Did Kodak go out of business? :confused:
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Did Kodak go out of business? :confused:
No, but they lost the digital camera war.
No but they're pretty close to it at the moment. They went bankrupt last year.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tifa's Boobs
We didn't have a Blockbuster in my hometown. We had... Oh Lord... I can't even remember what it was called. We had a couple of mom 'n pop rental places. Movie Magic was one of them I believe....
I'd always heard of Blockbuster, but never experienced it until I moved to Nashville. Maybe a little before. But whatever. The main store my sister & I went to was down on Nolensville Road - not far from our apartment. And then when I turned 18, I got my own membership at that location... It shut down, so I had to go to the one closer to where I lied even though the location was pretty ghetto and they never had the good movies in.
It'd been a long time since I'd been in there, but I remembered I had a membership & I dragged my ex there.... Lo & Behold, they were having a "CLosing Out" sale - everything must go. It was rather depressing to see. ... My 'hood may not be as rough as others, but it -used- to be nice and it's gone downhill very quickly since 2006. Every store that was once popular has shut down - including the mall (which, when I was in High school, was very busy all the time). So yeah, It's sad.
The 2 gas stations directly across from our last apt complex each had Blockbuster Stands (like the Red Box), but due to.... Whatever, they got removed.... It's a sad thing to see, but at the same time, Blockbuster has no market anymore what with Netflix, Hulu+, Red Box, etc barging in.
Never went to Blockbuster.
Had great little Video99 and RainbowRentals by my place (I was still VHSing at the time too). By the time those closed down I was already pirating/streaming.
In Australia most people rent, even in a small town Blockbuster still rules... though I support the VideoEZ.
the one halfway between my house and work shut a few months back. Sucks. I actually used it.
I had never set foot into a Blockbuster until I was around 19 years old and in college. They just didn't have them in our town. There were a few in the city, but I only know of one that's left and still active.
We still have Flick Video, which is a local thing I think, in a couple of surrounding towns. I don't stream on netflix so if I want to watch something right now and not wait a few days for the DVD delivery I'll see if Flick has it. Like Shorty, sometimes I just like to wander through and see if there's anything I want to see.
The Flick video in Weaverville is particularly awesome because it has life-size Blues Brothers and a life-size Elvis.
Yeah Blockbuster is still around here. I don't remember if it was a Network Video or a Video Ezy or what, but there was an awesome store near me that always put up hilarious signs on their little thingo. They went out of business recently and their farewell sign was the most heartbreaking :(