What's happening with Block Buster?

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I'd say Don hit it on the head for me, downloaded movies leave alot to be desired in quality and to try and compared the quality to dvd is like trying to compare the horsepower of a chevete to a corvete.

I tried bit torrent a few times, it really is a joke and I never found the speeds claimed by so many online ( probably the software designer tooting his own horn ) so I stick to net leach for all my downloads.

I'll stick with gooing to the store and supporting the local guy's and getting out to see people, being social is a good thing.
 
I could do without the social part, Van. More bad experiences than good on this one.

First the good- Other people will offer you information on how good or bad a movie is. The bad- Woman brings in her kids age 3-5 who are undisciplined and run through the store like an animal just let out of his cage. Knocking into people and screaming at the top of their little lungs. Mommy yells at them in some foreign language, where I catch a few familiar words from my days growing up in San Antonio TX. The kids ignore her and just get worse. Then one runs down the isle with his little hand outstretched and wipes all the DVD's off 50 ft of shelves onto the floor. The good- A really hot chick approaches you with questions about the tech aspects of a DVD like what is this 5.1?. Just so happens I can answer with superb accuracy, and she is really impressed. The bad- Her insecure boyfriend, a body builder, comes around the corner. Why do chicks like this have to stand so close to you asking a tech question when their insecure boyfriend is nearby?
 
Why do chicks like this have to stand so close to you asking a tech question when their insecure boyfriend is nearby?
Easy, your probably a guy slightly above average build and reasonably handsome with a confident stance, she's a pretty woman who wants to get her guy jealous so she comes up to you and stands within your circle close enough to make it look at a glance like you and her are an item and you probably can get an eyefull of clevage and a strong whiff of perfume and will stand there for alot longer than would be normal until her guy comes looking for her and see's how close she is. I'll also give odds that she flashes several smiles, laughs at her lack of knowledge and something witty that you say to her and reaches out to touch your hand, wrist, or arm one or two times usualy towards the end of the time past when she would have or should have left to go find her guy. So he comes around the racks and see's his hot toned and tanned gravity defying young 20 something babe talking to a man twice his age and making five times what he makes chattin up his girl. He comes over and hulks up infront of you staying marginaly civil with a small grimace and she thanks you with another dazzling smile that speaks volumes and off they go, he gets her home and she gets what she wanted wich is her guy being more atentive and probably the two of them ripping up the sheets for a few nights as he talks about how he would pound you into the ground.

Just an educated theory really through years of being in that situation and watching people, I got taken that way once when I was 17 and walking through the mall, a college girl was canvasing for magazine subs and got right into my space backing me up so I had to sit on a ledge at wich point she kept her hand on my knee and pressed up against the other with her hip nudging persistantly for the next 20 mins. This to a 17 yr old red haired freckle face boy presented with a HOT college girl shuts down all reasonable thought and so she conned me out of my last $20 and I never saw the magazine sub that I signed up for.
 
I can sympathize with the kid issue, I've had that happen a few times and when the mother fails to handle the situation I've either raised my voice stern enough and loud enough to let them and their mother know that its enough by saying that they should listen to their mother before they get in real trouble. When I worked for Dish kids were sometimes a problem and more than once I had to make it clear to the kid(s) after mom or dad or both failed to handle it that if they didnt get out of my way and leave my tools and equipment alone that I was going to feed them to the blood thirsty atack dog I had in the back of my van wich worked really well for the smaller ones up to age 10, those over that I took diferent measures such as giving them a task to complete such as watch for something that wouldnt come along for a while if ever. Kids in the store can also be stopped by a simple but loud and very firm HEY!, SETTLE DOWN! and if that doesnt work theres the employe's who can send the customer and her brood on their way.
 
Check the news wires, theres news about netflix and its current situation declining due to BB and the system outage from monday / tuesday and theres alot of news about other companies that are either hurting such as apple or that are posting huge profits such as amazon and att wich posted a %60 increase in profits. Face book is in the news and dealing with a lawsuit to shut it down and myspace released info that it has purged 29,000 profiles of sex offenders from its site and the number is growing.
 
I love BB online, better than Net Flix, and with BB adding the BluRay titles in store it makes it all the better, rent one BRay on line, bring it back for another one in store, and before i get a chance to see it, my next one off my Q is in my mailbox.

Plus I have been a long time BB online member, I have the old school coupons for 2 free game rentals each month(now you just get movie rentals), with no late fees, I get a game for close to 2 weeks, more than enough time to get bored with it.

I also saw on my last trip over to BB is that when you return a movie to them, you could either get a movie free or now get a game rental at 4.49 or something like that (taking the price of a movie rental off of the game rental)
 
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