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Originally Posted by Toby
Since I haven't looked myself I'll have to assume that stores like Wal-Mart still offer DVD rentals? You can even rent videos at some McDonalds here. These places won't have anywhere near the selection, but without BB's competition that segment of there business may become more viable.
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I haven't been looking but haven't noticed as much of that recently. I remember back in college, you could rent videos from a couple of pizza places. Gotta like that, bring me pizza and a movie.
But the vendo rentals and such are kinda like the Quickie Mart, it's not an alternative to a grocery store, never will be. But it's a convenience.
My guess is if Blockbuster starts killing brick and mortar one of two things happen. Either they have enough business intelligence information to know which stores are making money....certainly one in an area underserved by broadband likely would be. Or if they want to eliminate that business all together, you'll see a re-emergence of the family owned video stores that they put out of business in the early 90's.