Comments on: Blockbuster Online Problems

By: Kronus

Kronus — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:02:56 +0000

I haven’t had a delayed shipment from Netflix in a very long time, and I don’t see how you can be a heavier user than me without returning the movies directly to a Netflix facility yourself or getting them the day they ship. Also, they started shipping on Saturday and lately have been randomly shipping me an extra disc, marked by a + symbol, every week. Much better than when I’d randomly get throttled.

I signed up for a Blockbuster trial to get some anime discs that Netflix and RentAnime didn’t have available anymore. So far they suck pretty freaking bad. Six days and only one title has shipped, and I haven’t even received that one yet.

By: bburgman8

bburgman8 — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:56:51 +0000

Dont hold your breath they will not ship on Monday either. They only ship Tues, Wed Thursday. Youwill be lucky to get one title a week.Blockbuster blows.

By: Big Bob

Big Bob — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 03:26:18 +0000

I just recently put my Netflix account on hold so I could try Blockbuster. I just got a blu ray player, so since BB offers blu ray discs at no extra charge, I decided to give them a shot.

Well……I signed up for a free trial on Wednesday morning (very early morning). I immediately filled my queue up with about 20 movies. Right now it is 11PM on Friday, and according to my account, they havent shipped any movies out yet. And I can count out tomorrow for a ship date since they dont ship on Saturday,

That will bring me to Monday. Who knows if they’ll ship a movie or not. But I do know that they’ve already lost me as a customer and they will not be getting a penny from me. I remember how quickly Netflix shipped my trial movies. They were in my mailbox on the 2nd day.

This is why Netflix is the leader. Blockbuster is clueless!!! Its one thing to occasionally delay shipment to current subscribers. But to delay shipping to a trial member…!?!?

Hahaha…….totally clueless!! They were late to the Netflix game and now they’re trying to cash in on the RedBox game. There’s no innovation at Blockbuster. They just try to cash in on other companies hard work and ideas. Always coming to the game late and even with the game plan laid out for them…..they still screw it up!!

I’ll be sure to update on Monday to let you know if anything gets shipped out.

But they’ve already lost me as a customer. Looks like I’ll be paying the extra $1.99 for Netflix blu ray.

By: bburgman8

bburgman8 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:51:41 +0000

BB is full of it i am canceling my account and staying with Netflix and Redbox I hope Blockbuster goes out of business they are worthless!

By: dgaus

dgaus — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 22:10:26 +0000

I have been experiencing significant delays as well. Reps have told me there are issues at the Chicago distribution center. I have been very active with complaining via the email form and they have been generous and issued several free DVD rental coupons to use in store. My que has over 30 available DVDs and nothing is shipping out for over a week after return on several occassions. Another conclusion one could draw is that they are nearing the end and are attempting some last ditch methods to reduce expenses. Delay eveyone’s shipment by a week and multiply that by an average of fulltime users and that’s some serious money in the bank. I still like the options BB provides over netfix with instore exchange and free game rental per month. Netfis also delays shipments for frequent renters.

By: Burgman

Burgman — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 14:04:14 +0000

Well Blockbuster is back at it again

I am having same problem with them not shipping titles and giving me a BS reason Here is some info about them and what is going on!

Reports are surfacing that Blockbuster Online has ground to a screeching halt, with customers saying that they have not been receiving movies from their queues for over two weeks. According to one customer, repeated calls to customer service were fruitless—when he could get through—and it was only earlier this week that a customer service representative told him that their mail rental system was shut down and that they expected a fix shortly.

Is Blockbuster being forthcoming about problems with its rental service? The official company line is definitely much different from what its users are reporting, but it is understandable if the company is fearful of admitting to significant service interruptions. After all, Blockbuster is engaged a tough battle against Netflix, the market leader in online rentals.

Be advised do not join blockbuster go to Netflix who has a much better service! BLOCKBUSTER SUCKS!

By: shep

shep — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 21:38:39 +0000

Well, I originally was with Netflix long ago. I left because they started to suck. I'm willing to give them another shot if they can actually ship the amount of DVDs I'm signed up for.

By: KBO

KBO — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 16:56:43 +0000

We debated moving to Blockbuster since you can return to the store, but I’m glad we stayed with Netflix. Netflix is smart enough that if something in your queue is unavailable, it will just ship the next thing. We even got Dexter season two the day it came out in the stores. I’m pretty impressed with the lack of problems with Netflix. We’ve used them for around two years and never had a scratched disc, delay, or problem of any kind.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:55:20 +0000

Go back to Netflix.

By: Kathy G

Kathy G — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 02:03:09 +0000

The kids gave us six months of the two movies at a time plan for Christmas. That worked great, but we really don’t have time to watch that many movies, so when our gift was over we dropped back to the one at a time plan.

DH is the one who manages the queue, but he’s never complained about any problems. We get the next movie on a timely basis after we mail one in. He completely re-did the queue last week after we bought a Blu-Ray player so we could take advantage of the capabilities. He said the selection was a little slim, but I think that’s probably true anywhere.

By: Chris Meller

Chris Meller — Fri, 22 Aug 2008 01:14:56 +0000

At least your queue works. Mine *still* breaks every time I move an item around and I have to refresh the page to get it working again.

I just decided over the weekend to sign up for the Netflix trial. Thus far the only impression I’ve gotten is about their communication. Not only do they tell you what will ship next, but they tell you when – and from where, if it’s not available at your normal shipping center.

With Blockbuster I sometimes don’t get notifications on things having shipped until after I’ve sent them back, I have no idea when something actually shipped, and it can take three plus days for them to let me know they’ve actually received a DVD.

Oh yeah, and the Netflix queue actually works.