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Friday, January 07, 2005
No More Late Fees, No More Late Fees!
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Do I remember where I was when Blockbuster announced the end of late fees? No. But I am thankful for their permanent moratorium on late fees for overdue DVDs and VHS movies.
Blockbuster calls it a momentus announcement. I call it a way to supplement my 401K plan. The way I pay late fees I can fund a pretty good annuity plan. Or I could start a college fund or maybe buy a new car just from money I'm going to save in late fees.
For anyone who returned a movie or DVD and had to pay late fees, it can put a small strain on your wallet, especially if you watch five or six movies a week.
And there are the times when you are on your way back to return movies and you almost run into the car ahead of you. All of the DVDs sail onto the floor and one invariably slides under the seat and never makes it back into the store. That is followed by the letters you receive from the collection agencies stating if you don't return the DVD by midnight you will be harrasssed, your credit rating will be permanently stained and you won't be able to purchase the real movie popcorn with your next rental. I can see it now. "I'm sorry Mr. Observer, you can't buy this brand new Jaguar because you had one too many late fees."
Maybe even worse than that you will be relegated to borrowing DVDs from your local public library.
But this is a new era for cinema renters. I have the opportunity to return a DVD without late fees that I've had for a very long time. It is a Charlie Chaplin movie. There is something wrong with it though. When I play it there are no voices. So here is what I'm going to do. I'm going to put this DVD in the night drop box and maybe they'll never know it was me who returned it and that way they won't charge me for ruining one of their DVDs.
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