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Saw it on the news. Blockbuster is getting sued for falty ads... So if you all rented some horror movies and not worrying about "Late fees", you should because if its late i think past 7 days, they automatically charge your credit card and then charge you a stocking fee... thats what i think i heard.
Dont be fooled by the "End of Late Fees" commercials.
Thepuppetmaster
02-18-2005, 09:37 PM
I have already known this for awile. I hate Blockbusters. First they charge to damn much to rent stuff and second there stores have a little selection of movies.
Elvis_Christ
02-18-2005, 09:43 PM
^^ Yeh that's to true. The brought out some really good video stores over here and turned them into shit. The horror section is fucking pathetic.
its becoming too expensive for their crappy selection.. i stopped using them a long time ago... thank goodness for netflix
ShankS
02-18-2005, 11:43 PM
I stopped using Bollockbusters, way back before the days of DVDs.
Vodstok
02-19-2005, 05:47 AM
What they pulled is shitty, but the lawsuits are without merit. the first day we saw the commercial, my wife looked it up on bb's website, and the fine print clearly stated that you would be charged for the movie if it went past 7 days.
Thats why thhey have fine print in the first place.
And thheir "Netflix" style service? The rates go up Jan 1 2006. do your homework before spending your cash.
Stingy Jack
02-19-2005, 06:11 AM
My wife manages a Blockbuster video store, and not only do they not TELL you that you will be charged a re-stocking fee, but they give you plenty of warnings before they charge your credit card for the movie.
What's with you freaks, anyway? Now you can rent a film and keep it for at least a week without paying any extra fees, and you're bitching because, basically, what ... you want to be able to rent the film and keep it indefinitely without paying for it? That's not going to happen. Do any of you have a clue as to how businesses work? Besides, the cost of the movie is charged to your credit card, yes. But, if you return the movie, the charge is refunded to your account (except for the restocking fee ... but what the hell? If you keep it a week past the due date, Blockbuster basically sells you the film, but in order to manage the accounts involved with printing reports for people who have a movie out for more than a week, the restocking fee helps to cover the cost.) The whole reason this was created to get rid of late fees. Blockbuster realized that people hated the late fees - especially for those who are one or two days late. But now everyone is just out looking to get stuff for free and trying to abuse the system.
As for selection, the Blockbuster here in my town has a very decent horror selection ... but the one in the next town over does not. The corporate home office stocks their stores with films that appeal to the majority of the clientele in that area. In my town, we have a lot of lower-class, poverty-class people ... and these types of people happen to like horror films and crappy comedies. So, our store has plenty of these. The next town over is a college town, so they don't have as many good horror films, but they do have more independent artsy films. You have to cater to the majority, peeps. Plus, a lot of the older titles go on moratorium (are no longer made or sold), and when these get broken by a careless customer, Blockbuster can longer rent that title out because they can't get another copy.
Anyway, sorry for the rant ... but, for Christ's sake. What the hell do you want?
massacre man
02-19-2005, 06:16 AM
Originally posted by Stingy Jack
My wife manages a Blockbuster video store, and not only do they not TELL you that you will be charged a re-stocking fee, but they give you plenty of warnings before they charge your credit card for the movie.
What's with you freaks, anyway? Now you can rent a film and keep it for at least a week without paying any extra fees, and you're bitching because, basically, what ... you want to be able to rent the film and keep it indefinitely without paying for it? That's not going to happen. Do any of you have a clue as to how businesses work? Besides, the cost of the movie is charged to your credit card, yes. But, if you return the movie, the charge is refunded to your account (except for the restocking fee ... but what the hell? If you keep it a week past the due date, Blockbuster basically sells you the film, but in order to manage the accounts involved with printing reports for people who have a movie out for more than a week, the restocking fee helps to cover the cost.) The whole reason this was created to get rid of late fees. Blockbuster realized that people hated the late fees - especially for those who are one or two days late. But now everyone is just out looking to get stuff for free and trying to abuse the system.
As for selection, the Blockbuster here in my town has a very decent horror selection ... but the one in the next town over does not. The corporate home office stocks their stores with films that appeal to the majority of the clientele in that area. In my town, we have a lot of lower-class, poverty-class people ... and these types of people happen to like horror films and crappy comedies. So, our store has plenty of these. The next town over is a college town, so they don't have as many good horror films, but they do have more independent artsy films. You have to cater to the majority, peeps. Plus, a lot of the older titles go on moratorium (are no longer made or sold), and when these get broken by a careless customer, Blockbuster can longer rent that title out because they can't get another copy.
