Monday, April 8, 2013

Blue Store or Redbox

I never liked Blockbuster, they were always so expensive and would charge you ridiculous amounts in late fees.  The only good thing about Blockbuster was that when you went into their stores, you could buy all your popcorn and candies right there, although they too were ridiculously priced.  I recently learned about their online service they are offering which sounds like a great idea, and I like the idea that you can return your watched DVDs to the store and exchange them for a new one free of charge, but there is just one problem with that.  The only Blockbuster location in Manhattan, closed its doors a few years ago, so this feature wouldn't be very useful to me.
     I like the convenience of Redbox, there is one right up the street from me and they are definitely affordable, long as you remember to return them.  They also offer a lot of promo codes that allow you to get one night free, I haven't paid for a Redbox rental in a long time!  They have a decent selection of movies, but a lot of the time when a popular movie first goes into Redbox, it is hard to actually get your hands on it because everyone else wants it.  I like the feature they just started using where you can go online and check if the movie you want is at your Redbox location, and if it is, you can reserve it and it will be waiting for you to pick up.
    When Netflix first started up, it seemed to good to be true.  A flat rate of only $10 or so a month would get you unlimited access to online movies and mail in movies.  After they changed their prices, I dumped them.  It seemed like quite a drastic increase in price that they were just trying to slide by their customers without them noticing.  It pissed me off, so I decided to end my subscription.  Their online selection is decent, they have a lot of shows that I watch, but their movies are terrible.  They never seem to update their "Recently Added" section and when they do it is always some strange anime film.  If I were willing to pay double the price almost, I would have access to a much wider selection of movies, but I don't want to wait days to watch a movie that I want to watch now.

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