New BlockBuster Price Increase

[scustalow]

And the limit of 5 movie exchanges...anyone bothered by this?

[gadgetguy]

Since I haven't done any business with Blockbuster for years, no.

[yoda313]

movie exchanges? I assume this must be for the online portion of blockbuster then?

[Dv8ted2]

source?

[Xylob the Destroyer]

...anyone bothered by this?

One of my co-workers is. She's pissed and she canceled her membership/account.
She was asking me about Netflix and how much it cost. I think she was sold when I told her that they just dropped the price AGAIN for the 3-at-a-time plan.

[budz]

...anyone bothered by this?

One of my co-workers is. She's pissed and she canceled her membership/account.
She was asking me about Netflix and how much it cost. I think she was sold when I told her that they just dropped the price AGAIN for the 3-at-a-time plan.

My cousin told me about Blockbusters new price increase and 5 movie exchange. So I emailed her a free Netflix thingy I got in my email from Netflix. They're offering 1 month free trial which isn't bad at all. I've had Netflix for only about 6 months now and they seem to have the best deals for us folks living in Hawaii. Netflix actually has a warehouse here on Oahu so the movies arrive fairly quickly. Yeah, they dropped the price for me as well and I only have the 2 at a time deal.

[stiltman]

I just checked my account, and there was no price increase. I have 3 out at a time with unlimited exchanges. $17.99. The same plan now cost $24.99.

The disclaimer under my plan
Note, if you change to another plan, you will be limited to the pricing and plan limits currently available to new subscribers


I also have not recieved any emails saying they are increasing my rate

EDIT:
Just went back through my emails They sent something out July 26th
The price increase is just for new subscribers or people changing their plans.
To see the email that went out on July 26th
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/price-war/blockbuster-fires-off-email-notifying-customers-o...ase-290644.php

So in reality, this news is almost 2 months old

[Noahtuck]

And the limit of 5 movie exchanges...anyone bothered by this?

Short and sweet answer.... NO!!!!
Seeing as i have not given any of my money to those thieving bastards in YEARS!!!!!!!!!!
And that was WAAAAAAAAY before they actually started getting to be really bad thieves!!!

[zzyzzx]

The fact that they don't rent out porn keeps me away from these people.

[yoda313]

The fact that they don't rent out porn keeps me away from these people.

So if they did they would need to change their name to boobbuster right???

[Noahtuck]

The fact that they don't rent out porn keeps me away from these people.

So if they did they would need to change their name to boobbuster right???

Or "nutbusters"
:P

[yoda313]

The fact that they don't rent out porn keeps me away from these people.

So if they did they would need to change their name to boobbuster right???

Or "nutbusters"
:P

Ouch!

Now that's hitting below the belt!!

[MOVIEGEEK]

I prefer "Ballbusters".

[Krispy Kritter]

Blockbuster and Netflix have similar prices for equivalent plans. The price increases affected those of us who like to exchange the discs in the store as opposed to mailing them back.

Blockbuster and Netflix charge $16.99 for Mail only 3 out at a time service. For $17.99 through BB, you can also have 5 in-store exchanges, for $24.99 you can have unlimited exchanges.

I can typically get 15 movies a month. For mail only ($16.99) that's $1.31 a movie, for unlimited mail and in-store (24.99) that ends up being $.83 a movie (15 in mail and 15 in store).

NetFlix works out about the same, but they are sometimes slower in mailing (because they will ship from other locations besides the one closest to you), which can limit your number of discs per month.

I like them both, but you aren't saving any money by getting mad and switching to NetFlix.