Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Netflix & Blockbuster Vs. Local Video Stores

This is a honest question that I ask all of you and hope that I can get an honest answer. What do you do when it comes to renting movies? Do you go to a big franchise chain like Blockbuster Video or do you go to the little man in the equation? better yet do you rent through Netflix? See, I asked myself this very question the other day when I was looking to rent a movie and found myself troubled at Blockbuster Video. I looked on the wall where the new releases are and found that they still had movies on the wall that were almost a year old, not to mention they had movies that came out in 2006 on the wall. I find this very discouraging and the other thing I don't like is that at every Blockbuster they have the most unintelligent idiots working behind the counter. They have old decrepit woman who have no idea what is going on working behind the counter. I have no problem with people needing jobs, but at least know what you are talking about! So then, we turn our attention to Netflix, there are by far now probably a multi-million dollar company who was made for lazy people of the click and buy era. Everything done for at the click of a button. what ever happened to going to the video store and looking at the cover and asking the person at the counter if they had seen the flick. I'll tell you what happened and it is that every person is in a rush to go absolutely nowhere. They don't have time to sit there and go the movie store and do these things, but better yet they will sit there and read the synopsis, look to all the reviews people leave and then click away. That is probably the same amount of time it would take if you had traveled to the video store minus the driving. But I love local businesses because of the atmosphere and the people that work in it love to watch movies and most of the time I take a suggestion from them and end up liking the movie. Not to mention, the video chain I go to has some nice looking girls that work in it and that is always a plus. So I say screw these corporate monsters once and for all and get off your fat ass because the only reason I'd use the Internet movie rental places for is to rent porn. Enough said!

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