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- From: ed@wente.llnl.gov (Ed Suranyi)
- Newsgroups: rec.arts.movies
- Subject: Re: (Unsolicited) advice against Blockbuster
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- Date: 21 Dec 92 20:24:27 GMT
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- In article <1992Dec21.005238.20089@en.ecn.purdue.edu> syd@en.ecn.purdue.edu (Dennis P Hilgenberg) writes:
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- >Six reasons not to patronize Blockbuster:
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- >1. Small selection made to look big by:
- [deleted]
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- It still has by FAR the largest selection in my town (Livermore,
- California.) Its foreign movie selection, in particular, is bigger
- than that of any video rental place that I know of, within 20 miles.
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- >2. Overcategorization:
- > a) Comedy, for example, divided into "romantic comedy,"
- > "wild comedy," "comedy," etc. Same problem with
- > drama, "classics," adventure, and so forth.
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- Comedy is not subdivided at the Livermore store, except for classics.
- I find that if I'm not sure where a particular movie might be I just
- look it up in a book at the front of the store. That tells me the
- right section.
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- I've seen dozens of postings of people urging us not to shop at
- Blockbuster because its selection is smaller than other, cheaper stores.
- For some of us, it just isn't true!
-
- Ed
- ed@wente.llnl.gov
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