A Unicorn

@AmbiePam (84426)
United States
December 14, 2017 5:10pm CST
Do you remember the days of Blockbuster Video? Hollywood Video? Or the other chains that rented movies and games? Netflix pretty much put them all out of business. And after they did that, they of course then raised their prices. But that's not my point so I will move on. My dad and I took two brothers (ages 8 & 2) from our church to see Christmas lights the other night, and we drove by a video rental store. I commented that I couldn't believe a store like that was still in business. He said he hadn't seen it, but it had to be out of business. I told him it was open, because they were advertising movies that had just been released on DVD. After we saw the lights (and I thanked God I had no children; no offense to the wonderful parents out there) we drove back by and he saw it was indeed, an open and functioning video rental store. It was an independent store, called My Family Video. It seemed like a unicorn. Have you seen something you thought no longer existed or never knew existed in the first place?I *The poor 2 year old screamed his head off, but it wasn't his fault. The 8 year old wouldn't leave him alone!
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@JudyEv (323043)
• Rockingham, Australia
15 Dec 17
It's like suddenly coming across a drive-in movie theatre. There are not too many of them left now either.
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
15 Dec 17
I would love to go to one! I know where one is, but it's in a bad part of town, and I'm too scared to try it.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
19 Dec 17
i recently looked this up and found one like 2 hours away! its a planned road trip once we get our new van working!
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@GardenGerty (156833)
• United States
14 Dec 17
I can think of a few things that I have run into or answered surveys about that I did not know still existed.
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@marguicha (213859)
• Chile
14 Dec 17
I liked the Blockbuster as they had some classic movies.
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@much2say (53552)
• Los Angeles, California
15 Dec 17
I do remember those - but I thought they were completely in the past now! We have Netflix, but if something isn't there, I can always go to the various libraries here and check out DVDs for free. Seriously, it must've been like seeing a unicorn - it would be for me!
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
17 Dec 17
Redbox is the only way to rent movies at home, but we have that bad old Netflix. Lol!
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
17 Dec 17
Netflix is too cocky for its own good.
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@DianneN (246452)
• United States
18 Dec 17
@AmbiePam I must agree!
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• United States
15 Dec 17
I was assistant manager at Hollywood video, and today it's so weird that a Redbox takes the place of an entire store. We have one remaining video store in our town that has the name family in the title also. They also own the pizza place next door, and offer great deals on video and pizza combinations.
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
15 Dec 17
It's kind of sad, really.
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
19 Dec 17
thats how it worked in a town i lived up north. sometimes they'd offer a major discount on movies to give you something to do while pizzas cook! lol
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@katsmeow1213 (28719)
• United States
16 Dec 17
We still have a few of those Family Video's around here.. but I don't bother to go to them as the DVDs are usually always scratched. So annoying! Amazon video and Netflix are all I need!
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@Hate2Iron (15731)
• Canada
15 Dec 17
I had no idea that video stores still existed. We must have gone every weekend for our Saturday night movie!!
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
15 Dec 17
Yeah, it was like a family affair.
@jstory07 (133476)
• Roseburg, Oregon
25 Dec 17
KIds you got to love them.
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
25 Dec 17
They are awfully cute.
@LadyDuck (453798)
• Switzerland
15 Dec 17
We still have stores that rent videos here. I buy many videos from Amazon, we have a very limited choice with Netflix in this country and it costs $15 a month, wasted money.
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@just4him (302340)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
26 Dec 17
We have Family Video here too. I think it's the only one around for movie rentals other than Red Box.
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@JESSY3236 (18673)
• United States
15 Dec 17
yeah Family Video is an video rental store here.
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@FayeHazel (40250)
• United States
24 Dec 17
Oh yes, I remember the when video rentals had VHS tapes. Lol. It was always a treat to go in there. I understand completely -- I have never ever wanted kids.
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
24 Dec 17
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@Daelii (5619)
• United States
19 Dec 17
I thought they were all closed! I felt like I hit the jack pot when i found a used book store in the town over! the ones here are closed and been out for a long time!
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@AmbiePam (84426)
• United States
19 Dec 17
Oh yes, I love used book stores. The one I used to go to just closed.
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@KristenH (33355)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
15 Dec 17
We have a Family Video store over here too. I never been in there though. Poor kids.
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@andriaperry (116876)
• Anniston, Alabama
15 Dec 17
The last one closed here a few months back.
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