Blockbuster's hidden late fees

[TheNinja]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Let's say I have a movie due on the 20th and I return it on the 30th. If I pay a single dime due to the fact that I returned it "late" then it it a "late fee". (I tend to be rather literal about these things.) How they calculate that amout is irrelevant.

Where in this example is it the movie being returned late? It was not 'DUE' back on the 30th. That is the whole point to this No Late Fee campaign.

you can now keep a NEW movie that previously had be to returned in 2 days for 7 days....is that not good enough???

what else do these people want? why don't they ask them to give them the movie for $4...maybe that is what they really wanted in the first place...

Simply, if I rent a movie on the 1st, and returning it on the 20th results in cost to me, it was late, and thus it incurred a late fee. How you want to weasle around the definition of it with plays on words doesn't really matter, because the reality is still that it was late You must be a BB attorney

No, spacejamz is trying to make the exact same point I have been trying to get across form the beginning. You can't rent a movie for $4 and keep it forever. Just sit and think about it for a minute. Some of the people here are wanting to "rent" a movie for $4 and return it whenever they want, when in reality they are basically asking to own the movie for $4. They are abusing the system.

Scenario: I rent a movie on January 20, 2004....I say "hey, no late fees, sweet" and I finally decide to return the movie on January 20, 2044 b/c I figure 40 years should be enough time to watch the movie.....now multiply this scenario by 100 movies and 10,000 customers......now nobody has any movies left to rent and they have to charge $25 per rental.

You want a true no late fees? Buy the fvcking movie for $20 and you can keep it for as long as you want. Or join Netflix and quite your bitching! (not directed soley at Skoorb here btw).

 

[VirtualLarry]

Originally posted by: TheNinja
No, spacejamz is trying to make the exact same point I have been trying to get across form the beginning. You can't rent a movie for $4 and keep it forever. Just sit and think about it for a minute. Some of the people here are wanting to "rent" a movie for $4 and return it whenever they want, when in reality they are basically asking to own the movie for $4. They are abusing the system.

If one assumes that every one of the participants in the program, always has a movie rented out, then they should factor that into the costs and the membership fees. IOW, they should charge a yearly (or whatever the membership period is) fee, equal to the approximate average "late fee" that would ordinarily be charged, factoring in some small profit.

 

[mugs]

This was very well publicized when they started the no late fees thing.