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blockbuster can f off
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| Zombie0729 |
sorry for the rant but if there is anyone considering getting their mail delivery service don't do it. i opted in 18mos ago on this thing and had my contracted changed 7 times (higher fees, less movies, fewer instore returns, repeat, repeat, repeat). i've been triple charged some months for no reason, DVD's scratched and torn up, the whole thing is a joke. They re-instituted late fees after the previous CEO let go of the 134million "owed" in late fees. Now they have "re-stocking" fees and a few others simply renamed.
bottom line don't waste your money, this thing is a bait & switch scam and they'll steal from you.
happy monday. |
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| aquila2 |
movie rentals are ghey at the best of times, let alone online.
hq downloadz ftw! |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by aquila2
movie rentals are ghey at the best of times, let alone online.
hq downloadz ftw! |
yah i got busted downloading episodes of House from my cable provider. Decided to go the legal route :) Plus Netflix has the service online where i can watch some of the movies :) |
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| bas |
| Why were you sticking with Blockbuster anyway? Netflix is wayw awya waayy way better. Was it the instore thing? |
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| aquila2 |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zombie0729
yah i got busted downloading episodes of House from my cable provider. Decided to go the legal route :) Plus Netflix has the service online where i can watch some of the movies :) |
downloading doesn't have to mean illegal btw |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bas
Why were you sticking with Blockbuster anyway? Netflix is wayw awya waayy way better. Was it the instore thing? |
yah when i first signed up it was 3 mail movies at a time and unlimited instore trades. That was a good deal. 7 changes later and my plan is 3 movies at a time (for $7 more a mo), those 3 movies could be 2 instore, 1 mail, and i only have 4 instore exchanges. my netflix trial starts today. excited to try them out |
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| bas |
| Netflix is great. The turnaround is like two days. And the best part is that their online queue has no limit. You can add as many on there as you want and leave them on there. SOME of them do have an expiration date for whatever reason, but other than that it's awesome. |
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| flavdave |
Blockbuster is just a terribly managed company. I used to work there so I understood the restocking fee policy, but I can see how it could be confusing.
Basically you rent a movie for a week (or 3 days for a new release) and then another week grace period to bring it back at no charge. If you didn't bring it back during those two weeks, Blockbuster automatically charged the credit card on your account for the price of the movie. But if you returned the movie within 30 days of that charge on your account, you were only charged the "restocking fee" (which was actually just the cost of reversing the charge on your Visa/Mastercard card but you're not supposed to know that).
So yeah, that's what we were supposed to tell pissed off customers. It was just easier with the late fees. |
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| bananas |
| How does your isp bust you for what you're downloading wtf |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by bananas
How does your isp bust you for what you're downloading wtf |
it's happening all over dude. Some of the largest torrents & peer-to-peer services are flagged. For instance let's say you want to download an episode of "House". That's a USA/NBC show, NBC will actually set up a torrent with the download, and literally log every IP address that accesses it. They send out letters to the ISP companies listing your IP addres, your ISP company flags you and boom. 3 strikes & you're out. |
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| Zombie0729 |
| quote: | Originally posted by flavdave
Blockbuster is just a terribly managed company. I used to work there so I understood the restocking fee policy, but I can see how it could be confusing.
Basically you rent a movie for a week (or 3 days for a new release) and then another week grace period to bring it back at no charge. If you didn't bring it back during those two weeks, Blockbuster automatically charged the credit card on your account for the price of the movie. But if you returned the movie within 30 days of that charge on your account, you were only charged the "restocking fee" (which was actually just the cost of reversing the charge on your Visa/Mastercard card but you're not supposed to know that).
So yeah, that's what we were supposed to tell pissed off customers. It was just easier with the late fees. |
It's B.S. man. Netflix stole loads of business and to compensate blockbuster said "nonono we won't charge late fees either" and wiped clean millions in owed late fees. Btw it's now 21 days you have to return the movie else you pay for it and that's it, no bringing it back, no reversing the charges it's done & paid for.
Current CRV charges from a company who does about a million swipes a day to Visa/Mastercard would be pennies(not $1.50). Mom & pop video who has to swipe a card will get charged .35cents by a servicing company(i know i use to sell this service) but someone like Blockbuster probably is getting charged 1/1000th of that if anything at all. |
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| bas |
| Netflix lets you keep the movies as long as you want. |
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