Meanwhile, its cars are being repossessed.

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.

  • radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    11·
    4 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.

    • thefartographer@lemm.eeEnglish
      81·
      4 months ago

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

      • radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        10·
        4 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.

        • thefartographer@lemm.eeEnglish
          7·
          4 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.

    • thirteene@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 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.