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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
jwilliek @ Aug 7th 2008 10:09PM
I love having the best of both worlds - I take all my Blockbuster online envelopes back to the store to swap out for free rentals. And now that they've ramped up carrying blu-ray in-store, well, that's just even more gravy.
Scott @ Aug 7th 2008 10:12PM
Ditto. I take my BB Online movies to the store and swap them out. Even though there's supposed to be a limit of 5 swaps per month, that is only per store. I have a Blockbuster by my job, a Blockbuster by my house, and a Blockbuster on the road between. So, I can almost swap as much as I want.
silentShab @ Aug 8th 2008 12:05AM
I dropped Netflix for Blockbuster for this very reason. It's so much more convenient to have a queue full of Blu-ray/HD-DVD movies, and then just return them in the store (which is about 2 miles from me) for more Blu-ray titles (usually the newer releases that sometimes have a wait online).
I wasn't aware that there was a limit to how many you can swap in-store though, because I'm pretty sure that I've done more than 5 in a single month before (but I don't know for sure).
I also get 2 free rental coupons per month that I use for games. Overall, these added values are way worth the extra day it takes to get the movies in the mail compared to Netflix.
WebDev511 @ Aug 8th 2008 9:54AM
Same here. We do BB Online and trade in-store for long wait / Blu titles. Bonus is that when you drop movies off in-store, most of the time the next item in your online queue in the next day, so depending on the movies, you could have 6 discs out at once.
Scott @ Aug 8th 2008 1:53PM
silentShab, you must have been grandfathered into on of BB's older plans somehow. I was one the exact same plan with unlimited in-store exchanges and the two free rental coupons but they 'upgraded' me and many others to a plan with a 5 in-store exchange limit and no coupons.
jwilliek @ Aug 8th 2008 3:24PM
I was grandfathered in to an old plan too. I still get unlimited exchanges, but only one free rental coupon.