Hollywood Video & Blockbuster SUCK!
POSTED BY: UnregisteredCompanion
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 21:45
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There are still some episodes of Firefly I have not seen, or only seen parts of. I thought..."Gee, you should rent them since you are poor and they are out on DVD".
So, being smart, I look up the Hollywood Video website to see if they have any copies. SEARCH shows Firefly...it is even rated...3 1/2 stars. Cool. So then I call the store for availability. THEY DON'T CARRY IT. I called 3 stores...and none of them had it. WTF?
Fine! Bastards. I'll just try Blockbuster. Go to their website. SEARCH finds it....4 Stars! Yippe! Check availability...NOT ONE SINGLE STORE IN MY TOWN CARRIES IT!!!
I am not talking about 1 or 2 stores..I am talking over 15 locations!
IT HAS A HIGHER RATING THEN MOST OF THE CRAP THEY HAVE OUT AND THEY HAVE NO COPIES IN THE GORRAM STORE!!!!
ACCKKKK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am so losing my companion cool...and Battlestar Galactica reruns are NOT going to fix it!!!! FRACK!
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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."
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I recommend Netflix.com, I got and watched the entire series.
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Ohhh...surree..rub it in!
LOL
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you can buy it from Amazon/Borders and Barns and Nobel if you have one
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fox must have spices that go to blockbuster and pay the owners not to have it for rent. lol. you could also try video hut, or power video
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Hey Pip,
You missed the part where I am POOR.
$3.75 for a rental I can find in the couch cushions. $30 for the set...not in the budget yet.
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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."
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I would suggest buy it and then resell it when you're done. I think you might end up keeping it, and passing it around, but I've found this the most cost effective way to get my videos.
The most Joss-supportive way to do this is buy it new from amazon, which will help push the sales rank up. That'll set you back $30.98.
Then after you watch it you can resell it on ebay where people (I would hesitate to call them fools, they are just deparate fellow fans) are paying $35-$40 (including shipping) for a set.
So, this way, you help Joss, keep as long as you want, and make a couple bucks profit when you sell it back. Even after fees you at least break even.
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FRACK!
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Have you thought about taking the Amazon page where they show 15 gagillion folk have reviewed this and the average is 5 stars to your local video store and handing it over to the store manager and requesting politely (yet firmly) that he/she buy this for their store so that they can rent it out like hot potatoes?
Complaining doesn't accomplish squat. You have to give them a reason to do what you want.
http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/MN-Firefly/
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Originally posted by UnregisteredCompanion:
Hey Pip,
You missed the part where I am POOR.
$3.75 for a rental I can find in the couch cushions. $30 for the set...not in the budget yet.
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"Funny and sexy. You have no idea. And you never will."
You're an UNREGISTERED COMPANION! I'm sure you can think of a way to raise the money
In all honesty, you could grab a free trial version of NetFlix and get them that way. Yeah, it would take a few extra days, but if money is more the concern, it's a totally free way to get your fix!
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