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- jedikd, on 10/12/2007, -10/+93name one instance in the last 5 years of this happening. You won't be able to. I worked there for 4 years and I never saw this happen. How would we go about editing DVDs that are identical to retail DVDs? We certainly didn't have the capability to do that. In fact, blockbuster carried just about every "unrated" edition of anything I ever heard of in the time I was there.
- super_spyder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+40I dont think I would want to handle the disc with my bare hands. I would need bio-hazard gloves or something
- mediaphile, on 10/12/2007, -10/+48No, Blockbuster does not edit movies. The stores often only carry the rated versions, just like Hollywood Video and the other top rental chains. But Blockbuster Online carries the unrated versions of the movies, so that argument is completely invalid.
I have been a client of both Netflix and Blockbuster online, and I completely disagree with this article's allegations. I always receive my movies in a timely fashion, and I make good use of their Full Access program. Also, since I've been a customer for a long time, every month I still get free in-store rentals that I can use on games. I think they may have changed this policy recently, but getting free games is awesome, since in-store rentals of games cost something like $8 or $9 dollars. This coupled with their "no late fees" policy means I can check out games for a full month for free, return them when I get my new free rentals, and only get charged $1.25 for their "re-stocking fee". Think about that. Game rentals for 30 days for $1.25.
Maybe it depends on your location, but I have had a profoundly different experience with Blockbuster online than this blogger seems to have had. - masterofmulletz, on 10/12/2007, -4/+35I signed up for Blockbuster Total Access and love it so far. This guy is just one person who had a bad experience. Take what this guy says with a grain of salt.
- tsarfan, on 10/12/2007, -4/+26bring on the xxx Netflix, and then for sure i will sign up
- daeken, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21Punctuationhelpsyougetyourpointacrosseasier
- farstar, on 10/12/2007, -0/+19I am using both BB and Netflix right now. I live in the greater LA area and here's what I can tell you about his claims.
It is true that Blockbuster is slower than Netflix in sending movies, by 1 day only though. Netflix is next day. BB is ofter 2 days.
BB's total reward system more than makes up for the slightly slower shipping. The stores in my area are extremely well stocked. When returning movies to a store I have a great selection to browse though. In fact, browsing the aisles helps me find movies I might have otherwise though of renting, or even known about. Remember, BB is supposed to ship you next movies when as soon as you return your old ones to the store. If you do it late in the day though, they will probably go out the next day.
BBs recomendation system isn't as good as Netflix's. Even worse though is their movie ratings. Crappy movies get the same 4 stars that good movies do. This is the faul though of BB's largely stupid costumer base.
BB's free coupon for a movie OR GAME, is great. If you have a console getting a free game rental a month can be nice.
All in all, I see myself keeping BB and canceling my Netflix accout that I've had for 3+ years. - ClassicJBC, on 10/12/2007, -3/+14If you're a casual movie viewer, then Netflix might be fine for you, but Blockbuster Total Access is a _ridiculously_ good deal if you're a movie person like I am. I know Blockbuster has a ***** reputation and people like to hate them just for the sake of hating them, but I was a skeptic who was won over by their newest promotion.
- reject, on 10/12/2007, -5/+15The point, joshua, is that only the 2 day shipping and the queue are problems with BB online, but both can be fixed with free in-store rentals.
P.S. Most movies come out on Tuesday, as there are some few exceptions (see: M-I-3 on a Sunday??). Hit up your store on a Tuesday, remembering that the restocking fee only kicks in after 10 days of the movie being past-due (1.25 after, or you've bought the movie/game after 30 days), so you can choose what you want to see for the weekend and just return it the following Tuesday.
