The DVD rental kiosk company was supposed to pay $16.7 million in three installments. After missing the first payment, there’s a court order to pay the whole balance.

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    3 months ago

    Y’all are knocking redbox, and you’re increasingly right for most places, but for many rural areas their internet is still very slow and/or data capped that makes video impossible

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    3 months ago

    Not a lot of new movies coming out these days and there’s DVDs in there that are years old. Covid was fun times as they had the first Sonic move listed as a new release for almost 2 years.

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    3 months ago

    Instead, its CEO, Bill Rouhana, proceeded to fire the company’s entire board of directors, including his own wife.

    Things must be pretty awkward at their house lmao

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      3 months ago

      It may have something to do with limiting their personal liability

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    3 months ago

    Punish them the same way they punished their own customers: charge their credit card and tell them they can now keep the titles they forgot to return.

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      3 months ago

      I remember working at Blockbuster when they pulled that. It was called “No More Late Fees”. No late fees ever, return your video whenever you’d like1!

      1 If not returned after two weeks, we assume you wanted to buy it for the current full retail price and charge your credit card on file accordingly.

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        3 months ago

        I remember walking barefoot to Blockbuster from the neighborhood pool to rent N64 games. Good fucking times

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          3 months ago

          I remember when the N64 came out. I was an assistant manager, so when we got a couple of N64 rental units, I commandeered one of them that first day and played the fuck out of Mario and Wave Race.

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            3 months ago

            Ramping off a dolphin in wave race was the moment I realized games could literally never improve or become more realistic. It wasn’t the dumbest thought I’ve ever had, but it ranks pretty high up there.

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              3 months ago

              It’s still one of the best wave simulations. You weren’t completely wrong.

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        3 months ago

        As the drone giving that news, it was so bad for TV shows. Someone rented Planet Earth which came in a 4 disc set for $100. If you lose 1 disk, we required ordering another full set. Someone lost the entire collection and was required to pay $400. I loved that job, but they made terrible decisions towards the end.

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    3 months ago

    I read the title as Roblox and was going to make a joke about finally knowing Mr. Tallarico’s valuation for his sound.

    His mother’s very proud.