Blockbuster extends store, online link
By Cindy Spielvogel -- Video Business,10/18/2006
OCT. 18 | Blockbuster Video is expected to roll out nationally the in-store return option for Blockbuster Online rentals under the name Total Access within the next few weeks. The company also has dropped its two lowest-priced online subscription plans, $5.99 and $7.99 monthly.
A Blockbuster spokeswoman confirmed the elimination of the two low-priced plans, saying they were part of a test program that is no longer available, but would not confirm the in-store return rollout. She confirmed only that the online/in-store test has expanded beyond the original market, Colorado Springs.
Under the online/in-store model, subscribers can return a movie they rented through the online system to a bricks-and-mortar Blockbuster store in a sealed return envelope. The customer might then receive a free in-store rental, subject to normal in-store rental rules, including no late fees.
This allows the Blockbuster Online subscriber the option of getting a new movie the same day they return it, instead of waiting for a new one to be mailed.
The two low-priced online rental plans were in place for only a few months. Blockbuster also has eliminated some higher-priced subscription plans.
Blockbuster’s lowest-priced online rental plan is now unlimited rentals at $9.99 per month for one movie out at a time.
Blockbuster also has a $14.99 plan for two movies at a time and $17.99 for three movies, and all plans include coupons for free in-store rentals.
“Our most popular plan continues to be the $17.99 three-movies-out plan,” according to the Blockbuster spokeswoman.
Netflix continues to offer a $5.99 plan for one DVD at a time at a limit of two movies per month as well as several other tiers, including unlimited monthly rentals at $9.99 for one movie at a time, $14.99 for two and $17.99 for three, the latter of which Netflix also describes as its most popular plan.
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| Submitted by: | Steve Martin 1/3/2007 9:27:52 AM PT |
| Location: | Dallas |
| Occupation: | Analyst |
This is the most current working code that will give you a FREE "4 week trial" of Total Access.
1) Go to: www.blockbuster.com/bbfamily
2) Click "Start your free trial"
3) Enter 1573ta into "Gift/Promotion
Give it a try!!!! thanks
| Submitted by: | Todd Ephraim 12/28/2006 2:47:50 PM PT |
For anyone who wants to try Blockbuster Total Access
one month free trial (3 DVD out at a time plan)
go to www.blockbuster.com/bbfamily
use promo code: 1557ta
Happy Holidays
| Submitted by: | Need to change... 11/1/2006 2:10:20 PM PT |
Yawn, someone let me know when they announce Game Rentals online, and lower In Store Rentals back down to a reasonanle price, oh yah, and actually having some games in the store to rent would be good too!<br><br>
Sorry, Just isn;t worth the trip to the store anymore...Cost of renting has doubled and the selection halved.
| Submitted by: | bruce 10/31/2006 5:04:47 PM PT |
If you want to try a free trial of Blockbuster online, feel free to use this promo code: 39326b
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