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Must be nice to be the only dog in the race....
Cakemeister:
We're going to try Gamefly for a while.
Ginsu Victim:
Could've just walked back in and gave an excuse ("oh, this is the wrong game" or "oops, I've played this one" or "my mom said this is made by Satan")
RayB:
BB isn't THAT bad... What I hate is the lack of obscure stuff. But they ARE desperate. THey're one of the top 10 companies most likely to file for chapter 11 this year.
http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Investing/Dispatch/blockbuster-on-the-brink.aspx
Ed_McCarron:
--- Quote from: pinballjim on October 22, 2009, 09:51:06 am ---As soon as Blockbuster couldn't charge rewind fees anymore, they were boned.
--- End quote ---
What? They've been charging me for years to rewind my DVD's... I just figured I was forgetful.
Ginsu Victim:
Excerpt from the July 14, 2002 edition of Rober Ebert's Movie Answer Man:
Q. "Be Kind--Rewind!" I've seen this label on rental DVD cases at my local Blockbuster. I asked a person who worked at Blockbuster why rewinding would be necessary on DVDs, and was told, "DVDs can be rewound so please rewind it." I asked the manager and he told me, "DVDs can be rewound like VHS." I e-mailed Blockbuster. They told me, "Most DVD players have a 'Rewind' button. What it does is spin the DVD the opposite direction from the play mode. It's similar to the rewind feature on a VCR." I emailed them and told them they were wrong, Blockbuster e-mailed me, "Sir, you are very wrong, please don't contradict what we say, we know more than you do about DVDs. Please don't e-mail us regarding this topic again." They were very rude. But I know that a DVD cannot be rewound.
Kun Sun Sweeley, Baltimore
A. Your message first appeared on a Web site devoted to "useless warnings." It sounded like an urban legend to me, but when I contacted you, you replied: "This is true. I have seen labels on DVDs at my local Blockbuster, asking for the DVDs to be rewound. The post that I wrote is true." I asked around, and columnist/critic David Poland supplied the likely explanation: The stickers double as magnetic security tags. The tags for VHS ask you to rewind. When they run out of DVD tags, they just use the VHS tags. What that doesn't explain are your phone conversations and e-mails with Blockbuster. Is it possible the chain has employees who don't know the first thing about DVD? Judging from their cluelessness on letterboxing, I think it's a possibility.
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