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From imdb.com:
“Online movie renters Netflix saw its shares tumble nearly 10 percent to $21.70 Wednesday after saying that it expects to end up with about 7.3 million subscribers by the end of the year, 13 percent fewer than it had forecast in January. Shares in the company have fallen 26 percent over the past year. Netflix apparently was hit hard by a rival service from Blockbuster that allows customers to receive movies in the mail, then exchange them in Blockbuster stores. Reporting on Netflix’s woes, today’s (Thursday) Los Angeles Times commented that Blockbuster “is finally getting some payback in its battle with rival Netflix”.”

I guess changing its business model really helped good old Blockbuster out. The only thing is BBV still has a crap collection. I love Netflix because they have almost every movie i can think of. Some BBV locations are pretty big, but I went in the other day to look for the newest season of “The Shield” and they didn’t even have the second season! Granted, I do hate waiting on my mail to get another movie, especially if I am watching tv show discs. But y’know, I’m usually too lazy to go to the video store. I know I’m gonna go home at some point. You have to make an effort to go inside a store, plus it’s kinda expensive considering the price of gas.

Either way this story proves that Americans are really giving their rca home theater systems a workout.

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