The problem with people not finding the movie they want to rent is that they come in Friday or Thursday or Saturday night, expecting everything to be there, not realizing that 100's of others have already beaten them to the store. It's not about the store not having enough rentals, as some titles receive upwards of 140, it's about the customers not realizing _when_ to come to the store for their desired movie. Blame the store, blame those who picked out the movie before you and understand when the movies are released, but they're not the ones showing up on a busy weekend night, expecting the movie they'd been wanting since the commercial for it aired on Monday night. - spaeschke, on 10/12/2007, -4/+13@mediaphile
You are 100% correct, sir. I've made so much use out of their "every movie envelope is a coupon for an in-store rental" that I doubt if I'll ever go back to Netflix. I also haven't yet seen the throttling that Netflix put me through. Now granted, their selection isn't quite as good, but it ain't bad either. - Ellsass, on 11/05/2008, -0/+8@reject
I don't use Blockbuster myself, but doesn't "queue" imply priority? - ngonzales80, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9I've been using Total Access for a few weeks now. I love it so far and haven't had any problems. They always send the movie at the top of my queue. The Blockbuster store I go to always has the movies I want but that might be because I don't try to pick one out at 9pm on a Friday or Saturday night.
I haven't noticed a problem with their selection. I usually watch mainstream movies so that's never a problem. Too bad he didn't mention any examples.
I agree that the search capability is lacking. I never used Netflix so I can't compare. Search isn't an issue for me at all. I can just use Yahoo movies or some other movie website. No big deal at all.
Again, I haven't used Netflix so I can't compare turn-around time but the in-store trade-ins are GREAT. You can technically have like 6 or 7 movies at the same time that way. As soon as we watch a mailed movie, we just return it and get an in-store movie. Returning the mailed movie triggers the next one on your cue to be mailed. You have 10 days before you need to return the in-store movies so you can build up the number you have at home by waiting to return those. We don't watch movies everyday so I end up always having 2 or 3 to choose from when I get home. That right there is the Netflix killer for me. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+9Actually it has been proven illegal for a company to edit a DVD for content without the director's permission. There was a company that did just that some time ago. You send them you're DVD and they send you back you DVD + the edited version. Now they are gone. Why? Because it's illegal.
- naiku, on 10/12/2007, -3/+11i have to say, i used both netflix and blockbuster...i am a current blockbuster customer. I got into netflix because i hated renting movies from blockbuster, they shipped the movies to my house extermely fast and it was good.
I switched to blockbuster recently because of the ability to swap a mailed movie into the store for a new one. Blockbuster doesn't mail the movies out as fast as Netflix but I do get my 2 movies online. Each of those movies can be returned to the store for new ones AND each week I get a free movie rental coupon good @ any blockbuster store. I get more movies out of blockbuster so im sticking w/ them.
The article makes some good points about their ***** queue system, but to be honest...I want to see everything in my queue. I can go to the store and return a movie or use a coupon thats emailed to me to get something that wasn't sent at the time. - timbellomo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+72+ years ago - had netflix, cancelled for whatever reason, but was satisfied (just didn't need it)
1 year ago i tried blockbuster... it sucked... wayyyy slower, and never stocked. Cancelled.
I rejoined 2-3 month ago because of Total Access and it has been great. The system has improved, I get my movies faster, and the in-store rentals make up for the slightly inferior speed.
I do have one complaint though -- my movies don't immediately clear my queue sometimes when scanned at my blockbuster (as advertised). When this happens, I typically have to wait 2 days or manually say, "I returned this already" on the site. I complained and they gave me a free month for my trouble. I'm hoping that gets better -- we'll see. - Mitchl, on 10/12/2007, -2/+9Blockbuster member and former Netflix member. Right now, I have to say the winner is Blockbuster. I had to join to get a specific movie, for my daughter, and itt wasn't available on Netflix, only on Blockbuster. Secnd, when you want a season of TV shows, you won't get them out of order with Blockbuster. Third, Blockbuster is directly between my and my work, so Total Access is very easy for me to get the extra movies and take them back. I acknowledge it woudl be inconvenient and pointless to some. Lastly, for me, and milage does vary, when I send back in the mail to Blockbuster, they get it the next day, and I get the return movie the day after-- the same turnaround I had with Netflix. (I do admit though that Netflix was highly consistent in timing, where Blockbuster is about 85%). Overall, for me, Blockbuster is a better value and service.
