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“When’s the last time we rented a DVD from Blockbuster?” I asked my daughter this evening. “A really really long time ago,” she replied. “It seems like years.” Looking back, it hasn’t been years (plural) … but it’s been a solid year, at least. But we haven’t signed up with an online DVD rental [...]
I caught a tiny bit of flak from fringes of the gnomeosphere back in December when I wrote that Blockbuster takes me for an idiot. Well, gee … I guess I’m not alone. The Attorney General of the great State of New Jersey is going after Blockbuster for their “fraudulent and deceptive” advertising …
The cost of gas might be on the way back up, but the cost of renting DVDs online is going down. Netflix started the latest frenzy by announcing a monthly price drop from $21.99 to $17.99. Blockbuster countered by slashing its monthly DVD rental fees from $19.99 down to $17.49. These prices are amazing, to [...]
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