Is the reason that Blockbuster is doing so poorly because they charged for a DVD rental? I remember, last year, I rented the movie "Gia" for a film class. They considered it a "New Release" and charged me for a 2 night rental for it. Gia was released in the mid 1990s, more than a decade ago, it was not a new release.
I currently have a Netflix subscription and I get 4 DVDs a month for less than . This isn’t a recent development with them, though. I rented DVDs from them all throughout the early 2000s and they constantly had DVDs in the "New Releases" section that were years old. I don’t know what it is about Blockbuster, but their business practices suck.
Am I the only one who thinks this? As anyone else had these things occur?
ek 5 says
They are a brick and mortar store and can’t really compete with Netflicks and RedBox. On top of that they didn’t try filling the market that Netflicks now occupies when they had the chance.
Their movie rental policies, while I will admit they needed revising, had very little to do with the shape they are in now.