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Must be nice to be the only dog in the race....

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Malenko:
I used to rent at Hollywood video, it was cool that I signed up in Delaware and when I moved to Texas they had all my info on file (used same membership card). Instead of renting I usually just borrow the game from a friend to see if I like it, and friends borrow mine to see if they like it.

I think Blockbuster is doing Wii rentals like the movie theaters do the concession stands; renting out less items at a higher cost

ChadTower:

That does sort of make sense, though.  They had to eventually give up on the need to rent a game 10 times before breaking even.  The discs are usually trash after only a couple of rentals.

ChadTower:

Heh, I remember that.  The cashiers were never trained in how to flash a cart in under 15 minutes.  Every time someone wanted to rent a game the whole store came to a stop.  Then the writers would break down.  A few times we rented games that just didn't work when you got them home.  That was not a process suited for min wage retail workers.

Ginsu Victim:
Wow, that's nuts. We didn't have BB in our area back then, so this is the first I'm hearing of this.

ChadTower:

It was actually a decent idea that could have worked.  It was implemented so badly, though, that it actually crippled a our local BB's ability to rent games for a while.

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