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Blockbuster Online
My wife and I enjoy watching movies and we find that we have a large amount of time on our hands when we travel on the road (it's not always that easy to read in the back seat of a bouncing vehicle!). The problem we ran into with movie rental stores was that we were often out of town for longer than the alloted 5 days, so if we rented some movies to watch on the road we would have to pay some pretty steep late fees by the time we were able to return them.
Enter Blockbuster Online. My wife and I have been extremely happy with the way this program works, and I feel like it's got some advantages over Netflix, which I'm sure a number of you are using as well. Here's what I like about Blockbuster's programs: not only do you get the movies extremely quickly (normally it takes no longer than two days from the time I get an email telling me the movie's been shipped) or get to keep them for as long as you want (i.e. no late fees!). But - depending on the program you sign up for - you can also return your movies to a local Blockbuster store and get a free rental there, plus you can get a coupon every month for a free in-store rental. We pay $20/month (which ends up being about 4 new release rentals a month) and we definitely get our money's worth (the number of movies we watch each month depends on how many days we spend on the road).
Are you using Blockbuster Online or Netflix? Which one do you like better?
With all the movies I watch, I hardly rent anything. Either I see it in the theater or when it shows up on TV (and I don't have HBO, etc.) I own so many movies that I normally just watch something I've bought. I have, recently, borrowed a few from the library. The problem is most of theirs are still on VHS.
Mark
Posted by: Carstairs38 | March 26, 2008 at 11:53 AM
Hey Jeremy! We've known you guys for a year exactly now!! Isn't that cool? :) Hope you guys are doing well!
Emma Jean
Posted by: Emma Jean | March 25, 2008 at 06:33 PM
My wife and I are Netflix members, mainly because of all the late fees with rental stores. The advantage I think they have over Blockbuster is the "Watch Now" feature, where you can watch some movies instantly on your laptop (or TV, with an s-video or VGA connection). Granted, not many of these "instant" movies are new releases, but it is still a pretty cool feature. I think Redbox is an interesting concept as well (the ones out front of McDonald's that look like a Coke machine at first glance). 1 dollar per night rentals is pretty good..Of course, I have forgotten to bring them back in time as well, in which case your debit card is charged $1 per day late...
Posted by: Jonnie | March 25, 2008 at 03:58 PM