The price for renting movies at a Blockbuster Express kiosk is about change starting on November 8, 2011. Blockbuster Express will use what it is calling a $3-$2-$1 pricing structure. If you want to rent a new movie within the first 28 days of its release, you’ll have to pay $3 for the first night plus tax. If you want to rent a movie 28 days after it releases, the price will be $2 plus tax, and if you want to rent a movie after the first 90 days of its release, you’ll have to pay $1. An additional $1 fee will also be accessed for Blu-rays and movies that are kept for additional nights.

On October 31, the cost for renting a DVD through Redbox will increase. Don’t worry, it isn’t anything like the 60% Netflix price hike. It’s more like 20%. Instead of paying a $1 to rent movies, the price will be $1.20. It sounds worse than it really is. The price for renting Blu-rays and games will stay the same at $1.50 and $2.00 a night.

It has been a wild year for Netflix. The company has been making some unpopular decisions lately and it has only served to hurt the company’s image. Not too long after implementing the price increase, Netflix announced it would be spinning off its DVD business into a completely separate companies. Qwikster was to take over the DVD operations and force customers to have two accounts, two bills, two queues and two rating systems. After listening to an overwhelming amount of customer dissatisfaction, Netflix has decided to keep the business intact and cancel its Qwikster plan.

The infamous Netflix price hike went into effect earlier this month. Subscribers were not happy at all about Netflix splitting up its unlimited streaming and DVD renting services while charging full price for both. Many subscribers decided to cut back by only having an unlimited streaming option. Netflix was expecting this and was actually surprised people were angrier about this. It appears users decided to let their dollars do the talking as Netflix has cut its expected subscribers by a cool million.

Netflix released its second quarter financial results today and things are looking up. Netflix added 1.8 million subscribers in Q2 compared to 1.03 million subscribers one year ago. Its total subscribers in the United States is nearly 25 million compared to 15 million a year prior. Revenue is up to $789 million globally. For the most part, Netflix’s numbers are up across the board.

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Netflix has been causing some bitter feelings lately among its customers. First Netflix redesigned its website much to the dismay of its users. Now they’ve dropped another bomb by announcing that it will eliminate the DVD rental and streaming combo subscription. Starting in September (for existing subscribers), customers who want both services will pay $15.98 a month. That’s an increase of about 60%. So why did Netflix decide to do this?

As far as rumors go, you can take this one with as much salt as you’d like. Yesterday we told you about a new $7.99 Netflix subscription that offers unlimited DVD rentals for a full month. At the time, this new plan seemed reasonable. It’s the same amount Netflix charges for unlimited streaming. Today, a new rumor says Netflix will increase the monthly price for those who want to stream and rent movies at the same time.

Netflix has added another subscription plan to its service. Netflix now lets users choose a DVD-only subscription for $7.99 a month. Under this subscription, customers can rent unlimited DVDs (one at a time) a month. Netflix is also offering a free DVD trial. If it’s not cancelled within one month, Netflix will automatically start charging $7.99 per month.