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Guess i won’t be using blockbuster

Carla (and commenters) share their experience with the various online movie rental services. we used netflix for a spell, and really enjoyed it, but i wasn’t at home enough to justify its existence, and wifey kept forgetting to turn back in stuff on time (yeah i’m blaming it on you).

i got hoodwinked into one of their programs, i really didn’t even know what it was then, nor do i know what it is now, but i paid $9.99 for it, and got some free rental tokens for non-new movies, and a gang of late charges afterwards.

to their credit, our blockbuster is offering the No Late Fees joint.

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jon

ahhh. it's funny how the brick and mortar companies always have to have a bunch of hoops to jump through to give you something a more apparently nimble company such as Netflix can offer.

tyd

until you read the fine print... The netflix is a good deal, and you don't have late fees anymore.

The Blockbuster deal is that you have a movie if you don't return it in a week they charge you for the movie. So, essentially you pay a reduced rate for the movie but it's still $9.99 or something. Then, if you return the movie later you get a store credit. Doesn't seem like such a good deal to me. I'll stick with Netflix.