- mediaphile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8Wow goobs, you are a total moron. Whoever allowed you to pass through elementary school made a gigantic error. Please, for society's sake, enroll yourself in some kind of adult education program.
- mediaphile, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8No, I think there is a question as to the better value.
Say you order a movie online. It arrives two days after you return a disc. Once you finish watching it, you take it back to your nearest Blockbuster store and rent another movie. Then two days later you get your next movie. But you've still got the movie you rented in the store, which you can keep for a whole month and only pay $1.25 when you return it. Plus, you get two coupons every month to rent a free movie or game. So in theory, you can have way more than Netflix's three movies out at a time. And as a gamer, Netflix offers me nothing in the way of game rentals, whereas with Blockbuster I can rent two free games every month, keep them for the whole month, and only pay $1.25 for each game when I return them.
I fail to see how that's an inferior "value" to what Netflix offers. Maybe I'm just more patient, and thus value more content over one day's worth of speed. - franksmith, on 10/16/2007, -6/+12I have used both and Blockbuster currently OWNS Netflix
Free in-store rental coupons each month
Free rentals when returning mailed movies to store (and they ship the next one in the mail que immediately)
AND ALL of that is ON TOP OF what Netflix offers AND Blockbuster is cheaper
This is not an emotional decision... just do the math. If you do not want the above freebies... then they are equal. - ModernTenshi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7I dunno. I'm using Netflix to watch a ton of anime I've been wanting to see over the last several years, and Blockbuster's selection of titles in that genre is severely lacking. Searched for a series I have in my Netflix queue at the moment (Witch Hunter Robin, 6 discs in the series) and it only returned results for discs 5 and 6. Even after clicking on them, I still didn't see any mention of discs 1 through 4. I know for a fact their in-store selection of anime is also lacking, so I have no real desire to use that either. I also found their site's layout to pale in comparison to Netflix's, and a total pain in my ass to use. One of my managers/friends at work said she also tried Blockbuster and Netflix at the same time, and Netflix's turn-around time was days faster than Blockbuster's. She canceled her Blockbuster subscription after a month and a half.
Think I'll be sticking with Netflix, simply due to their selection, and because I've heard they have a faster turn around time. I just can't wait until I log in one day and see the Watch Now tab added to my navigation. - thealphabetman, on 10/16/2007, -0/+6I tried a 2 week free trial from Blockbuster a while back. Interestingly, they sometimes ship movies from their store instead of their distribution center. It sounds good in theory because you can get your movies quicker, but when you mail them back it takes forever for the employees to scan it in. I had to wait 3-4 days for my movies to show up as received after I mailed them. I can mail movies back to Netflix and they will have received it the next day. I got a total of 4 movies over the 2 week period while I was on their 3-at-a-time plan. Blockbuster can screw themselves.
- Blizaine, on 10/12/2007, -4/+10@mediaphile
I'll second that. The free in store rentals of games is amazing. I could never go to Netflix for this reason alone. - bytor4232, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8I had Blockbuster and Netflix in the past. Blockbuster's selection was pathetic, and even when I found a movie I wanted to watch, they would constantly re-order my queue because a movie wasn't withing two days of shipping to me.
Plus, I have to agree with the blogger here. Our blockbuster has a very poor selection of movies. Nothing classic. I went to rent Eddie and the Cruisers once and the clerk hadn't even heard of it. Actually he hadn't heard of anything with Michael Paré in it. Heck, I don't even think they had The Philadelphia Experiment. Granted those are pretty obscure movies, but Netflix had them. Plus, who rents movies on tue or wed? When I want to rent a movie is on the weekend in my downtime, not in the middle of the week.
