Blockbuster and PayPal Provide More Ways to Access Entertainment
June 24 2008 - 5:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
PayPal Customers Receive $10 Cash Back on New blockbuster.com
Subscriptions this Summer DALLAS, June 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
Starting today, entertainment provider Blockbuster Inc. is
accepting PayPal as another safe and convenient way to make
purchases on the company's web site, blockbuster.com.
"Blockbuster.com is the only site that offers customers the
flexibility to rent DVDs through the mail, purchase them new or
used online and, later this summer with the premiere of our new
movie downloading service, the ability to purchase or rent digital
entertainment," said Keith Morrow, CIO, Blockbuster Inc. "Now with
the addition of PayPal, we're also offering customers even greater
flexibility in regards to their payment method." To celebrate the
launch of PayPal, Blockbuster is offering PayPal customers $10 cash
back for signing up for a new online rental subscription at
blockbuster.com. To take advantage of the cash back offer, PayPal
customers should visit http://www.blockbuster.com/paypal. "As one
of the leading online and offline video entertainment providers,
Blockbuster's service is a natural fit for millions of PayPal's
savvy online shoppers," said Mary Anne Gillespie, vice president of
sales at PayPal. "We are excited to add Blockbuster.com to the
growing list of leading online retailers accepting PayPal." With
PayPal, blockbuster.com shoppers now have a new way to pay for
their purchases using debit cards, bank accounts, stored balances,
or credit cards through their individual PayPal accounts without
sharing their financial information. The $10 cash-back offer is
available through August 31, 2008 with a new paid subscription to
any of Blockbuster's online rental subscription plans, including
Blockbuster By Mail(TM) and Blockbuster Total Access(TM), the
company's integrated by-mail and in-store offering. Initially,
blockbuster.com customers will be able to use PayPal as a payment
method for their online movie rental subscriptions, but eventually,
they will be able to use PayPal as a payment option for all their
other transactions on the site, including purchases of new and
previously viewed DVDs, BLOCKBUSTER GiftCards and blockbuster.com
gift subscriptions. PayPal will also be a payment option for
customers who want to rent or purchase digital movies through
blockbuster.com's movie downloading service, which will be
available later this summer. About Blockbuster Blockbuster Inc.
(NYSE: BBI; BBI.B) is a leading global provider of in-home movie
and game entertainment, with more than 7,700 stores throughout the
Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. The company may be accessed
worldwide at http://www.blockbuster.com/. About PayPal PayPal is
the safer, easier way to pay and get paid online. The services
allows anyone to pay without sharing financial information and
gives consumers the flexibility to pay in any way they prefer,
including through credit cards, bank accounts or account balances.
With more than 60 million active accounts in 190 markets and 17
currencies around the world, PayPal enables global ecommerce.
PayPal is an eBay company. More information about the company can
be found at http://www.paypal.com/. DATASOURCE: Blockbuster Inc.
CONTACT: Randy Hargrove of Blockbuster Inc., +1-214-854-3190 Web
site: http://www.blockbuster.com/
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