Anyway, sorry for the rant ... but, for Christ's sake. What the hell do you want? the two blockbuster's i live near have a good horror selection
nine9
02-19-2005, 06:44 AM
The one here has no Horror section, they got rid of it awhile ago. Now the Horrors are all in other categories and all over the place. You have to look through the whole store practically to see what they have. They also got rid of there Classic movie section.
There are only three categories now: Comedy, Action, and Drama.
There are also less and less older movies available to rent, and the foreign movie section is very minimal. I haven't seen any foreign horrors at all except the newer ones that have been recently remade. So............I have been going to a little buy and sell video place by where I live. I can buy a movie that I'd never see at BB for alot cheaper than renting. Got 2 for 2 bucks each a couple of weeks ago.
The STE
02-19-2005, 08:02 AM
Netflix>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Blockbuster
three extra >'s now that there's the possibility of them carrying import DVDs
X¤MurderDoll¤X
02-19-2005, 08:10 AM
Originally posted by Stingy Jack
My wife manages a Blockbuster video store, and not only do they not TELL you that you will be charged a re-stocking fee, but they give you plenty of warnings before they charge your credit card for the movie.
What's with you freaks, anyway? Now you can rent a film and keep it for at least a week without paying any extra fees, and you're bitching because, basically, what ... you want to be able to rent the film and keep it indefinitely without paying for it? That's not going to happen. Do any of you have a clue as to how businesses work? Besides, the cost of the movie is charged to your credit card, yes. But, if you return the movie, the charge is refunded to your account (except for the restocking fee ... but what the hell? If you keep it a week past the due date, Blockbuster basically sells you the film, but in order to manage the accounts involved with printing reports for people who have a movie out for more than a week, the restocking fee helps to cover the cost.) The whole reason this was created to get rid of late fees. Blockbuster realized that people hated the late fees - especially for those who are one or two days late. But now everyone is just out looking to get stuff for free and trying to abuse the system.
As for selection, the Blockbuster here in my town has a very decent horror selection ... but the one in the next town over does not. The corporate home office stocks their stores with films that appeal to the majority of the clientele in that area. In my town, we have a lot of lower-class, poverty-class people ... and these types of people happen to like horror films and crappy comedies. So, our store has plenty of these. The next town over is a college town, so they don't have as many good horror films, but they do have more independent artsy films. You have to cater to the majority, peeps. Plus, a lot of the older titles go on moratorium (are no longer made or sold), and when these get broken by a careless customer, Blockbuster can longer rent that title out because they can't get another copy.
Anyway, sorry for the rant ... but, for Christ's sake. What the hell do you want?
Agreed. It's not a "scam" unless you're mentally retarded.
horror_master
02-19-2005, 08:34 AM
I thought so, I thought end to late fees was kinda good to be ture, I thought there might be a catch to it.
AUSTIN316426808
02-19-2005, 09:22 AM
Originally posted by Elvis_Christ
The horror section is fucking pathetic.
the horror section at the blockbuster I go to isn't any better, it's a row and a half of stuff I've either already seen or have no desire to see.
massacre man
02-19-2005, 09:54 AM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
the horror section at the blockbuster I go to isn't any better, it's a row and a half of stuff I've either already seen or have no desire to see. i rented Scream for my grandmother (she likes the who's the killer movies) i got up there the woman at the counter said "Scream ooooooooh scary" then i was checking out day of the dead and she said "if i were you i wouldn't bother this is a stupid movie"
suppose i rent a 5 day rental for a DVD and i keep it for past 7 days, do you think its right for them to charge me for the DVD on my credit card after promoting that commercial?
Nobody is asking them to let me hold it for whatever 30 days and not charge me....
But what they should do is just add the normal fee after the original rental time expired. That makes more sense. None of this re-stocking fee, charge crap, etc.
Its a misleading commercial "The End of Late Fees" ... it should be more of "The End of Late Fees but will charge your credit card after only 7 days for the DVD and/or the re-stocking fee".
