Comments on: Introducing Blockbuster Partial Access http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/introducing-blockbuster-partial-access/ Stuff I've Written Down Tue, 23 Nov 2010 20:52:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jesse D http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/introducing-blockbuster-partial-access/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Jesse D Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:00:19 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/thoughts/introducing-blockbuster-partial-access#comment-1556 <p>You can still return the envelopes to the store to decrease turn around time without getting a free in-store rental. I always put mine in the drop slot on my way to work. If it's a weekday my next mailer is more often than not shipped that same day.</p> <p>Also, if you have one of the limited plans and you've reached your limit of free in-store rentals you can still use the mailer to get an in-store rental for $1.99 + tax.</p> <p>... and to Sean S:</p> <p>I had this problem one time when a movie I rented got dropped behind my entertainment center. I thought it was more than fair that I should have to keep and pay for the movie I kept for almost 2 months. You can't seriously expect to "take full advantage" of the policy if you don't actually KNOW THE POLICY. Read your receipt. It's in black and white. I think it's perfectly fair to be able to keep a movie for 36 days past the due date for an extra $1.25 + tax. It's people like you who make rental rates go up for the normal people who can manage to watch their RENTAL and return it within a reasonable amount of time when they're done.</p> You can still return the envelopes to the store to decrease turn around time without getting a free in-store rental. I always put mine in the drop slot on my way to work. If it’s a weekday my next mailer is more often than not shipped that same day.

Also, if you have one of the limited plans and you’ve reached your limit of free in-store rentals you can still use the mailer to get an in-store rental for $1.99 + tax.

… and to Sean S:

I had this problem one time when a movie I rented got dropped behind my entertainment center. I thought it was more than fair that I should have to keep and pay for the movie I kept for almost 2 months. You can’t seriously expect to “take full advantage” of the policy if you don’t actually KNOW THE POLICY. Read your receipt. It’s in black and white. I think it’s perfectly fair to be able to keep a movie for 36 days past the due date for an extra $1.25 + tax. It’s people like you who make rental rates go up for the normal people who can manage to watch their RENTAL and return it within a reasonable amount of time when they’re done.

]]> By: Sean S http://tntluoma.com/thoughts/introducing-blockbuster-partial-access/comment-page-1/#comment-1557 Sean S Tue, 31 Jul 2007 23:13:13 +0000 http://tj.tntluoma.com/thoughts/introducing-blockbuster-partial-access#comment-1557 <p>Wow, you are certainly a movie watcher. They probably used your account in their board meetings while reviewing the numbers.</p> <p>I dropped Blockbuster like a bad habit last month when they wouldn't let me return a movie I had rented in-store, without paying for it in full. I had kept it longer than 30 days, taking full advantage of the no-late-fees policy that was so gloriously touted in their TV ads last year. I wasn't so upset at the policy as much as the way the personnel handled the situation -- making me feel like a complete idiot.</p> <p>Needless to say, I also immediately cancelled my Blockbuster online account, too. Sorry, Blockbuster, I don't need to watch movies that bad.</p> Wow, you are certainly a movie watcher. They probably used your account in their board meetings while reviewing the numbers.

I dropped Blockbuster like a bad habit last month when they wouldn’t let me return a movie I had rented in-store, without paying for it in full. I had kept it longer than 30 days, taking full advantage of the no-late-fees policy that was so gloriously touted in their TV ads last year. I wasn’t so upset at the policy as much as the way the personnel handled the situation — making me feel like a complete idiot.

Needless to say, I also immediately cancelled my Blockbuster online account, too. Sorry, Blockbuster, I don’t need to watch movies that bad.

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