However I stuck with Netflix. Not only is their selection outstanding, their ratings and recommendation system is top notch, its helped me discover movies I would have never even considered. I've pretty much seen everything I can think of, now I want help finding stuff I wouldn't have rented. Netflix is great at recommending movies, its the Pandora (http://www.pandora.com) of Video. Not to mention the streaming video, thats going to be tight.
Also, Blockbuster had a hard time getting me movies within a five day turnaround time, plus it was CONSTANTLY loosing my movies in their system. Netflix hasn't done this to me once. We send back our movies on Monday, and by Thu we have fresh movies for the weekend.
Sorry, I'll stay the course with Netflix. They've always steered me right. - openyoureyes17, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6The coupons didn't matter to me because the closest blockbuster is 45 minutes away.
- jedikd, on 10/12/2007, -3/+8The point that I was refuting of yours was that Blockbuster DOES NOT edit movies, you still have not proven that. Blockbuster putting a edited movie on the shelf is not them editing it, and the amazon link proves that blockbuster is not the only place that sells/rents the edited version. And you are wrong that blockbuster doesn't tell you. The cover for the movie is clearly labeled "Edited Edition" and the rental case is also labeled "Edited Edition." Despite your flinging of personal insults and calling me a "dumbass" you have not refuted any point I have made and have not demonstrated how Blockbuster "edits" movies versus occasionally carrying a edited edition (and even then it's obviously not a blockbuster exclusive if amazon carries them). And in most cases we carry both (Requiem I remember specifically, not sure of the others). Seriously, if you want to have a intelligent debate, leave the personal insults at home. Don't insult me, it invaidates your argument even more.
- baxtermaddux, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6i loathe blockbuster and will never support it again after current advancements in technology. online movie downloading and netflix. however, i do hope they can stay in business and help push the other technologies to get better. its just that, when i was paying late fees, and grumbling abotu poor in store selection, i always promised myself i would never go again if i had other choices. thank god for Netflix and XBox online
- gbarger, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Blockbuster does have their own version of the movie "Audition" that has been edited down from the original. I will also point out that Blockbuster is the only place I know of to find the edited version of this movie.
That said, it's the only blockbuster movie I know of that is edited. - chriskzoo, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Sounds like a Netflix employee spreading FUD because he knows Blockbuster simply has a superior system with the in-store rentals, period.
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Look,
I have had Blockbuster, Vongo, and Netflix.
Which one do I have now?
Blockbuster.
Why? Well, they have one thing that HANDS DOWN no other company can get to: In store returns, rentals... I can go down the street and complain about my scratched DVD... get a new one.... get a game for free... no late fees... not too shabby.
Netflix.... they seemed to be a little faster with getting me my queued DVDs, but Blockbuster trumps this letting me bring the DVD into the store for a new one RIGHT AWAY.
Vongo... I loved it. It was great to have instant gratification on movies. They worked well on any computer, and I could easily throw 4 or 5 movies onto my hard drive for a road trip the next day. Problem is that they are contracted with Starz... and if Starz doesn't have the movie just yet, you can't get it. Some movies they have as PPVs, but the selection is still not that great.
Blockbuster.... hands down. Sure, people have problems with every company, and apparently this blogger got the crap end of the stick. But this doesn't justify for all the people who have great experience with the program.
-Brian
www.imova.com - BigPapi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I had the same problem with Blockbuster. Also their website was slow as balls. They put so much ajax on the goddamn site that an operation that used to take 2 seconds, like removing 4 movies from the queue, now takes almost a minute.
Everytime I returned a movie at the local Blockbuster store the kid working the counter would ask me "How is your online experience" and I'd say, "it was great, up until they redesigned the website. Now it's extremely slow". Then they'd say "Yeah, we get that alot". You'd think that if people complained about the site, they'd actually do something to fix it, but no.
Anyways, I cancelled Blockbuster last week. I'll try Netflix in a few months and see how that goes.