As for their selection, it has 1 row... and i probably have a bigger horror DVD selection.
AUSTIN316426808
02-19-2005, 10:08 AM
Originally posted by massacre man
i rented Scream for my grandmother (she likes the who's the killer movies) i got up there the woman at the counter said "Scream ooooooooh scary" then i was checking out day of the dead and she said "if i were you i wouldn't bother this is a stupid movie"
that happened to me a week ago I was in blockbuster and I picked out Hellraiser-bloodline, House of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead. I'd seen all of them before but I was at a friends house and he hadn't seen any of 'em. So we get up to the desk and the guy says ''Hellraiser,SICK and Freddy yall got some good ones but I didn't really like Dawn to much but House of the Dead now that's a good movie.'' I swear those were his exact words.
if i were at blockbuster working behind the counter, i would be like "You should definitely rent House of the Dead, Fear Dot Com, etc (and other horrible crappy movies)" to customers. just to piss em off. They would be so pissed off when they return em. haha
The STE
02-19-2005, 11:14 AM
I checked the commercial pretty close, and unless I missed it there's no "restocking fee" disclaimer. That it's on the website is bullshit, and won't get them out of anything (or shouldn't, at least). And I did check the site and couldn't find anything about restocking fees. Unless it's in the basement in a locked cabinet with a sign saying "beware of the leopard" on it.
massacre man
02-19-2005, 12:41 PM
Originally posted by The STE
I checked the commercial pretty close, and unless I missed it there's no "restocking fee" disclaimer. That it's on the website is bullshit, and won't get them out of anything (or shouldn't, at least). And I did check the site and couldn't find anything about restocking fees. Unless it's in the basement in a locked cabinet with a sign saying "beware of the leopard" on it. ARRR I'M A TIGER
The STE
02-19-2005, 12:52 PM
Originally posted by massacre man
ARRR I'M A TIGER
or, perhaps, a Liger?
http://www.iquebec.ifrance.com/TigerDome/Liger01.jpg
massacre man
02-19-2005, 03:32 PM
Originally posted by The STE
or, perhaps, a Liger?
http://www.iquebec.ifrance.com/TigerDome/Liger01.jpg yeah that's it
Thepuppetmaster
02-19-2005, 10:11 PM
Originally posted by AUSTIN316426808
that happened to me a week ago I was in blockbuster and I picked out Hellraiser-bloodline, House of the Dead and Dawn of the Dead. I'd seen all of them before but I was at a friends house and he hadn't seen any of 'em. So we get up to the desk and the guy says ''Hellraiser,SICK and Freddy yall got some good ones but I didn't really like Dawn to much but House of the Dead now that's a good movie.'' I swear those were his exact words. I SWEAR TO CHRIST that guy is a complete and utter fucking cunt. That piss's me off to such a extent i want to go to my local blockbuster and burn it down. I cant belive he would say that about Hellraiser. I meen come on that series rules. Jesus i am just wondering what his ass would say if i went to rent Ichi the killer there. I meen really COME ON! There on the other hand is a place by my house that is called Hastings. The place is impressive and i buy all my stuff there.
kpropain
02-20-2005, 05:20 AM
I don't really care about the late fees thing or shit like that but I do fucking DESPISE Blockbuster...
It's because of these shitheads that 90% of most mom and pop video stores went out of business...
I mean damn at least most of the mom and pop video stores usually carried a good selection of movies...
Instead of all the usual current trendy garbage that is carried by the good turds at Blockbuster...
urgeok
02-20-2005, 05:31 AM
i only buy movies anyway - i havent rented a movie in years - i hate having to worry about taking them back.
massacre man
02-20-2005, 07:03 AM
Originally posted by kpropain
I don't really care about the late fees thing or shit like that but I do fucking DESPISE Blockbuster...
It's because of these shitheads that 90% of most mom and pop video stores went out of business...
I mean damn at least most of the mom and pop video stores usually carried a good selection of movies...
Instead of all the usual current trendy garbage that is carried by the good turds at Blockbuster... Netflix :D
IDrinkYourBlood
02-20-2005, 10:29 AM
I hate Blockbuster. I go to Rogers Video they are really great. Good horror selection too.
