The location at 12th and Alameda here in Norman is closing, which actually kind of surprises me since it seems like there were always cars there. But there's also two Redboxes on that same corner as well, so...

What about Family Video? How do they stay in business?

Maybe it has something to do with loyalty to a particular business enterprise?
(sorry . . . I used the "l" word . . . =)

Side note: I thought that the Blockbuster location up around Penn and Memorial was particularly well managed. super nice people and a person who really seemed to care and go the extra mile in the direction of the potential customer. perhaps their location next to Walmartia was the reason they were forced into an exodus first . . . probably a lot of scribes felt that way about the invention of the printing press.

Perhaps all of this has something to do with the larger picture involving the apparent changes in migratory habits of other businesses . . . like Louie's . . .
Perhaps we can chalk it up to a newfound resurgence in the popularity of actually cooking good food at home? and pawn shops, swap meets and clouds?=)

I remember about 2 years ago that Blockbuster had vending machines like Red box and they were Blue.
I had 3 within a few miles of my house then one day they were just gone. There was also a retail store right by my house and a vending machine was literally in the same parking lot as the store.

I wonder with the all the retail stores closing that they might bring back the "Blue Box."
They were $1.50 per movie and I used them frequently. Then they went away.
Remember Blockbuster gets new releases about a month prior to RedBox.

The location at 12th and Alameda here in Norman is closing, which actually kind of surprises me since it seems like there were always cars there. But there's also two Redboxes on that same corner as well, so...

What about Family Video? How do they stay in business?

EVERY Oklahoma location outside of Tulsa is closing at the expiration of their lease. The East Norman Blockbuster, though the busiest in the Metro area, didn't even do $1000 in net earning last month.

I remember about 2 years ago that Blockbuster had vending machines like Red box and they were Blue.
I had 3 within a few miles of my house then one day they were just gone. There was also a retail store right by my house and a vending machine was literally in the same parking lot as the store.

I wonder with the all the retail stores closing that they might bring back the "Blue Box."
They were $1.50 per movie and I used them frequently. Then they went away.
Remember Blockbuster gets new releases about a month prior to RedBox.


I doubt it. Dish Network owns them now and they are going down to only 500 brick and mortar stores nationwide. It seems the main push is for streaming services (if you are Dish customer) and direct mail. Their direct mail was great when I had it, but loses a lot of value without a local store to do an immediate exchange on.

Actually . . . I think the exodus began (or continued) with the closing of the store up around Penn and Memorial about two or three years ago. The one down at Penn and Britton closed last year . . . What am I going to do with all of these "Blockbuster Rewards Cards" that I never used . . .

Their peak number of brick and mortar stores was in 2004