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Old 05-16-2005, 09:52 AM  
Atticus
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This thread reminds me of the bubble. Netflix is not going to come out on top of Blockbuster. Much like pets dot com was going to put Petsmart out of business. I love Netflix and get 2 to 3 movies every couple of weeks from em but Blockbuster has too many resources at their disposal, mainly cash.

You guys say they are dying and point out them closing stores but the opposite is true. The main reason their main investor is trying to wrestle control is he is upset that they are spending the cash on building more stores and not issuing dividend checks to the shareholders.

Netflix was the first and therefor grabbed the original market share however Blockbuster is catching up fast and don't discount Wal-Mart who has their own subscription service. They are Wal Marts biggest competition, not NetFlix. Netflix will have a limited marketshare compared to the other big players and the current analysts forecasts reflects that.
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