This article that reviews Blockbuster isn't quite fair though. The Blockbuster stores do have lots of new releases available and if they're not on display, chances are they're in the return bin. After visiting the store dozens of times to return movies, there's probably only been about 2 or 3 times that they didn't have a movie in stock and that was always on the day after it came out to DVD. - Decimit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I don't understand all the anti-Netflix here. I have been a member of Netflix off and on since 2003. The only reason I ever canceled was because of need, not because of their service in any way. They have always been an excellent service. Very fast, great website, and the selection is as good as it can possibly get without games and adult content. I enjoy many obscure movies that Netflix always seems to have. I have not had the same experience with BlockBuster. Their service may be good for some that are mainly after mainstream DVDs they don't mind waiting on, but it doesn't work for me.
I agree with the above posters as a major advantage of Netflix is never having to go into a video store. Netflix has only once gotten a TV box set out of order for me early on. I quickly contacted them by email and they assured me this would not happen again, and it hasn't. I've had some DVD lost, even at very inconvenient times (at the end of one of my cancellations) and with a quick phone call they looked over my account and understood completely. They excused me of any charges and invited me back with open arms at any time. The movies finally did show up to them about 2 months later (crazy mail). I have since joined them again and it's where I currently reside. Netflix has been nothing but good to me and they have total customer loyalty with me until they give me a reason otherwise. They have the product and service to go along with their customer service. Blockbuster never even met a satisfactory rating with me upon any of my dealings with them.
If Netflix opened some brick and mortar stores that could come even close to the service I have always known them for, the competition would be very interesting. - jedikd, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5And what part of distribution centers don't you understand? Plenty of people here have also said that blockbuster is faster. But wait, how can they both be faster? It VARIES based on your vicintiy to the distributino centers. I know people love cut and dry answers, blockbuster sux, netflix sux, etc, but there just isn't one when it comes to delivery time. (For example, in my case, I get my blockbuster movies in 1-day, my dad gets netflix movies in 2 days usually)
- tgelston, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4I have the 9.99 (one movie at a time deal) and with Total Access it rocks. I live close to a blockbuster and a shipping center. I often get my movies the day after I get a notice they ship and I always have them within two days of that time. I have been very happy with the service. I can watch 2-3 movies per week- This is easily 8 movies a month for 10 dollars. Plus as an earlier comment mentioned the coupons now work on games- 1.25 for 30 day game rental. Very nice indeed.
- openyoureyes17, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4YES! that happened to me too. or if disc 3 was rented out, they would go ahead and send discs 1,2, and 4. what am i supposed to do with that!
- angelp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6They're not equal if Netflix is faster and more reliable in some people's case.
- angelp, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I've been using Netflix for almost seven years. I've never experienced any throttling despite being a heavy-duty user at times (actually watching movies not burning them and dropping in the mail the next day REPEATEDLY). I've tried the Blockbuster program twice and both times have been extremely disappointed. They're slower, they don't ship in order like Netflix and most recently with the Total Access program, it takes SEVERAL days for a movie that's returned in-store to clear my queue. According to the details when I joined, that was not supposed to happen. Even when they got the movie, they would take an extra day to ship out the next random movie it chose from my queue. Plus their selection of HD DVD and Blu-ray movies is horrible.....almost everything I add has a very long wait. The coupons are nice, but the service is horrendous....not to mention when you go into your local Blockbuster they rarely have new releases in stock unless you're there on Tuesday.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -2/+5I'm going to have to completely disagree with this idiotic cynical blogger.
I've subscribed to both Netflix and Blockbuster Total Access, and Blockbuster's is a ton better. Sure, they might not have some obscure Brazilian short film from 1934, but they do have 90% of movies that have been released in theatres in the US.
