Blockbuster Cancels All Fees

Quote from the press release on the site

According to press releases, Blockbuster’s new nationwide program, "The End Of Fees," promoted using $7 million of the company’s last remaining $10 million, will eliminate all costs associated with DVD rentals as well as per-unit charges for its video games, snacks, carbonated drinks, gumball machines, promotional cardboard standees, and literally anything else a customer comes across at one of its thousands of nationwide locations.

Given it was on a VC website, I re-read two or three times to make sure I understood it properly. And then I realized the link was to The Onion. Oh how the simple are deceived by simple things.

Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed: Blockbuster Cancels All Fees