I moved to where I now live in 09, and back then the shopping center where my local grocery store is had a Blockbuster (it has since become a dental office) and everytime I buy groceries I think about the good times I had at Blockbuster growing up. At least once a month we would order pizza and go to Blockbuster to rent some movies. I remember when that Blockbuster went out of business in 2010 and they had a hug going out of business sale with PS2 games as low as 3 dollars and I bought a ton of games that day (wish I had never given up my PS2). I also remember when I was little it seemed every store or gas station had a corner for video rental.
As a kid working at a video rental place always seemed like such a cool job and as a teen, I was busy with sports and when I did work it was at restaurants or temp agencies. I'm curious if anyone had ever worked there or any other video rental?
Also, you think that model could ever work again with some being more interested in physical media? I could possibly see a rental place but they would have to have some other stuff, but I do know some VHS collectors so you could make it work.
When I was a kid the video rental stores were where I spent the lion's share of my time. I didn't have the internet, I didn't have cable, and I was an only child. Blockbuser was good, but I liked the other one better. It was a small regional chain, one that had the 'back room'. They couldn't compete with Blockbuster on stocking new releases or games, but they had a special on Tuesdays where you could rent two 'catalog' movies for 50 cents. They also didn't give a fuck about renting R rated movies to kids, just not anything from the back room. Great times.