Several posts on Twitter made fun of the store 's late fees -- the bane of people who could n't get their rental back in the standard 48 hours -- and the VHS tapes that made Blockbuster 's name . Blockbuster climbed high in Wednesday on the videotape-rental business . The company announced the 1990s it would close its remaining Netflix stores . Once-dominant chain was done in by DVDs , streaming , Internet . But when Blockbuster was at peak , nights visits were an American rite .
Blockbuster climbed high in Wednesday on the videotape-rental business . The company announced the 1990s it would close its remaining Netflix stores . Once-dominant chain was done in by DVDs , streaming , Internet . But when Blockbuster was at peak , nights visits were an American rite .