Demise of Video Stores

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  • chadwick
    chadwick up my ass Posts: 21,157
    yeah it puts ppl out of a job.
    it's technology, man.

    i do hope record stores stay afloat.
    also, i wish more ppl bought cd's and dvd's.

    but then again
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  • the wolf
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    chadwick wrote:
    yeah it puts ppl out of a job.
    it's technology, man.

    i do hope record stores stay afloat.
    also, i wish more ppl bought cd's and dvd's.

    but then again
    i am old fashion.

    I'm with ya'. I love going to the record store!! I love the smell of my two local indie stores.
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  • eyedclaar
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    the wolf wrote:
    chadwick wrote:
    yeah it puts ppl out of a job.
    it's technology, man.

    i do hope record stores stay afloat.
    also, i wish more ppl bought cd's and dvd's.

    but then again
    i am old fashion.

    I'm with ya'. I love going to the record store!! I love the smell of my two local indie stores.

    Same here, but as far as video stores go, I think the last time I stepped into one of those was to see if I could borrow their phone.
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  • 81
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    it doesn't take a genius to figure it out. between the internet, netflix, red box, etc, who wants to pay $5+ to rent a movie for the night, when they can get it from redbox for a buck, or have it delievered to their door by netflix, or to the tv via the internet or video on demand from dish/direct tv/cable companies.

    i've personally never liked blockbuster to begin with. they have always been over priced
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  • _
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    Jason P wrote:
    Netflix is a very nice service. Plus, they don't figure out multiple methods to rape your pocketbook like Blockbuster does. In fact, they have actually added amazing new content like streaming video for free.

    Fuck Blockbuster!

    :clap:
  • Nothingman54
    Nothingman54 Posts: 2,251
    2 movie stores in my town closed this month. That redbox thing is popular, netflix, and torrents. I have to drive almost 10 miles to the nearest block buster.
    I'll be back
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    We used to support the local video store, but then it changed hands and was bought by a chain. I don't feel any allegiance to a chain. And for us even $3.99 or $2.99 adds up for on demand, or itunes, and we don't want to pay a monthly fee because movie watching is sporadic for us, so redbox is good for us as long as we are disciplined to return it on time.
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  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    I like hearing the hate for blockbuster 8-) i hear it from a lot of my customers as well.
    but as for the industry it is dying and i understand why.
    the store i work at has been in my neighbourhood since i was a toddler! sadly it wont last much longer.

    what can you do? when VHS died we replaced it with DVD but now that DVD is being replaced with internet, there's not much you can do but move on i guess.

    RIP little movie stores, RIP :(
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  • Lauri
    Lauri Posts: 748
    I literally haven't been to a video store in 3 years. the last place I lived there was a little independent one around the corner from my house that I would go to fairly often because it was easy. Since I've been here, I haven't set foot in one. I either see movies at the little theater by my house or get something on demand.

    It makes more sense to me that video stores are shutting down than record stores. People buy music, but usually you just RENT movies, which makes stuff like on demand seem logical to me. I don't have netflix- I don't need an extra monthly bill! But netflix does make a lot of sense. It's a lot better business model than a blockbuster or something. I also tend to not go to any types of national big stores. If there's a little shop for something by my house, I'll go over, but anything that involves the car and parking lots just isn't gonna happen.

    What I do kind of miss is going to the video store was almost like going out...

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