{"id":325,"date":"2004-12-14T11:39:49","date_gmt":"2004-12-14T16:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marktime.org\/?p=325"},"modified":"2009-01-22T12:49:32","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T17:49:32","slug":"blockbuster-eliminating-late-fees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marktime.org\/?p=325","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster Eliminating Late Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"

Blockbuster has announced that they are eliminating late fees as of January 1, 2005.\u00a0 (AP<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Basically, you are supposed to return the movie in 2 days (new releases) or one week.\u00a0 However, they will now give you an additional week to return it without fees.\u00a0 If you keep it beyond then, you’ve bought it – although they will allow you to return it within 30 days after paying a “restocking fee”.<\/p>\n

This is being done to combat Netflix’s business model.\u00a0 With Netflix, you pay $18\/month and are allowed to have up to 3 movies in your hands at any given time.\u00a0 Return a movie and get the next one.\u00a0 All via free First Class Mail.<\/p>\n

Personally, I think the Blockbuster idea will fail.\u00a0 They’ve essentially changed the rules from 2 days or a week to 9 days or 2 weeks.\u00a0 That means that they’ll have to carry more copies of new releases, at a greater cost to dispose of them later.
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\nI have one other issue with Blockbuster – widescreen.\u00a0 I have a widescreen TV.\u00a0 About 1\/2 of the DVD’s being released come in separate versions for standard vs. widescreen.\u00a0 My local Blockbuster orders primarily standard versions, with a few widescreen copies that are rarely in the store.\u00a0 Given the choice between standard and nothing, I generally choose nothing (or perhaps another movie).<\/p>\n

And then there’s our experience from a few weeks’ back.\u00a0 We went in on a Saturday to rent.\u00a0 When we reached the counter, we were informed that the computers were down and we couldn’t pay.\u00a0 We would be able to pay when we returned the movie.\u00a0 OK – we went home, watched the movie, and my wife went back Sunday morning.\u00a0 The computers still were down, so we could return the movie but would have to make a special trip to pay later.\u00a0 She had to come back later in the week and pay – an extra trip for no reason.\u00a0 If they had decent customer service, they would have given us the rental for free when they were unable to charge us at return time.<\/p>\n

Now that I have a high definition Tivo hooked up – I’ll be recording new movies in HD from HBO or Showtime and watching them in better quality than the Blockbuster DVD’s anyway.\u00a0 For no extra charge.