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JayArgonaut
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Inside Edition: Inside One of the Last VHS Rental Stores in America
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27-Apr-2019, 2:36 AM

oojason said:

Really enjoyed watching that - nice one and cheers for posting.

Here’s to all the video stores still out there - and please remember… be kind, please rewind 😉
 

😃 You’ll love this one in that case, speaking of Blockbuster…

What the last Blockbuster has that Netflix doesn’t

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi8BwUh3XOk

Probably TLDR:

I remember when Blockbuster opened their first UK store 30 years ago and now, there’s only one left in existence on the entire planet. Renting videos lost my interest when the cost of purchasing them became identical or in many cases, cheaper than hiring them. I’d have a legal copy that I could watch as much as I wanted, whenever I wanted. (This is why, for me, VOD streaming represents another form of renting because there are similar problems in terms of owning a permanent copy.)

Nonetheless, it’s still good to see that video stores - especially independent ones, at that, are still operating and here’s a rental store in my local area that has remarkably succeeded in surviving the market changes. (They haven’t even bothered to update their phone number! 😄)

FYEO