Finding the Right Movie Is Now Easier Than Ever With BLOCKBUSTER(R) Direct Access
17 December 2009 - 12:35AM
PR Newswire (US)
Blockbuster to Mail Out-of-Stock, Hard-to-Find Movies to Store
Customers Service Gives BLOCKBUSTER Store Customers Access to More
than 95,000 Titles DALLAS, Dec. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Can't
find the movie you wanted to rent at your local BLOCKBUSTER store
because it's already checked out or it's a hard-to-find title?
Don't worry, participating BLOCKBUSTER stores can now access
Blockbuster's extensive online inventory and have the movie mailed
directly to your house. Blockbuster Inc. (NYSE:BBINYSE:BBI.B), a
global leader in entertainment, today launched BLOCKBUSTER Direct
Access, a new service that gives store customers access to the more
than 95,000 titles carried in Blockbuster's distribution centers.
"The idea is to provide all of our customers easy access to all the
movies and television shows they crave," said Keith Morrow, senior
vice president and chief information officer at Blockbuster. "With
BLOCKBUSTER Direct Access, we're no longer confined to the square
footage of our stores, which typically carry between 3,000 to 5,000
titles. Now store customers have access to our entire DVD and
Blu-ray library of more than 95,000 titles. So our customers can
leave the store satisfied, knowing that if they can't find what
they want in store, they can find it in their mailbox." With
BLOCKBUSTER Direct Access, staff at participating BLOCKBUSTER
stores can search available inventory at nearby distribution
centers and arrange for a title that is out of stock or not carried
in the store to be mailed directly to the customer, usually within
three postal days. Customers do not have to be a BLOCKBUSTER Online
subscriber to use the service. Returning the rental is easy.
Customers can either mail it back in the provided postage-paid
envelope or return it to a participating store. Customers also have
the added benefit of exchanging the movie at their local
participating BLOCKBUSTER store for a $1.99 discounted movie rental
or $4.99 discounted game rental. All BLOCKBUSTER Direct Access
rentals -- DVD and Blu-ray -- are $3.99 with no extra shipping
charges and have a 7-day rental term, which begins on the day
following the estimated arrival date printed on the store receipt.
Return dates are also noted on customers' store receipts. E-mail
order confirmations, shipment notifications and overdue rental
reminders are also sent to customers taking advantage of the
service. Another new convenience now available from Blockbuster
enables customers to see if the movie they want is in stock in at
their local participating BLOCKBUSTER store before they make the
trip. To do so, customers simply go to blockbuster.com, look up the
title of the movie, and click on the "Check For In-Store Rental"
link under the Rent DVD In-Store option to get up-to-the minute
availability. About Blockbuster Blockbuster Inc. is a leading
global provider of rental and retail movie and game entertainment.
The Company provides its customers with convenient access to media
entertainment anywhere and any way they want it - whether in-store,
by-mail, through vending and kiosks or digital download. With a
highly recognized brand name and a library of over 125,000 movie
and game titles, Blockbuster leverages its multi-channel presence
to further build upon its leadership position in the media
entertainment industry and to best serve the two million daily
global customers and over 50 million annual global customers. The
Company may be accessed worldwide at http://www.blockbuster.com/.
DATASOURCE: Blockbuster Inc. CONTACT: Michelle Metzger of Pierpont,
+1-214-854-3190, , for Blockbuster Web Site:
http://www.blockbuster.com/
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