The only thing Blockbuster is good for is to find some obscure movie titles, usually pre-viewed to buy. Don't rent from them, they'll dick you nearly every time. God help you if you loose a rental. My wife was in a car wreck with two movies belonging to blockbuster, in which the car burned, destroying the movies. Although the wreck almost killed her and broke half the bones in her body, they went after her for the tapes. Not just the replacement value of the tapes (which I can understand) but for hundreds of dollars in LOST REVENUE because they could no longer rent these tapes to others. What Peckerheads.
The_Return
02-20-2005, 03:33 PM
Originally posted by IDrinkYourBlood
I hate Blockbuster. I go to Rogers Video they are really great. Good horror selection too.
I can assure you that the good horror section trait is NOT chain wide.
In my decent-sized city, we have a couple Blockbusters, and a Rogers Video, not counting Convienience Stores. The Blockbuster down the street from me is semi-decent, wit no defined horror section, but a decent selection mixed in with Drama and Action. Ive only been to Rogers once, looking for a few specific films, a fairly long list of horror movies. Some were, Ill admit, rather obscure. But others were, for the most part, popular and things you'd expect to see at most any store that carries horror [Most notebably the first Friday the 13th, which Blockbuster doesnt have]. They had absolutly NOTHING on the list, which was probably 15-20 movies, most fairly popular, or so I thought. I might go back sometime just to browse, something might cathch my eye...
And as far as the "No Late Fees" thing goes...BH14, you are an idiot. I agree that it is false advertising by saying that there isnt Late Fees, but you have your info completly fucked up. They gaive you 7 days AFTER THE MOVIE IS DUE BACK. Not 7 days TOTAL. So if a movie is rented for 2 days, they'll charge it to your account after 9 days, not 7. As far as movies go, Im fairly impartial to this promotion, I almost always take movies back on time. But for games, it's great! Most new and/or popular games can only be rented for 3 days, so I usually wait until they've been out awhile and become 7 day rentals, so I can have them longer. Well, now I can rent the 3 day ones, and still have them plenty long enough. It's awesome!
To the "It's the Gate" Moron who thinks he knows it all:
Im thinking that you are also working there. So who cares.... If its 7 days past due date, its still STUPID that they will charge you after doing the STUPID commercial (No Late Fees)..... Now quit defending them!! You are the only one and nobody gives a rat @$$ what you say.
PS. Dont take it so personal but that video game rental, 3 day crap or whatever you talking about doesnt make them "AWESOME" or justify their actions...
Elvis_Christ
02-20-2005, 07:18 PM
Originally posted by kpropain
I don't really care about the late fees thing or shit like that but I do fucking DESPISE Blockbuster...
It's because of these shitheads that 90% of most mom and pop video stores went out of business...
I mean damn at least most of the mom and pop video stores usually carried a good selection of movies...
Instead of all the usual current trendy garbage that is carried by the good turds at Blockbuster...
This is too true, sadly. There just a bunch of cut throat corporates out to crush the little guys. There are so few independently run video stores these days. Fuck Blockbuster and anyone who'd want to work for such a vile corporation.
ShankS
02-20-2005, 08:05 PM
Years ago, there used to be four local Video rental places, within easy walking distance from home. Three of these shops were good, reasonable prices, good titles and you could chat to the guys behind the counter, because they knew some stuff about films.
The Fourth rental shop had less decent titles, had stacks of sweats, popcorn fridges & freezers full of drinks and hagen daz, that took up more space than the entire vhs tape shelving, and a spotty dork behind the counter, sometimes a pretty girl on occasions who both knew absoulutely fuck all about films, and worst still they charged the highest rental prices of all the four rental shops.....
which rental shop do you think still remains of the four??
I'll give you a clue in a mo......
It's got a shitty blue and yellow colouring on the shopfront and DVD box.......
Got it yet???
....yeah thats it...fuckin Bollockbusters and thats why I don't rent anymore.
Just goes to show, charging high prices and having limited good titles, manages to maintain the mainstream viewers....Hail the Mainstream!! Go Fuck!!
Elvis_Christ
02-20-2005, 08:29 PM
^^Exactley..... fuck Blockbuster!
Vodstok
02-21-2005, 05:26 AM
"The end of late fees" wasnt false advertising, it was misleading, whihc is what the people in corporate world refer to as "Good Marketting".
