I’ve had blockbuster online for close to a year now. A roommate and I started out splitting the bill. He didn’t keep up with the movies had a girlfriend who was pro-smallville and anti-anything good and opted out in the beginning of summer.
I dropped down to the base subscription because I was moving furniture, broke, and $9 sounded better than $20, which was three movies per month and one online coupon. They felt the Netflix heat and soon after bumped up to the total access which allows you to return the movie to the store for a free rental while another movie is mailed. That means I was getting seven movies in a month for $9.
Yesterday, it was brought to my attention that they are adjusting their total access to milk more money out of their flock. The subscription above mine which my source, a stunning brunette on the east coast, who’s also friendly and charming and smart, pays for dropped their unlimited return-in-store down to two per month. This got me curious. I went to my account and found shocking ok, a strong word, but I was at least mildly tweaked news.
My subscription–without warning me, my family, any friends, or any of my appliances by email, phone, or osmosis–was jacked down to two movies per month and no coupons which explains why I didn’t get an email on the 3rd instructing me to print them out. Those bastards.
I get it, I pay the base rate. I am the lowest of the low on the blockbuster totem pole. I’m just a quarter-notch above an in-store membership. But seriously, not even an email? Weak. So while I finish out my queue and start checking the library for titles more frequently, methinks I’m going to look into this Netflix situation. Or maybe it’s just time for an upgrade. Assholes.