What's up with Blockbuster @ Home?

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  • Chris D
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Dec 2000
    • 16877

    What's up with Blockbuster @ Home?

    I just got this E-mail from Dish Network:


    Dear Dish Network Customer,

    As of September 19, 2013, Blockbuster @Home™ will no longer include DVDs or games by mail. We recognize that this is an inconvenience, so the by-mail DVD or Blu-ray Disc™ that you have at home on 9/19/13 will be yours to keep. Please keep in mind that this does not include in-store exchanges or titles that have not yet shipped.

    Also for your inconvenience, starting on 9/20/13 you will receive two free Pay-Per-View certificates per month for the next three months. An email will be sent to you every month at the time of issuance. To use your Pay-Per-View certificates, please visit mydish.com/myppv.

    The Blockbuster @Home package continues to bring you the best in movies with 21 great channels, including:
    • EPIX® (channels 380-382)
    • STARZ® Cinema (channel 353)
    • Sony Movie Channel (channel 386)
    • Hallmark Movie Channel (channel 187)

    In addition, access thousands of movies On Demand by watching on your computer or favorite device with dishanywhere.com or the free DISH Anywhere™ app. The titles below are just a few examples of what is offered with your subscription.
    Grrrrr... I'm going to be hard pressed now to keep my Blockbuster @ Home subscription. I realize that most of you guys don't still do stuff like this, much less specifically Blockbuster @ Home, (and most of you no longer have local Blockbuster stores) but I still find it very useful to get discs by mail and be able to return them when I want. It was extra nice for me to be able to take my Blockbuster mailed movie back to my local store for a free swap-out, too.

    Strange the way this is happening. They're going to just let me keep the disc I have at home, which for me is the classic "Best Years of our Lives" that they just shipped to me. Unless I find the movie fantastic, though, (never seen it) it'll probably be worth it to me to just swap it out at my local store for a free new release rental on BD, to save the $4 rental fee, unless the store doesn't let me. I have gone to the Blockbuster website where I manage my rental queue, and they don't mention anything about all this, so we'll see how it plays out.
    CHRIS

    Well, we're safe for now. Thank goodness we're in a bowling alley.
    - Pleasantville
  • George Bellefontaine
    Moderator Emeritus
    • Jan 2001
    • 7637

    #2
    Yeah, I haven't gone the mail route on rentals. There is a great ma and pop video outlet locally that has pretty much filled the void left by our local Blockbuster. I still enjoy browsing the new releases.
    My Homepage!

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    • aud19
      Twin Moderator Emeritus
      • Aug 2003
      • 16706

      #3
      The slow death of physical media takes another blow....
      Jason

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