No Late Fees...No Movies!

This will be a small rant, I promise.  Is it just me, but has anyone noticed that ever since Blockbuster initiated their "No Late Fees" policy....there are also NO MOVIES?  At least not of the newest arrivals...even if there is a whole wall of them. I can't tell you how many times I've gone to get a new movie that had come in several days earlier...and POOF, none to be had.  I try a few days in a row sometimes...not back yet.  It happens ALL THE TIME.  I am a HUGE movie fan, like most of us; and I almost NEVER return movies late....even with this new policy.  I just don't feel right keeping them longer than I should.  Apparently not everyone feels that way, or I've just got REALLY bad timing.  Don't get me wrong, I appreciate not having to pay a fee if you're a day or even two days late returning a movie, but when it gets longer than that...there's a problem.  I just wonder if this new policy is ALL that Blockbuster hoped it would be.  I've had friends say the same thing.  I think there is some kind of guideline they follow if someone keeps movies TOO long...probably send them a bill for it....I'm not sure.  All I know is that it's frustrating.  Like I said, maybe it's just me.         -Joy 

Comments

[Jory Des Jardins]

You could always drink the Netflix Koolaid, Mom. Though the issue there is that some of the movies are sometimes scratched up. Still, we haven't had any problems getting movies.

[Antonella Pavese]

I second the Jory's Netflix recommendation. They also have a larger selection of movies.

[Marilyn]

Hate to sound like the Netflix Greek chorus, but we just started using them...and we have a Blockbuster two blocks from our house. We walked in there one night and I thought the same thing, "WHERE ARE ALL THE GOOD MOVIES?!" I have to admit that our first film from Netflix arrived cracked and broken, but they got us a replacement disc quickly.