Blockbuster's Movie Pass

[DMann2003 0]

Okay I signed up for Blockbuster's Movie Pass, which is 14.95 for the first month and then 24.95 for each additional month. Basically you can check out any 2 movies at a time and keep them as long as you want, then turn them back in and check something else out. Because I normally splurge close to 100 a month on DVD's, some that a realize later were not 'must-buys' I look at this as a great chance to check out a bunch of films I want to see for a cheap fee. Plus this Blockbuster I signed up at only stocks Widescreen (a first for any Blockbuster I've been to) and they have a very nice selection of TV series on DVD.

 

Of course, now I find myself spending over an hour trying to come up with what 2 films to rent. When you suddenly have the whole store at your fingertips, it's harder to make a final decision.

 

Any one else do this (or Netflix)?

[Ravenbomb 0]

I'll stick with Netflix. The selection is way better, and the discs are usually in better condition

[Mole 0]

I read in USA Today the other day that Blockbuster is going to mail service soon.

[Ravenbomb 0]

they already have.

[starvenger 0]

Okay I signed up for Blockbuster's Movie Pass, which is 14.95 for the first month and then 24.95 for each additional month. Basically you can check out any 2 movies at a time and keep them as long as you want, then turn them back in and check something else out. Because I normally splurge close to 100 a month on DVD's, some that a realize later were not 'must-buys' I look at this as a great chance to check out a bunch of films I want to see for a cheap fee. Plus this Blockbuster I signed up at only stocks Widescreen (a first for any Blockbuster I've been to) and they have a very nice selection of TV series on DVD.

 

Of course, now I find myself spending over an hour trying to come up with what 2 films to rent. When you suddenly have the whole store at your fingertips, it's harder to make a final decision.

 

Any one else do this (or Netflix)?

I've done this before, but I generally do it for a month or two every 4-6 months. That way I've got a bunch of titles backlogged.

 

Of course, if your local Blockbuster stocks only Pan and Scam comedies (like mine does), it's kind of a ripoff. But at least I can catch up on stuff like The Sopranos, since I don't get HBO...

[DMann2003 0]

Okay I signed up for Blockbuster's Movie Pass, which is 14.95 for the first month and then 24.95 for each additional month.  Basically you can check out any 2 movies at a time and keep them as long as you want, then turn them back in and check something else out.  Because I normally splurge close to 100 a month on DVD's, some that a realize later were not 'must-buys' I look at this as a great chance to check out a bunch of films I want to see for a cheap fee.  Plus this Blockbuster I signed up at only stocks Widescreen (a first for any Blockbuster I've been to) and they have a very nice selection of TV series on DVD.

 

Of course, now I find myself spending over an hour trying to come up with what 2 films to rent.  When you suddenly have the whole store at your fingertips, it's harder to make a final decision.

 

Any one else do this (or Netflix)?

I've done this before, but I generally do it for a month or two every 4-6 months. That way I've got a bunch of titles backlogged.

 

Of course, if your local Blockbuster stocks only Pan and Scam comedies (like mine does), it's kind of a ripoff. But at least I can catch up on stuff like The Sopranos, since I don't get HBO...

See this is what I love about this Blockbuster, they pretty much have every New Release in Widescreen, or the majority is Widescreen. And the clerks at the store all get that widescreen is better. And they don't just stock say 'Sorpranos' TV series, they have A-team, Dead Like Me, King of the Hill, CSI, Quantum Leap, In Living Color, Reno 911, 24, Alias, etc. So I wouldn't have done it at a store like you mentioned, but this place makes it worth it (and it's pretty much the closest Blockbuster for me, so I'm not going out of my way wasting gas thus defeating the purpose of saving money by using the pass).

[Jobber of the Week 0]

Blockbuster here does it, too. The problem is they don't stock more than a few copies of whatever, especially games.

 

If you're going to compete with Netflix, you can't just stock 2 copies of a new release and shrug at everyone else who wants one. People who go with the Blockbuster route are going to be spending more time watching movies they don't want to see because other people with the same deal has emptied the store. That's even worse than waiting around feeling the money slip away as you wait for movies to come in the mail.

[razazteca 0]

I did it the 1st time they had it years ago. It was $19.95 and you had to go to the same store inorder to use the card. It was nice but it was only a one day rental back then.

[Guest Vitamin X]

Blockbuster can never compete with Netflix. I say this as an adamant supporter of both companies, having worked for Blockbuster in the past, and being a current Netflix user.

 

For one thing, getting people to splurge $25 a month (which is still more than Netflix) charged ONLY to their credit and not debit card (BBV does this so they're not held responsible if a debit card goes overlimit) which many people don't have is difficult, especially since for many renting a movie is kind of an impulsive buy. Netflix rarely has to deal with loss prevention other than possibly employee theft, and their online inventory is still 4-5 times as much than any Blockbuster can possibly hold. The only advantage to the movie pass is if you're still a VHS user, or if you're particularly adamant about getting your movies RIGHT AWAY (since it's kind of frustrating to wait 2-3 days in the mail when I have a rental queue of over 100 movies).

 

I think the movie pass would work much better if you could pay it cash, since that's the one huge advantage Blockbuster has over Netflix, well that and that many people are still computer-illerate and/or paranoid about giving out credit card information over the web.

[Mole 0]

they already have.

Hmm, good call.

 

To my knowledge, neither of the two mail services allows you to rent movies and games. If you could do that, that would make for a better service.