The movies are not mailed out from Blockbuster stores. I have no idea where the blogger has gotten this information. They are mailed out from distribution centers, just like Netflix. Also, at least in my area, Blockbuster is much faster. I live in Muncie, IN and the closest distribution center is in Indianapolis, about 60 miles away. With Blockbuster, it would take about 2 days for the movies to get to the distribution center and it would take one day for them to get from the center to my apartment. All the while, I still have movies from my local Blockbuster store that I can watch during the short wait. For Netflix, it took about 3 days for the movies to get to them, and then about 3 days to get back to me. Mind you that both Netflix and Blockbuster are shipping from the same city.
OK, so the recommendation system isn't as good as Netflix. Who ***** cares? How about you do some research yourself and find out what you like instead of having a computer spit out results?
So, what we have here is a whiny-ass blogger with nothing better to do who is obviously a total film snob, abhoring all movies made by major studios. His opinion probably accounts for about 1% of all moviegoers. It also seems that his local Blockbuster sucks. Not my fault, my Blockbuster is usually well stocked with tons of diverse movies. This week I rented Sherrybaby (very tiny independent film) and The Proposition (tiny Australian film)...these are a far cry from "American Pie 5"...so, this blogger is just an ***** with a chip on his shoulder - DrJ00, on 10/12/2007, -1/+4This blogger is a ranting lunatic with esoteric tastes. He's begging for something to bitch about with his posted limited scope interests.
For me though over the Holidays with several mail holidays I received 18 DVDs in the mail with 18 in store rentals, along with 2 in store movie coupons on my free month. The TV on DVD selection both in store and online are excellent. I'm charging through series I never picked up on when they started. It's a hell of a lot better than watching the SD rebroadcasts I have available. My netflix volume over an average month is 12 DVDs. So, 36 DVDs + 2 Games/Movies I want to see or 12 for the same price. It's not even remotely close.
His website criticisms are the only thing that mesh with my experience. I've sent feedback to BB suggesting 15-20 improvements so far. The BB website is pure crap, but the volume of things I want to watch is amazingly good.
Oh well, off to exchange my 2 DVDs from yesterday later for 2 more Lost discs in store. - mmelancon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I have had both services and I think Blockbuster is better than Netflix in the fact that I'm not getting throttled by the amount of movies I receive per month. I receive a movie within 1 day from Blockbuster and when I was with Netflix before canceling it was taking up to 5 days to get a movie. For me and were I live Blockbuster is the better choice. Either way I think both services are good, being your movie comes to your mailbox.
- hipnado, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3From the article -
"Third, it took forever to receive our movies. They mail them from Blockbuster stores, so it takes around 2 days to receive your movies… usually."
Not true -- I work at Blockbuster and all Total Access movies come from regional distribution centers. - sjbdallas, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3jedikd: "Where the truth Lies"
The unrated version from blockbuster was edited to cut down on a few scenes and crop out nudity on another scene. I've scene the unrated version from two different sources and blockbuster's was different. - jedikd, on 10/12/2007, -4/+7@ sonaboy
Thanks for proving my point. Blockbuster DOES NOT edit movies. If a movie studio releases a edited version, they may carry it, although often times I saw movies (including requiem) in both versions. And just to prove it's not blockbuster that does it: http://www.amazon.com/Requiem-Dream-Edited-Burstyn/dp/B00005QCVT/sr=1-4/qid=1169739305/ref=sr_1_4/102-3778280-6134506?ie=UTF8&s=dvd
Amazon is selling a edited version!!!!!!! Oh NOEEESSS!! Boycott amazon!
Still waiting for a explanation of how blockbuster has the technological capabilities to "re-edit" DVDs, I didn't see any DVD burners and the comptuers all ran on DOS.... - Sfmobius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I won't try to dispute anyone else's experiences as that's kinda dumb if you think about it. I will share my own experiences.
Blockbuster, before online movies, was a ***** corp franchise that could care a rats ass about the customer. The clerks were almost always completley clueless about anything beyond the latest releases. God forbid you encounter a problem with a movie. In one instance, I returned a movie to a clerk (put it in her hand) who then somehow lost it and Blockbuster tried to make me pay for it. Even after the employee in question remembered me bringing the movie back. With the advent of online shopping I'm supposed to suddenly expect blockbuster to be a better choice? No thank you.
