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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAmerica is down to its last Blockbuster store, 2 are closing leaving one in Oregon
the good ole days. picking a movie up after work. rushing to return it before the late fee kicks in. looking behind the packaging on the shelf to see if there is a movie to rent. Before DVDs.. "it's good to rewind"
https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/13/us/last-blockbuster-america-trnd/index.html
If movie-streaming seems like Goliath, Blockbuster video store owners are an industry's Davids still fighting to keep the brand alive.
This week, there are three stores remaining, but by next week there will only be one store open for business -- in Bend, Oregon.
Alaska's last two Blockbuster stores -- one in Anchorage and another in Fairbanks -- announced they would officially close on Sunday.
Sandi Harding, the Bend store's general manager, told CNN she was surprised her store was the last one open.
"It's pretty exciting that we are the last holdout," she said.
A bit of nostalgia
Bend's Blockbuster looks just like stores from years ago -- yellow on the inside and employees sporting blue shirts. They even have floppy disks and old computer systems, Harding told CNN.
"It's very nostalgic," she said. "We have a bunch of 19-year-olds working here -- it's fun explaining to them what a floppy disk is."
The shelves are stacked with movies, ranging from titles as old as "Citizen Kane" to as new as "The Quiet Place," which was released on Tuesday.
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America is down to its last Blockbuster store, 2 are closing leaving one in Oregon (Original Post)
Demovictory9
Jul 2018
OP
Circuit city with those iconic buildings. One near me become a probation office
Demovictory9
Jul 2018
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LeftInTX
(25,209 posts)1. I bought my kids Christmas presents (DVDs) at a Blockbuster closing sale
I bought: Jaws, Airplane, Machete, and Django Unchained
Demovictory9
(32,444 posts)2. recently?
LeftInTX
(25,209 posts)3. 2012 or 2013 (I think)
Brother Buzz
(36,408 posts)4. Hunter Pence is not happy
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,839 posts)5. Oh, not so much.
Read this: http://thechive.com/2016/10/26/the-last-blockbusters-twitter-is-a-special-type-of-brilliant-20-photos/
Every time I read this account I laugh so hard my stomach hurts. Totally brilliant.
Demovictory9
(32,444 posts)6. LOL
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)7. They were king in 2000 along with Circuit City.
Demovictory9
(32,444 posts)8. Circuit city with those iconic buildings. One near me become a probation office
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)11. Well let me tell you it is wired to the hilt.
I did construction work at a new one in 2000, and never had seen such a job of pulling wires like it before or since.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)9. I remember when this little upstart took on Blockbuster....
They called it Netflix.
It was doomed. Totally doomed by the huge Blockbuster chain.
Guess which one I invested in. (The wrong one, sigh.)
Raine
(30,540 posts)10. Gee I remember when
that was the place to go..