Do you really think that if you eat a Snickers you will become President or have a football team named after you? Get over it. They lied. They always lie. That is why they have fine print, that is the truth. usually.
In the end, the consumers have the final say. Wal-Mart and Blockbuster dont kill mom and pop stores, the customers do. If you ;love the little places so much, go there and boycott the big guys, and if you feel like it, encourage others to do the same thing. But dont buy pants at Walmart then bitch that the little trendy place down the street went out of business.
Do their business ethics suck? Yes, they lack it entirely. But does a drug dealer who just makes drugs available bear full responsibility for the number of cracjheads in his neighborhood? Not completely. yes, what he does is shitty and he shouldnt do it, but he wouldnt be there if the man in the street wasnt demanding the product.
For christ sake, this is shit they teach you in economics class, it isnt that hard.
DAMN.....I've been eating 5 of these fuckers a day for nothing.:mad:
http://www.indusmall.com/products_images/CHO121.jpg
AUSTIN316426808
02-21-2005, 05:38 AM
The ''End of late fees'' advertisement is only marketing something that's been at blockbuster for awhile, the movie pass.
If you don't know what the movie pass is it's a card you can buy and it allows you to rent either 2 movies or 3 movies at a time for a month without late fees, you can pay $20 for the 2 movie pass or $30 for the three movie pass. Anytime inside a month you can go back and get 2 or 3 more movies and there's no late fees inside that month.
So all they did was make a better marketing plan for the movie pass. I think it's wrong to say it's the ''End of late fees'' then still have late fees but you can't blame them for trying to make more money that's what they're suppose to do.
ShankS
02-21-2005, 06:22 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
.......In the end, the consumers have the final say. Wal-Mart and Blockbuster dont kill mom and pop stores, the customers do. If you ;love the little places so much, go there and boycott the big guys, and if you feel like it, encourage others to do the same thing. But dont buy pants at Walmart then bitch that the little trendy place down the street went out of business....
this is what I was getting across, It's the 'mainstream' viewers who've made Blockbusters what it is today, the independant shops, that catered better for people who look for independant films etc, dont really stand a chance, if the area they supply to is saturated with 'mainstream' viewers... in the end they all disapear. I need to live in an area full of geeks who have a better understanding of decent horror and other films.
Vodstok
02-21-2005, 07:10 AM
Exactly.
There is a comic-book/rpg store in the next town over from me that has gone from decent, to big, to fucking huge (even in the winter they have displays outside because they dont have room inside to hold all of it). it just so happens that the area i live in has a nerd glut.
In the end, Netflix is my freind. Because of it, for better or worse, i have seen a great number of movies i wpould not have otherwise
Dont look now
Audition
When the Lights go off ( i think, anyway, blind audrey hepburn)
The Serpent and the Rainbow...
Having a son that works at Blockbuster means that I don't pay to rent movies and I get the new releases the weekend before they are released to the public.
So I guess what I'm saying [ besides gloating ] is late fees are never an issue.:D
AUSTIN316426808
02-21-2005, 07:24 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
The Serpent and the Rainbow...
any good?
Vodstok
02-21-2005, 07:27 AM
Yes. I liked it batter than pretty much anything else i have seen by Craven. Bill Pulman was excellent.
The interegation scene is even worse than marathon man.
I would prefer a tooth drilled any day over what happens to Lonestar....
AUSTIN316426808
02-21-2005, 07:30 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
batter
caught ya:D
Vodstok
02-21-2005, 07:40 AM
No, you didnt.
I like Pancakes, therefore batter means better. OLD OLD english term. used by the portuguese.
kpropain
02-21-2005, 08:10 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
whihc is what
:D
massacre man
02-21-2005, 08:54 AM
Originally posted by Vodstok
Do you really think that if you eat a Snickers you will become President or have a football team named after you?
works for me
there was a store called Deale Video (had that name because it is in Deale,Maryland) and it was alot better than blockbuster as soon as there was the news there was gonna be a blockbuster down the street they sold the store that week
AUSTIN316426808
02-21-2005, 08:56 AM
Originally posted by massacre man
works for me
there was a store called Deale Video (had that name because it is in Deale,Maryland) and it was alot better than blockbuster as soon as there was the news there was gonna be a blockbuster down the street they sold the store that week
smart people