Comments on: On Dumping Blockbuster Online And Keeping Netflix – Our Reasons Why.

By: david

david — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 20:26:20 +0000

Nagel, why would you? That link does not give any reasons why.

By: Nagel

Nagel — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 15:57:52 +0000

Personally I would go with Blockbuster. Here’s some more on the two competing companies:
http://finance.webaplex.com/01/blockbuster-bbi-vs-netflix-nflx/

By: david

david — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 05:15:52 +0000

I think they are full of crap, quite honestly, and I am glad I stayed with Netflix. I don’t appreciate having my videos delayed because of something other than the mail.

Once they pay attention to what video by mail customers want, they should be able to compete.

By: Larry Goldman

Larry Goldman — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:43:46 +0000

Even with that, their advertising clearly states that when an item remains in the Shipped Movies list (not yet received by Blockbuster) it “does not prevent additional DVDs from being shipped”. I guess saying it and actually doing it are two different things with them.

By: david

david — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 04:37:55 +0000

I found that to be an issue as well Larry. I dropped a movie off for them to mail back on a Thursday, and Blockbuster received it on a Tuesday. The mail in address is about 30 miles from me, so this was bizarre. I think they hold them in the store to slow down delivery!

By: Larry Goldman

Larry Goldman — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 03:31:49 +0000

My biggest issue is their failure to ship as advertised within one day after you return an online movie to the store. It seems to make no difference lately whether I do a store return or send it back myself.

By: The Finance Buff

The Finance Buff — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:05:27 +0000

Another Blogger Dumped Blockbuster…

I just read today that David at My Two Dollars also dumped Blockbuster. He did it for pretty much the same reasons as I did ……