I encourage you to get your videos from somewhere else than Blockbuster. I'll happily go across town to a good store.

If my complaint inspires you to cut up your Blockbuster card in front of an especially clueless clerk, please let me know. If you want to tell this particular store that you heard that they are circus clowns but not funny like circus clowns, their number is 206 522 0397. (Don't bother asking for the manager, he may not even exist.)

You can call Kristi at 206 568 2100. She's a middle level manager of some sort. You can also call 206 748 0800 and leave a message at their district office.

It would be swell if you could take a moment to pass this along to your video renting friends. Let's not encourage the corporate entity that has created this slackerly and cynical environment.

- been overcharged for rentals
- been overcharged for returns
- been told to my face that I am a "lying bastard"
- been sent to collections because I refuse to pay a documentibly erronious late fee

I'd rather not rent videos at all than do business with SchlockLuster. Never again.

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Originally posted by BasementDweller:
A few weeks ago someone asked what we would do if we knew we only had one day to live. I said that I would steal a bulldozer and destroy the local walmart (ala Josee Bove, or however you spell his name), but if this happens to me, after what you have said, I'll make sure to destroy blockbuster while i'm at it.

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Originally posted by dragonman97:
I doubt that you can get Lain from your local Blockbuster.

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But I own Lain on VHS... and as soon as the tapes wear out (by the end of the year probably) I'll be getting it on DVD... the rental costs would be staggering if I rented it!

--Parity Odd

This is scary. Blockbuster are trying to set themselves up as God! What's next, bugging devices on every rented video in the land?!

And, have you noticed, they never let you get more than six videos out at a time? Sometimes you need a little r&r, even if that means watching all the Police Academy films in a row. And there are seven of those.

BTW, Skylar, there IS a reason on the movie limit... There are a lot of people out there that think a video store is a cheap place to buy movies-- they'll rent several new movies, then not return them. And when new movies cost about $80 apiece, that really can hurt a business. I've been there, more than once, and that's why we now have a limit. It's the few bad apples that make it a pain for everyone else.

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kyle_beatty
No, the manager wasn't hit by a bus...my girlfriend paid the store a visit. There were no problems after that.

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Ooh.... 8)

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Originally posted by uilleann:
Ooh.... 8)

- Uilleann

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oh no! it must be good, so many are gone! i must get the last one!

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And, have you noticed, they never let you get more than six videos out at a time? Sometimes you need a little r&r, even if that means watching all the Police Academy films in a row. And there are seven of those.

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Originally posted by kyle_beatty:
Are you saying that I'm saying that my girlfriend is fat? Because then I'LL be in trouble. ;)

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No no. Were you thinking of the "8)"? It's a smiley face with big eyes, like in awe or something. Just that your girlfriend sounds enviable :)

Not that I see why me thinking that she was fat would get you in trouble...

As far as Blockbuster video is concerned, I've never rented any videos, but I've watched a few at a friend's house which they've got from Blockbuster. I've never heard of any complaints about the place from them (or anyone), not that I suppose I would have had there been any problems.