How Blockbuster Total Access Changed My Life

D. M. French
Blockbuster has given every person that loves to watch movies and television on DVD a reason to rejoice. It is called Total Access. This amazing program combines the ease of renting movies online with the freedom to rent at any Blockbuster location for no extra charge! One could feasibly NEVER BE WITHOUT A MOVIE. Sound too good to be true? It gets better.

Becoming a member of Blockbuster Total Access is very simple. Log on to www.blockbuster.com to sign up. After you enter your mailing address and payment information you can start adding movies to your queue list (over 65,000 titles to choose from) that will be shipped to you within two business days. For only 17.99 a month (plus tax where applicable) you can have three movies at a time that you may keep for as long as you want. There are never any late fees for movies rented online. When you are done with a movie you can mail it back right in it's envelope (shipping is always free both ways) or you can take it in to a Blockbuster store and exchange it for another movie there. Either way the next movie on your queue list will be shipped to you. If that's not enough, each month you will get an e-coupon good for a free movie or game rental. Just print it out and take it in to any Blockbuster to redeem it. It is an incredible value even if you only watch a couple of movies each week. Two movies a week at regular price would cost over thirty dollars a month!

My life before Total Access was mired in movielessness and my heart longed for television reruns sans commercials. A world where I watch as many movies as I want for one low price (and play a few games too) seemed to be a fantasy land I would be hard pressed to experience. Then I discovered Blockbuster Online. Even in the pre-Total Access era I found new happiness in the arrival of my movies via the Post Office. My elation at the introduction of Total Access escalated exponentially. At the point I thought it could improve no more they added the e-coupon to satisfy my gaming urges. After my amazement at the volume of movies I could potentially view every month I really learned how to get the most for my money.

The web site boasts a few functions that make it as easy to find movies that you haven't seen as it is to find those old favorites that you just can't help watching "one more time". You can view your online rental history anytime you're logged on to your account. Every movie that you've ever had shipped to you, in the order they were shipped, easily viewable by month. It's very handy when you can't remember if you've seen a specific title or not. The site also has an excellent rating system that provides you with recommendations based on how you rate the movies you've already seen. The more movies you rate, the more recommendations you're given. I've discovered several movies on my recommendation list that I had never heard of, intrigued me and I ended up enjoying. If you just want to browse titles they are well organized into categories and sub-categories or you may just search key words, entire titles or even actors and directors.

From the online site to in line at the store Blockbuster has totally revolutionized the movie rental industry. Their innovations and flexibility have given film buffs the freedom to watch the movies they want to, when they want to and save money all the while. If you like to rent movies you will find that Blockbuster Total Access is unequaled in value and convenience.

Published by D. M. French

I grew up in NH and moved to Seattle 11 years ago. My fiance and I had our first child on April 10, 2006. I work part time at the West Seattle Family YMCA and am a freelance writer/musician in my free time.  View profile

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