I'm fortunate enough to have a local video store with close to 20k titles. The owners are friends, and I was just talking to them today. With the closing of two Blockbusters in the area, they have had huge numbers of new customers, and business is up 30% over last October!
They don't kid themselves. They know that eventually internet/streaming will be taking over, but for now business is good and they have a huge loyal customer base. It's a fun place to hang out and talk films, and the employees are all knowlegeable.
Not sure where I'm going with this, but when the inevitable happens the store will be missed. Anyone else have a great video store near them?
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Topic - Brick and Mortar Video Stores - Rod H. 14:00:28 10/27/11 (16)
- If your friends have lots of art, foreign titles, they'll survive, indefinitely. Netflix and other streamers - tinear 10:13:37 10/28/11 (2)
- RE: If your friends have lots of art, foreign titles, they'll survive, indefinitely. Netflix and other streamers - Rod H. 12:45:11 10/28/11 (1)
- Sounds like they have a winning formula. nt - tinear 08:34:44 10/29/11 (0)
- RE: (Vanishing) Brick and Mortar Video Stores - cdb 09:01:18 10/28/11 (6)
- on a whim my sister and I stopped at a red box for a few movies this weekend it served it's purpose - PhilJ 10:02:59 10/28/11 (5)
- They are going up 20% in December! $1.00 to $1.20. * - mr grits 16:19:28 10/28/11 (1)
- they already nipped me for tax! ;^) - PhilJ 18:08:34 10/28/11 (0)
- At a gas station and my supermarket. - cdb 12:42:46 10/28/11 (2)
- good point about the skimmer, the one we used was outside a Walgreens. - PhilJ 12:46:11 10/28/11 (1)
- RE: good point about the skimmer, the one we used was outside a Walgreens. - cdb 14:01:56 10/28/11 (0)
- Local Blockbuster is quite popular - avsBuddy 07:45:16 10/28/11 (1)
- RE: Local Blockbuster is quite popular - Rod H. 07:56:13 10/28/11 (0)
- Good to hear there's one or two still open . . . - mr grits 20:02:44 10/27/11 (0)
- RE: Brick and Mortar Video Stores - R Browne 18:11:11 10/27/11 (1)
- The Soloist - Rod H. 20:57:16 10/27/11 (0)
- yes, a big one nearby (three stories high) what used to be a long line on the weekends - PhilJ 14:19:03 10/27/11 (0)