Comments on: Movie Gallery to Close up to 450 Locations

By: ex-employee

ex-employee — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 19:37:50 +0000

http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6704474.html?q=Movie+Gallery

http://www.videobusiness.com then type movie gallery in the search. Click on the link about 450 movie gallery stores closing by years end.

Everyone who is interested in store closings should rant at that link. Tell us where your store is or was and what bs you have heard. 10 years I spent working my tail off for the company and got screwed overnight.

The store closings will continue. Noone is safe. The CEO is like the Wallstreet thieves and should be ties and quartered.

Rent not paid for 4 months in ANY location. There will be MANY more than 450 closings.

By: alans613

alans613 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:34:44 +0000

The Hollywood Video in Springfield, OH. closed up almost two years ago, and though some of the space has been taken over, half of it still sits vacant. The only B&M(Brick and Mortar)video stores left is one Blockbuster Video(The second one in town closed down last month)and one Family Video(We had three of them just three years ago, now down to the last one). We have 14 Redbox kiosks here, though, with all the local Kroger stores getting them within the last two months. Also to note, the ePlay machine that was at a local Speedway gas station is no longer there as of this week.

By: evilangel217

evilangel217 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:02:18 +0000

I work @ the Movie Gallery in LaPorte,IN. We just got a 48 hr. notice on our store. Either pay rent or they will lock it up and seize all of our inventory!!! Unemployment here I come!! bleh!!

By: vio

vio — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:17:06 +0000

Movie Gallery is still around? Unfrickinbelievable. I NEVER see their stores anywhere and I never hear a damn thing about them anymore. Same goes to Hollywood Video stores, which of course are now just a “brand” for parent company Movie Gallery. I had thought for sure this company had gone belly up. I still see Blockbuster stores all over town and their name is constantly in the headlines, but who actually rents movies from Movie Gallery these days? Simply incredible that they’re somehow still in business.

By: anony

anony — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:40:47 +0000

Lack of competition is bad for the consumer.

By: eviljoe621

eviljoe621 — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:56:26 +0000

Local Blockbuster closed for the same reasons of having lease prices increased and never re-opened. I hated them personally but at least they gave the consumer some rental options. Now all we have to rent from anymore is Hastings or Redbox. I love Redbox but hate not being able to rent any Mini-series or TV series from the 5 local boxes.

By: Redbox User

Redbox User — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 04:24:57 +0000

Anyone know of a “master list” of remaining stores closing? We still have one Movie Gallery still open, the other 5 or 6 closed 2 years ago.

By: The Turnip

The Turnip — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:04:36 +0000

I think my Hollywood Video was one of the first to close due to poor management. After a minor remodel, it took them over EIGHTEEN MONTHS to transform multiple vertical piles of cases into an organized, alphabetized store instead of a “rummage sale.” I still wish I had ratted them out to HQ; maybe they would have lasted a little longer. They had a decent selection of movies including classics and “semi-obscure but wildly-popular” TV series like Firefly and Dead Like Me . Now the next closest store I would considering visiting is a 40 mile round trip to rent/return and that’s just not worth it.

But no, I don’t have any interest in the Store Experience. High prices, long lines, empty cases where the new releases should be and what I consider an embarrassingly poor selection of older, quality titles. Blockbuster HAS to be the worst experience ever. Netflix + the Library + Redbox is the best combination for me, but to each his own.

By: John Small

John Small — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:42:24 +0000

Movie Gallery / Hollywood was heading into non-existence well before Redbox showed up.

They are doomed because they are carrying too much debt.

By: Davis Freeberg

Davis Freeberg — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:20:38 +0000

There’s an old Hollywood Video near where I work that has been vacant for over three years now. I’ve called the leasing company a half a dozen times to inquire about renting it and they started at approx. $22k per month and now have it at $17K. At those kinds of premiums, you’ve got to be selling something a lot more valuable then Videos to afford it. Still don’t understand why the leasing company hasn’t adjusted it to the market, but it may have something to do with Movie Gallery having to still pay something each month.