[ConservativeStatement]

The final store will bend but not break.

[Huskrrrr]

I remember the sounds of laughter from Blockbuster employees after Netflix opened.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I actually miss video stores.

[tennmountainman]

Redbox has had an effect too.

[Dilbert San Diego]

I lost track of the video rental business. Why did video stores go.out of business?

[Gay State Conservative]

There are a few films made over the last 70+ years (Grapes of Wrath and Wizard of Oz being the oldest) that have been important enough to me to cause me to buy it...either in DVD format or Bluray format.Now,on the very,very rare occasion that I want to watch a film I borrow it from my local library network.

Blockbuster hasn't been a factor in my life since the early 90s...and even then it wasn't a big factor.

[yarddog]

I remember when a video rental store, not sure if it was blockbuster, opened in Garden City, KS. Just about everyone was renting there.

I tried it a couple of times too.

[KC_Lion]

Alaska Ping.

[morphing libertarian]

Opops i forgot to return Plan 9 From Outer Space and I spit On Your Grave.

[Ken H]

I knew someone who opened a video rental store back in the day of beta and vhs. Went gangbusters for a couple of years, then the big boys got into the game and he closed.

[PAR35]

I didn’t know there were any still around. Corporate’s been dead for years.

[UB355]

https://www.familyvideo.com

[kanawa]

Everything Must Go

[albie]

I remember returning a vcr tape that I hadn’t rewound 100%. Im telling you it was 98% rewound. They said I owed a $2.00 rewind fee. I told them to cram it. They were closed within 6 months.

[SpaceBar]

The Onion did a parody article years ago about Blockbuster setting up stores on other planets. Funny how things can change. We also had a two-term communist muslim president in those years.

[Snickering Hound]

See what you did when you didn't rewind?

[TheNext]

Blue Blockbuster replaced by a Red Box.

[AlaskaErik]

Never went to one. Back when I still rented, I always supported the local guys.

[Olog-hai]

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The final store will bend but not break. …

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Pun intended?

The closures will leave the Blockbuster in Bend, Oregon, as the sole holdout.

“How exciting,” said the Bend store’s general manager Sandi Harding. “It might end up being a little chaotic for a couple of weeks.” …

Wonder what Sandi’s business model is since she intends to stay open.

[vpintheak]

My in-laws are devastated! They don’t do the high speed Netflix and Hulu thing, now all they will have is the library or purchase movies. I know there ar quite a few people around Fairbanks who are in the same boat.

[Chad_the_Impaler]

Blockbuster Video. What a difference.