Movie Gallery is having trouble paying its bills, online services like Amazon continue to expand their downloadable offerings. Blockbuster, which is competing head to head against mail-delivery service Netflix and recently announced plans to close hundreds of brick-and-mortar stores, has benefitted, at least temporarily, from gaining a new CEO. With people able to buy physical media for cheap in warehouse stores like Costco and Sam’s Club or order it on-demand through their cable/telecom provider, or download it through an increasing number of services, the future looks challenging for brick-and-mortar rental houses.
Where do you get your Disney films?
In particular we like to own our Disney films (at least most of them). The “must have” new releases, I will usually purchase from either Amazon or Disney directly.
Backfilling older films, or ones that are less popular in our household, I will again use either Amazon or Half.com in order to look for a bargain or even a slightly used copy.
While we have a Blockbuster movie rental plan, and we do still at times take advantage of the brick and mortar for quick returns and another rental on a rainy day, I can’t honestly think of the last time I purchased a movie there.
Are we suppose to feel sorry for the giant blockbuster that came into town and put all the ma and pa stores out of business, I think not!
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