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Incidentally, Hollywood Video shut down a few years ago but a couple of months ago I got a bill from a collection agency claiming I had almost $300 in late fee's from a year prior to their closing. I searched around and it turns out a lot of people got these letters from a liquidator trying to collect on phantom debt. Most of the videos they claimed I had never returned, I hadn't even rented. Also, how could I have been allowed to continue to rent from them in 2009 when I had a $300 tab from 2008. Anyone else get something like that?
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Oh yea! I posted about this before. I also posted on VCR's and how it bums me out to see stacks of them at my local goodwill from $3 at the most when I remember how they were the rage when I was a kid.
I was never into the Blockbuster type stores although I have rented from them before.
I really miss my local mom and pop store or should I say stores that were near me when I was a kid. They always had the best selection of underground movies mixed in with the big movies. I would spend hours in them. I remember the HUGE deal it was when new movies came in. Of course Blockbuster came into town and wiped them out!
But yea for Nostalgic reasons I miss those stores.Comment
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Am I nostalgic? Hopefully this answers the question. One of a few similar type shelves with tapes that I have here:
PS I am also lucky enough to still have one Mom and Pop video store still open by me
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Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"Comment
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In the old days I used to rent several VHS movies per week from my local video store... (and even Betamax titles, too, before places stopped carrying them)... that's how I saw a lot of obscure sci-fi & fantasy movies that still haven't been released on DVD and probably never will be.
I kept quite a few of my old VHS tapes... mostly the rare and obscure stuff, vintage making of docs, etc., when most were ditching their collections and reacquiring everything on DVD.
Still occasionally rent DVDs from my local Blockbuster.PUNY HUMANS!Comment
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Probably a collection agency that purchased the Accounts Receivable from the bankruptcy courts for pennies on the dollar. I wouldn't just ignore it, but force them to prove that you owe the money or remove you from their list. They could eventually place it on your credit report as an unpaid bill causing your credit score to go down."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
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I feel a little bit nostalgic for the mom and pop VHS store because VHS was in its infancy and I was completely fascinated with the idea of watching a theatrical movie release from the comforts of home (our family never had cable service). I don't miss Blockbuster at all. Our local one only carried new releases and always seemed to have most if not all of the good releases completely rented out most of the time. There is still a local book/video store that I really like and is still in business. They have escaped the wrath of Netflix, Amazon, etc. so far by carrying used books, obscure books, obscure dvd's, etc. They also carried new releases of books and movies but only had small quantities on hand. I still go there every once in a while not looking for anything in particular and usually end up walking out with a couple of dvd rentals and a book or two."The farther we go, the more the ultimate explanation recedes from us, and all we have left is faith."
~Vaclav HlavatyComment
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I always supported the Mom and Pop local video store, which I liked. when chain stores started popping up I totally avoided them thought they were garbage.....I'm a foreign film fan always thought the chains stores never carried what I wanted to see.....
I do still collect VHS at flea markets especially when i find something retro.Comment
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Mom and Pop video stores were great because they all had a "back room" section
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Hey Brian you sure can. What quite a few companies (mainly in the horror realm) have started doing within the last year or so is release a vhs version along with the dvd. Most of them are all made like the old vhs big boxes and I think it is a safe bet to say many are feeling the vhs nostalgia. Also other companies (like CMV laservision) have made the dvd boxes look more like old style vhs boxes for the same reasoning
three examples of the dvd/vhs combo box sets are:
house of devil
the sleeper
and the soon to be coming out nailgun massacre limited vhs which can be ordered fro my friends at Diabolikdvd.com
http://www.diabolikdvd.com/category/...Copies%29.html
Last edited by mazinz; Apr 19, '12, 9:35 PM."What motivated him to throw a puppy at the Hells Angels is currently unclear,"
Starroid Raiders Dagon wrote "No Dime Store Monster left behind"Comment
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Yes I do. I miss the time I used to spend browsing through their selections. On demand and net streaming is not the same.sigpic
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