10 Brands That May Disappear in 2011

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by epchick

I thought of this thread today when my mom told me that the Hollywood Video by us is going out of business. That is the 3rd HV in town that has 'gone out of business.'

Why can BB leave instead?? I much prefer Hollywood!!! Where am I going to rent my movies now??? *sadness*

Family Video if you have them?

I've always liked them better. I think, though I'm not sure, that HV is gone completely... Game Crazy too. We lost all of them and we haven't had a BB for years.

[pshsx1]

Originally Posted by epchick

I thought of this thread today when my mom told me that the Hollywood Video by us is going out of business. That is the 3rd HV in town that has 'gone out of business.'

Why can BB leave instead?? I much prefer Hollywood!!! Where am I going to rent my movies now??? *sadness*

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Family Video if you have them?

I've always liked them better. I think, though I'm not sure, that HV is gone completely... Game Crazy too. We lost all of them and we haven't had a BB for years.

Via Wiki:

Movie Gallery, Inc. (founded in Dothan, Alabama and headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon[1]) was the second largest movie and game rental company in the United States, behind Blockbuster Video. The company rented and sold Blu-ray Discs, DVDs, video tapes, and video games.
On April 30, 2010, Movie Gallery announced it was closing and liquidating all of its stores, and filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy.[2][3]
At its peak the firm had about 4,700 stores in North America, operating mainly under the Movie Gallery, Hollywood Video, and Game Crazy brands.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Family Video if you have them?

I've always liked them better. I think, though I'm not sure, that HV is gone completely... Game Crazy too. We lost all of them and we haven't had a BB for years.

How sad

No we don't have a Family Video. We used to have one called "Major Video" (idk if that was a national chain or not) and I loooved them. When we got BB, I refused to go. Mainly because Major Video had a computer where you just had to type in the video you were looking for and it told you 1) if it was available 2) where it was located. BB never had that! lol.

I just like that you can rent any movie for 5 days at HV, at BB all the new movies were 1-nighters. The only good thing BB had going for them were the $.99 movies.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by epchick

How sad

No we don't have a Family Video. We used to have one called "Major Video" (idk if that was a national chain or not) and I loooved them. When we got BB, I refused to go. Mainly because Major Video had a computer where you just had to type in the video you were looking for and it told you 1) if it was available 2) where it was located. BB never had that! lol.

I just like that you can rent any movie for 5 days at HV, at BB all the new movies were 1-nighters. The only good thing BB had going for them were the $.99 movies.

Yeah I dislike BB's business model for a lot of reasons. I haven't rented a movie that wasn't from redbox for a long time. And I'll be a netflix person when I get back on my feet.