I will be honest, I have not had a Blockbuster Video membership since sometime in college when the one I had was activated through my dad's credit card. The credit card had expired, and since I was like 19 and did not have a credit card myself, they took my laminated Blockbuster card away and I never reactivated it. So yeah, I think I contributed to the demise of the BV empire, but I am not the only one.
So now, ten years later as we all freak the eff out about Netflix raising their prices, I have begun to survey my other options…
This article appears in Jul 14-20, 2011.