Blockbuster - how many days in advance to cancel membership?

After comparing Netflix and Blockbuster online rental services
recently, I've decided that Netflix is better and faster than
Blockbuster. (In addition, Blockbuster has made several mistakes while
Netflix has made none).

How many days in advance of the next billing date do I need to cancel
Blockbuster online to make sure they don't bill me for the next month
and then stop the rental service immediately?

I called their toll free number and the rep said I could cancel up
through the day before, but I thought I read somewhere it takes a few
days to be processed. This rep also said it doesn't matter when I
cancel during the month because they will keep sending rentals until
the next billing date. In other words, he said nobody loses any rental
days when you cancel membership - which is quite different than what I
remember reading in their online agreement (which I can't find now)
where it said they don't refund any unused portion of the month when
you cancel.

Since I don't trust the Blockbuster reps, if anyone has experience
with these subjects and could clarify the best way to time my
cancelling Blockbuster online, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

Michael

On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 04:07:06 GMT, se
(Michael) wrote:

>After comparing Netflix and Blockbuster online rental services
>recently, I've decided that Netflix is better and faster than
>Blockbuster. (In addition, Blockbuster has made several mistakes while
>Netflix has made none).

BB is going bankrupt. You made the right decision.

I called and had the service rep cancel my entire subscription.


--

"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
-- George Bernard Shaw

Bob wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 04:07:06 GMT, se
> (Michael) wrote:
>
>
>>After comparing Netflix and Blockbuster online rental services
>>recently, I've decided that Netflix is better and faster than
>>Blockbuster. (In addition, Blockbuster has made several mistakes while
>>Netflix has made none).
>
>
> BB is going bankrupt. You made the right decision.
>
> I called and had the service rep cancel my entire subscription.



do you have a site to confirm your claim that BB is going bankrupt?

so far I've had good luck with BB online service.

there selection is supperior to Netflicks - when I do a comparision of
obscure titles. i.e Brother Cadfael series is not offered at Netflicks
for example.

I hear Netflicks uses one sided "cut-down" versions of some movies they
ship, rather than the full retail versions. they will ship a movie in a
2-dvd span form (instead of a two sided 1-dvd retail form)......and
count that is 2 rentals!! can you confirm this practice by Netflicks?


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well-placed and so many professional athletes (who were
probably healthier than any of us) managed to wangle
slots in Reserve and National Guard units. Of the many
tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes
me as the most damaging to the ideal that all Americans
are created equal and owe equal allegiance to their country."
--Colin Powell -his autobiography

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Bob wrote:
> On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 04:07:06 GMT, se
> (Michael) wrote:
>
>
>>After comparing Netflix and Blockbuster online rental services
>>recently, I've decided that Netflix is better and faster than
>>Blockbuster. (In addition, Blockbuster has made several mistakes while
>>Netflix has made none).
>
>
> BB is going bankrupt. You made the right decision.
>
> I called and had the service rep cancel my entire subscription.
>
>


to Netflick's credit they do have the hillarious tv series Chef!, where
as BB does not (Yet - hopefully)


neither service carries the tv series "Starcops".


--

"Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to
explain to us what the exit strategy is."
--Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)

Blockbuster is busy closing stores. Consider Stores consist of fixed costs
and variable inventory costs. Blockbuster was slow in adopting to the
change in distribution. Movies can now be distributed via Internet and DVD
as NetFlix. The distribution costs are lower since they are normally
distributed from central warehouses or from distributed downloads. Consider
cost of just packaging at a Blockbuster location. How about the turnover of
the inventory. Stuff sitting on the shelf has a cost but is not generating
revenue.

Dear Blockbuster, your days of glory are in the past. Your online division
just does not get it.

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> Bob wrote:
> > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005 04:07:06 GMT, se
> > (Michael) wrote:
> >
> >
> >>After comparing Netflix and Blockbuster online rental services
> >>recently, I've decided that Netflix is better and faster than
> >>Blockbuster. (In addition, Blockbuster has made several mistakes while
> >>Netflix has made none).
> >
> >
> > BB is going bankrupt. You made the right decision.
> >
> > I called and had the service rep cancel my entire subscription.
> >
> >
>
>
> to Netflick's credit they do have the hillarious tv series Chef!, where
> as BB does not (Yet - hopefully)
>
>
> neither service carries the tv series "Starcops".
>
>
> --
>
> "Victory means exit strategy, and it's important for the President to
> explain to us what the exit strategy is."
> --Governor George W. Bush (R-TX)