Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
#1Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:07pm
I know there's a lot of love for the video store around. Just read this:
http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20131106-912585.html?dsk=y
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#2Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:28pm
That's sad. Though, I wonder where these remaining 300 stores are located. Mine closed last year, I believe.
Funny, I was actually going to bump up Jordan Catalano's post about video stores for something I just saw on buzzfeed. But, I guess this is appropriate now.
http://www.buzzfeed.com/daves4/this-is-what-happens-to-a-blockbuster-video-after-it-dies
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#2Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:34pmI hope they get to work on Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve.
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#3Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:35pmHonestly, I thought they folded years ago.
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#4Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:37pm
Oh god, those people who are freaking out over K-Mart right now are soooooo annoying.
They couldn't two craps about the "poor employees who have to work". They're just pissed that all the freebies will be gone by the time they get to the stores.
....but the world goes 'round
#5Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:38pm
That was like a punch in the stomach, Whizzer. 
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#6Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 1:41pmI'm sad about this. The final Blockbuster store in Dallas is closing next month. I've had many good memories of visiting these stores. Fortunately, there are some independent video stores in the area. Farewell, Blockbuster.
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#7Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:00pmBook Stores are next Im afraid.
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#8Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:26pm
So sad, Beautywickedlover. I'm going to head out to one of the last stores in NJ next week just so I can go to one, one last time.
#9Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:33pmI thought they had all closed already as well. I know they have all been gone from Chicago for years now.
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#10Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:33pm
Sad to see stores close but honestly...when was the last time you were in a Blockbuster? (that is a rhetorical question btw)
Technology is making them obsolete.
You can get a movie on your cable box without moving off your couch...and not have to return it the next day!
More memories from years gone by...
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#11Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:35pmthe only blockbuster I know that is around is in Burbank... i used to frequent it a lot when I lived there... i drove by it and i was like WTF?! I thought for sure it had closed down..
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#12Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:52pm
"Book Stores are next Im afraid."
All Borders have closed down.
Who knows how much longer Barnes & Noble can stay open?
It’s Official: Borders Is Going Out of Business
Updated On: 11/6/13 at 02:52 PM
#13Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:55pm
Jordan, you were the first person I thought of when I read about this.
Marianne, that article had some hilarious photos!
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#14Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 2:56pm
sigh...that will be a really sad day.
Nothing beats getting lost in a book store and losing track of time.
Think this will be a much greater loss for future generations...being able to randomly discover books on the shelf, sitting in the store, thumbing through magazines you didn't know existed, deciding that a misplaced book in a wrong location was a treasure waiting for you to find it...
#15Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 3:03pm
^There will always be bookstores.
I'm sad about Blockbuster too.
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#16Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 3:16pmJust looked online. I'm surprised there are still 3 stores in NJ. None are close to me though. You can probably buy a lot of stuff now or soon, depending on when the stores are closing. I got single disc dvds (no case) for 49 cents each. Plus, they are selling off the rentals in boxes and the new ones as well.
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#17Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 4:55pmNo shock there
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#18Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/6/13 at 6:11pm
I think artsy or specialty independent video stores will stick around for a long while. The top one here reportedly had a big increase in sales this year.
I feel the same about independent book stores. Even specialty music stores. But in the case of the big franchises like this or Barnes and Noble, it makes sense.
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#19Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/7/13 at 12:42amWhat I find funny is though all these video stores are closing, my local REDBOX always has a line out the door. It's inside a grocery store and every time I go, the line has tons of people in it and even the other day a verbal fight of who was cutting in line started...it's too funny...we can't go to a video store anymore but vending machines are ok...
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#20Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/11/13 at 9:12pm
The last movie ever rented at a Blockbuster was 'This is the End'. It was incredibly fitting.
PopWatch 'This Is the End' was Blockbuster's last rental...ever
#21Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/11/13 at 10:27pm
Apparently some stores are staying open. Those that are franchised are. I can't find a list of every store, but I remember Alaska and South Texas being on the list for franchised stores.
http://money.cnn.com/2013/11/06/news/companies/blockbuster-stores-closing/
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#22Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 11/11/13 at 10:48pmI'd love to open my own franchise location. Even now.
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#23Blockbuster closing all stores by January 2014
Posted: 12/12/13 at 11:31am
All U.K. stores will be closing as well.
Blockbuster to Shutter All Remaining U.K. Store
