[SamAdams76]

I actually thought these were dead 20 years ago.

But fond memories of the 1980s and 1990s when I used to stop at one after work, usually on a Friday night, to load up on films for $2 a pop. The new releases were usually hard to get but discovered a lot of great older movies this way.

Mostly on VCR tape - remember how we had to rewind them before returning to the store? Or we would get charged a $1 "rewinding' fee? I ended up buying a stand-alone VCR rewinder for just that purpose, because it took forever to rewind in the VCR machine.

Now everything is stream, stream, stream.

[Steve_Seattle]

In my area we had two or three independent video stores and two Blockbusters. I think they’ve all been gone at least eight or nine years.

[redgolum]

If you stream, you don’t own it.

So at anytime it can be deleted.

Which is why there are certain things I will always buy in real space.

[Rebelbase]

I recall somewhere around ‘84 going into a video store for the first time and renting a video player and movie for $8.

Had dinner at home and then the movie. Thought it was the coolest thing ever.

[buffyt]

Yes those were some happy memories!

Our sister even bought us a rewinder!

Fond memories.

-Tyrelle F

[hercuroc]

Be kind,rewind

[MikelTackNailer]

I frequented a Family Video for quite a while - built a nice collection of used DVDs they always had on sale. One time I knew for a fact I didn't deserve a late fee they were trying to lay on me so looking deeper they found they'd been mixing up charges with another Mike who had nearly the same phone number. Their system auto-filled when they typed part of a number in and...

They made good with a batch of free rentals, but the best part was asking what the fella's full name was. Moe Slizlak tells it better:

"Hello, you've reached Moe's Bar. Uh huh. Hold on; I'll ask."

"Michael Hunt! Hey, has anyone here seen Mike Hunt!?"