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Alaska's Last Two Blockbusters Are Shutting Down, Leaving One in US

posted by chromas on Monday July 16 2018, @01:40PM   Printer-friendly
from the there-can-be-only-one dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

On Thursday, Blockbuster Alaska announced that the rental chain's last two Alaskan stores will shut down on Monday, with liquidation sales to follow. The news means that only one Blockbuster store will remain in the United States, in Bend, Oregon.

"We hope to see you at our stores during the closing, even if it's just to say 'Hello,'" the final two shops' managers posted in a Facebook announcement on Thursday. "What a great time to build your media library and share some Blockbuster memories with us."

Blockbuster fans, act now to return your late videos! Perhaps your late fees can keep them alive.

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  • (Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @06:20PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 16 2018, @06:20PM (#707991)

    and famous for being asshats who prey on the poor with outrageous late fees and other megalomaniacal policies. may these sons of bitches rot in an all digital hell.

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Monday July 16 2018, @06:24PM (1 child)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 16 2018, @06:24PM (#707997) Journal

    Yeah. I never had any love for Blockbuster. Here's hoping they get their blocks busted.

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    • (Score: 3, Interesting) by edIII on Monday July 16 2018, @08:36PM

      by edIII (791) on Monday July 16 2018, @08:36PM (#708080)

      They were really stupid. Lost me permanently to Netflix after their IT fiasco. Used to get the DVDs in the mail, and enjoy bringing them in to exchange for ones in the store. All changed when they moved to some new backend platform to keep track of customer accounts. Suddenly, I'm being accosted by Blockbuster for some Disney movie I never rented. When I went over my information, they had addresses I never lived at, and Blockbusters I never rented from. Called Corporate and let them know that had massive database corruption and needed to review my account. They refused, and stated the information was correct.

      Surprised they are still around at all. Even their streaming service bombed, IIRC.

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