Netflix, on the otherhand, has been a superb service from the inception. I am a charter member and have had some snafus along the way. However, the staff were always willing to help me and I've never once doubted my decision. Netflix is also looking to the future w/the direct to consumer deals with small and big production houses as well as downloadable services.
To me, Netflix is the easy choice - elchupacabra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3I've had the Netflix service in the past and now Blockbuster for almost a year. The Blockbuster recommendation system is a joke but I've been pleased with the service other than that. Total access is great. I average 19 or 20 movies a month in the mail and now that is doubled with total access. So 40 movies a month for $19? When was the last time you rented movies for 50 cents a piece? If you want obscure movies, anime or niche foreign films Netflix might be better for you. Blockbuster really isn't that bad when it comes to selection of out of the mainstream movies. There are plenty of odd documentaries and wierd movies I've found through them. Blockbuster has just become the Microsoft of the video industry. It's popular to rip on them. But you can keep on ripping on them while I watch my 50 cent rentals.
- Nizerifin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I believe that the shipping times vary greatly depending on where you live. I've used both Netflix and BB, and the ship times are comparable. This was before the total access thing, so BB should theoretically be faster now. I did discover, however, that when a movie is returned to the store, BB has up to three days to ship the next from your queue, not the advertised "immediate" shipping. I think that as BB grows and adds locations, which I believe it is doing, it will become a better service. Netflix is ultimately limited because it is online only. Now if it made a jointventure with another rental store...
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Another reason to avoid Block Buster: they censor movies. They will cut out scenes they feel are too sexual or violent. Problem is, they don't label those movies as being edited. They will tell you if you go up their corporate chain and ask, but they will not tell you up front. Apparently their morals don't extend to risking money by honestly labeling their products.
- Jaymoon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Is Netflix the new Apple now?
I mean, when I used Netflix is was nice... But now I've moved on to Blockbuster. I'm getting about 9 movies at a time over 3 accounts (only 1 I'm actually paying for), and every single one of those, I can return for a free in-store rental. Plus I get a total of 3 free-game coupons.
I honestly cannot see how you can compare with that.
Now for some helpful criticism. Three complaints I have with Blockbuster online...
- The RSS feed sucks. They don't even have a feed available of your Q. Just their "top movies".
- Their site is pretty slow. Looks like they went a little web-2.0verboard.
- Some TV series discs are not always available. I really don't like when I add a TV series season to my Q, to only find out that 1 of the 4 or 5 discs is not available. Meanwhile, the next season is already coming in. - sonaboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2god, look at all the lazy ***** that digg down facts that have been proven more than a few times by multiple people.
sad.
no wonder ***** like American Pie franchises and Uwe Boll movies continue to sucker lazy movie viewers into the mire, when they can't even be bothered to actually RESEARCH what blockbuster and other conservative tool organizations like them do to the original works of movie directors.
sad.
but ***** it - go ahead and appease them. after all, they only lost 50 million in profit last year because real movie fans and auteurs know what the deal is, despite a healthy dose of counter-spin and corporate doublespeak. - josh4rim, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I have blockbuster, been using it for about 7 months now. Previous to that I had Netflix. I have to say I am satisfied. I have none of the problems that this guy is blogging about. Maybe he works for netflix, and this is netfilx's attempt to get some business back.
I get my movies on time, I get the ones at the top of my queue. When I go to the store I don't always find exactly what I want but I didn't at any movie store even before on-line renting was available. They have no late fees (up to 30 days) , and I get a coupon once a month to rent a game. You cant beat that.
If you like crazy rare movies the Netflix is right for you. If not I would say go to blockbuster. - stappawho, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2They have fixed that. Now when you order seasons or multi disc sets they are grouped together so they ship in order.
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