I remember buying a DVD player sometime back in the very late 1990’s and there was a coupon for the new Netflix. I was a bit leery about it so I never joined but as Netflix grew I often wondered why Blockbuster didn’t try to do something about the competition. Redbox too.
They had enough corporate muscle and finances to move into those arenas yet didn’t make a move. I guess they didn’t learn from Sears.
I remember the first time I heard of walmart in 1989. I said they would never get a big as k-mart. LOL!
“I remember buying a DVD player sometime back in the very late 1990’s and there was a coupon for the new Netflix. I was a bit leery about it so I never joined but as Netflix grew I often wondered why Blockbuster didn’t try to do something about the competition. Redbox too.”
Oh Blockbuster was way stupider then that.
I first heard of Netflix by getting a coupon for it AT THE LOCAL BLOCKBUSTER.
At one point, Blockbuster was given the opportunity to purchase Netflix, lock, stock and barrel for $50 million. They declined. You know the rest.
Blockbuster had Redbox-type DVD kiosks for awhile. We had several around here.