitable advance of technology to once again, deliver a superior product to the customer. The smart money got out of blockbuster years ago.

What the heck is NetfliCKS?

sorry for the mis-spell there...Netflix..Is that correct now?

Yes, thank you, Veets, you're back in the game.