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j Talbain
 Posts: 279 Location: Toronto, Ontario |
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All the blockbusters in Canada are closed down.
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Surrender Artist
 Posts: 3264 Location: Pennsylvania, USA |
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Here I'd thought that Blockbuster Video was already dead.
I had a membership card in my wallet for years. It was for an account that my father had opened in 1990. The card wasn't even old enough to drink before its old man died. The last time I tried to rent anything there, I stood in front of the registers waiting for two minutes for one of the staff to offer to do his damned job for but they just ignored me to talk amongst themselves before, so I just put what I had wanted to rent back on the shelf and left without ever being noticed. Last edited by Surrender Artist on Tue Feb 28, 2012 12:21 am; edited 1 time in total |
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chrisb
 Subscriber Posts: 638 Location: USA |
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Went to a Blockbuster that was closing down just last weekend. I was looking forward to some very inexpensive movies, but it ended up being a very depressing trip. Many of the workers are struggling due to how quickly the store was being shut down. I really hope things turn around for them.
I remember Blockbuster used to be a pretty fun place, but after so many unnecessary changes that angered customers it went downhill fast. |
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Tenchi
 Posts: 4533 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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You got that right, and I really miss it. I haven't rented a movie or a video game since about June, so I haven't caught up on all the movies I've missed. I really gotta get a membership at Jumbo Video, the only rental store left in my area. (I'm a physical media guy who refuses to be assimilated by the Borg by joining Netflix, which is streaming-only in Canada.) |
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Buster Blader 126
 Posts: 1207 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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Wow, those still exist? I haven't seen one in years! |
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Buster Blader 126
Posts: 1207 Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada |
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I was under the impression that they had already bitten the dust, too. I forgot about them being bought out,
Wow, those still exist? I haven't seen one in years! |
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Tenchi
Posts: 4533 Location: Ottawa... now I'm an ex-Anglo Montrealer. |
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I believe the current Jumbo Video chain is essentially the "Rest of Canada" version of Quebec's Super Club Vidéotron.
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Mune
Posts: 380 Location: Minnesota |
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I'm not that surprised about this...
I'm just wondering if the ones around me will be closing. I currently live in a college town and my hometown had 2 operating last I checked about 7 months ago. 1 in my hometown was shutdown a few years ago due to not being able to create enough revenue. It was a great store, but Wal-Mart moved down the street from right next to it and went super. It used to be Wal-Mart, Hy-Vee, and Blockbuster in one cluster...Now, Hy-Vee stands alone. Well, Blockbuster couldn't compare to online services like Netflix and Gamefly. Even though Blockbuster was faster, Netflix and Gamefly were more accessible and convenient. |
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Sheleigha
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Is Rogers Video still around? I remember a local one that got bought by Blockbuster and well, that shut down... |
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ikillchicken
 Posts: 7272 Location: Vancouver |
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Didn't even know there were still Blockbusters open.
Never seen one out here in Vancouver. I could be wrong though. We do (or did) have Rogers Video. |
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Kohii
 Posts: 428 |
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I seldom visit my neighborhood "Family Video". Movie rentals are dirt-cheap. I did appreciate them having Summer Wars on the day it was released on Bluray. Maybe I should visit it more often. But I'm never using Redbox. Those things are a scam. $1/night my arse.
Good riddance to Blockbuster, though. I would always get terrible service. Last time I went into one, Bill Clinton was president. |
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enurtsol
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Used to have several in our area. Some of only few places open late on holidays for family gathering viewings (saved us from boredom). Now used to have a Blockbuster card with the address of a store that closed many many years ago even before Netflix and still worked. Brother used to work at one part-time after school; that's how we got so many free rentals.
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keikanna44
 Posts: 155 Location: Virginia |
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I'm going to miss bookstores and video rental stores... Technology sucks!
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Mr. sickVisionz
 Posts: 2175 |
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Can't fight the future. Dish Network buying Blockbuster made as much sense as someone buying Ford 3 years after we've figured out how to teleport people and objects from one place to another.
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njprogfan
 Collector Extraordinaire Posts: 1216 Location: A River Named Toms |
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There's only one left in my area, but I've never rented anything from that store. In fact, I haven't rented a movie in years since we got On Demand.
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