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Author:  pcernie [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 5:29 pm ]
Post subject:  Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21912508

Good stuff.
Author:  jonbwfc [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 6:38 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
Unfortunately, they still haven't found any buyers inside Blockbuster stores...

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sat Mar 23, 2013 11:57 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
Good news though. I wonder if many of the former staff have found jobs since?
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 4:15 am ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
And I binned my blockbuster card only last week as I though there was no point in keeping it if they were bankrupt.
The fact I haven't used it in years didn't seem to enter the calculation.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 12:01 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
l3v1ck wrote:
And I binned my blockbuster card only last week as I though there was no point in keeping it if they were bankrupt.
The fact I haven't used it in years didn't seem to enter the calculation.

I still have my US one and UK one.
Author:  timark_uk [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 1:56 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
jonbwfc wrote:
Unfortunately, they still haven't found any buyers inside Blockbuster stores...

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week.
That's because it's a DVD/games rental service. (8+p

Mark
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:02 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
Actually they used to sell off old stock and I think they had a 2nd hand market.
I agree Lovefilm etc will kill the model of physical rental. Some people may still want it, but not enough to sustain the high costs of that type of business model.
I'm amazed Blockbuster didn't try an det into online rental/distribution earlier to prevent this from happening.
Author:  pcernie [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:21 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
Both Blockbuster online and their marketplace are pretty good, it's just I suspect next to nobody knows about them.

A lot of people currently can't watch a YouTube vid without it buffering, never mind caps...
Author:  timark_uk [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:31 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
pcernie wrote:
A lot of people currently can't watch a YouTube vid without it buffering, never mind caps...
This is the reason I don't do a lot of streaming.
There's still stuff on 4OD that I want to see but because of my monthly cap I can't.
I might enquire about going totally unlimited, but if it means signing a new contract (as opposed to just altering the one I'm on) then they can get stuffed.

Mark
Author:  l3v1ck [ Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
pcernie wrote:
Both Blockbuster online and their marketplace are pretty good, it's just I suspect next to nobody knows about them..

Err. You're right. I didn't.
I've never seen an advert for that at all.
Author:  Amnesia10 [ Mon Mar 25, 2013 4:54 am ]
Post subject:  Buyer found for Blockbuster stores
l3v1ck wrote:
I'm amazed Blockbuster didn't try an det into online rental/distribution earlier to prevent this from happening.

Agreed there are a lot of folk who prefer it.


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