Blockbuster has been a hot button issue lately with their newly reinstated policy of late fees, something that many loyal Blockbuster fans are upset over.  This is one reason why many customers left in the first place.  Blockbuster brought the fees back in a last effort attempt to sneak extra money out of those loyal customers because the company is in debt.  Because of this, they have closed hundreds of stores down across the country.  Now I have witnessed this first hand, because the Blockbuster in my hometown has been officially closed down.

I am a fan of the shopping experience and always enjoyed walking into Blockbuster to look through the newest rentals and ultimately selecting some half ass movie to watch for the night.  I even managed to steal a few movies in my bad ass 2 week rebel stage where a few friends and I realized that with the second hand movies that were for sale, they never went off when walking through the detector.  We figured out how to stick some movies in our shirts and took a few.

It’s always hard to realize how the economy directly affects you until you or someone you know gets laid off or suffers somehow.  Same can be said with Blockbuster.  Even with the failing reports always sprouting up, it never hit me that the company was doing so bad because I saw stores everywhere.  When I saw the massive store that was in a strip mall closed down last week, it really hit me how bad the company is actually doing and how they can’t afford the high rent prices of the stores anymore.  This really is the beginning of the end of Blockbuster stores in suburbia strip malls across the US.