We wanted to rent some movies this weekend and went over to the only remaining Blockbuster in town. My daughter saw a sign in the door Everything must GO!. Uh oh.. We entered the store and I asked right away. Sadly this was the last weekend to rent movies. After that, they are closing.
I know, I know....we can always go NetFlix, or Red Box or whatever other impersonal DVD rental places are 'out there'. But Blockbuster was the closest thing to the movie theater that we had. We could go there and see the vast array of movies available to rent. Often we could get a good opinion from the person behind the counter as to what was 'good'. We could also ask if the 'hottest' movie that was all 'out' had been returned recently but just not replaced on the shelf yet. And often we were in luck!
I also enjoyed seeing whatever they were showing on all the overhead TV monitors. Then there was alwasys the nice movie snack selection. They even have a freezer with a nice selection of ice cream treats! I am going to miss that place! Of course when we return the DVDs, we are going to see what kind of sale they have on all their inventory, but still I will miss them and that personal touch!!
Anyone have any ideas as to the next best thing? And no, we are not ones to buy pay per view or download them from a computer. We like renting them, and sticking them in our DVD player. Call me old fashioned! Well...actually we aren't that old fashioned since we do rent DVDs although we have tons of VCR movies too! ;-)
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