Blockbuster Closing

[Bewler]

Small rental stores were the best. Even though they didn’t carry thousands of copies of the same new releases, they were usually cheaper and had lots of variety & weird offbeat movies. Oh and you didn’t have to apply for a 2nd to become a member.

[reednavy]

Plus, the smaller places always had a area in the back for us adults.

[stjr]

And running mom and pop stores out of business. Hopefully Wal Mart meets the same fate but I doubt it.

FYI, Walmart started out as a "mom and pop".  One store in Bentonville, AK.    What do you think was the difference between them and other mom & pops?

Apple, Google, and most big companies were mom & pops before being corporate giants.  Could it be survival of the fittest?

[sheclown]

I liked those dusty old places where that strange middle-aged white guy always hid the best movies for his friends behind the counter.

And they didn't scream "WELCOME" when you walked in the door.

[Sportmotor]

I will be hitting the Blockbuster at san jose tonight for deals!

[thekillingwax]

Bring back Aardvark video!

Haha, I loved the one that was first in the old Winn Dixie plaza on Main and then moved over next to Food Lion. They always gave you fresh popcorn and they had those weird chinese hacked Nintendo games that had like 30 games on one cart.

I just do Blu-ray now and I can't ever find the new releases in the Red Box kiosks but Blockbuster usually has a good selection. I'm glad the one on Roosevelt by FCCJ is staying open, I always liked the staff there- they're friendly and most of them actually know their movies.