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.

  • thefartographer@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    6 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.

    • radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      6·
      6 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.

      • thirteene@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        6 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.

      • thefartographer@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        6 months ago

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

        • radicalautonomy@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          6 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
            5·
            6 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.