I remember a Blockbuster store closing on the other side of town. That store always smelled like it had a dead rat in the ceiling. They closed up and I was thinking that it was the location being right next to a take out restaurant. Then another store closed on the East side of town. I rarely visited Blockbuster as I preferred renting from Redbox. Netflix was gaining popularity around that time too.
Since we bought our house 3 years ago, we have not been to Blockbuster much at all. I rented a few movies from Redbox at Walmart before we started our Netflix account a couple of years ago. Two weeks ago the Blockbuster by the University of Central Florida closed and next week the next closest one is closing. They sell their movies cheap and cheaper the last weekend.
How cheap is cheaper? They were selling for $4.99, but the last weekend sell all the used movies for $0.99, including Blu Ray movies. My wife and I purchased 20 movies each. Most of them were Blu Ray, some with cases, some were with only sleeves. All discs looked near perfect. I turned around and sold a few online for much more.
Thankfully I was able to find some deals for resale purposes. Unfortunately there are many people that will be forced to find another job. Many of these people are younger and working at Blockbuster is not much more than a starting job. Nonetheless automation and technology have taken over entertainment as you can now view movies on any smartphone or tablet with an Internet connection. The days of seeing a movie store on every street are gone. What's next?
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