JP
I just received an official notice from Blockbuster Total Access that my next subscription fee will increase from $24.99 to $34.99. That’s the 2nd raise in a short 5 months!! $34.99 for 3 DVD out where Netflix going rate is only $16.99. I don’t know about you but that sucks big time and I canceled the subscription right away. GO NETFLIX.
To continue to bring you the unmatched convenience of both online and in-store DVD rentals, your monthly subscription fee will change from $24.99 to $34.99. This adjustment† will go into effect on your next billing cycle on or after December 27, 2007. The benefits of your subscription plan will remain the same.
4 Responses to “Blockbuster dares you to drop them, no kidding.”
dru December 20, 2007
i just got a free one month trial and was going to try the 24.99 for the second pay month, but screw that! 35 bucks!? altho if you werked the system you could rent the hell outta some dvds, but 35 is too much. i think ill wait till all the pissedoff subscribers drop blockbuster and they drop their prices, which might not happen. the reason i stopped renting from bb is cuz i had a movie out fer like 2 days past due and they harrased the crap outta me! from then on i called them the rental nazis. oh well bb’s loss.
deuce
NeutralDaniel Lim December 20, 2007
3 out + 5 in store is now $19.99, $2 increase.
3 out + unlimited in store got a whopping $10 raise to $34.99
Dru,
keep in mind, they are still charging a small late fee for in store exchange. It goes like this. You have 1 week to watch the in store exchange movie. If overdue, they will bill you CC right away with the retail price of that movie but you have 30 days grace period to return the “purchased” movie. Once returned, you will get full refund minus $1.50 processing fee.
NeutralTy December 20, 2007
Yea, I prefer netflix as there customer service is wonderful and they have lowered their prices since I have been there. Even though you cannot exchange the movies in the store, thats not all that big of deal to me I don’t mind waiting 1-2 days to receive a movie.
In any case I would have to be having to go somewhere to stop by and exchange anyways, seeing I would be paying the costs to drive to blockbuster. I never really did like blockbuster anyways but if you haven’t tried Netflix, I love them.
NeutralTy December 20, 2007
Yea, I just got done reading the other comments from what I hear blockbuster sucks!
They stole Netflix’s idea anyways, its good they get dropped. I wouldn’t mind though if Netflix came out with like Machines in different stores where if you returned a movie it would automatically mark it as returned and send the next one as it would be 10X faster or also give the user an option of choosing another movie that happens to be in stock in that particular machine.
Neutral