Re: Blockbuster Spends Last Few Dollars on Weak Ad
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I don’t see how the author calls this “slimy”. It’s just simply the truth.
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Ok, so let me clarify my own facts! First, i’m NOT a Netflix subscriber.
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Well, I stand corrected! 😉 It made for some good discussion, though!
[quote]Okay, with that out of the way, the reason i called it “slimy” is because IMO it was BLOCKBUSTER (believe who you want) that “helped” the studios in creating this bogus 28 day waiting period. I’m a fan of equal and fair competition, and I never understood nor support this. If I own a movie rental company, and you’re bigger and own a bigger movie rental company, you should not get to force me to wait for anything. That’s just not fair trade in my book.
I can’t even think of a comparable example to equate this to, because i’ve simply never heard of one it’s so absurd.
Just my opinion, but it (clearly) bugs me when a big company abuses its power and basically removes equal competition (the equal part being all movie rental companies getting the same selection to the same movies at the same time, let the best service win)
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I don’t think anyone here will argue those facts. At least, I sure won’t, because I wholeheartedly agree. You know damn well that the studios didn’t go to Blockbuster and say, “Hey, we’re feeling really generous, so would you guys like to have an exclusive, 28 day lock on new releases?”
So, if I’m getting your original point, you’re looking at this as though Blockbuster is on the playground going, “na na, na na, naaaa naaaa.” I guess I have to agree there.