Odd that they never sold out the inventory before they shut down. Even stranger that a landlord wouldn't have cleared the place out after all of this time. The fact that the resident punks and homeless in the area haven't laid a hand on it further peaks my curiosity for the backstory to that shop.

@sallygomez8799

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what I was going to post. Wondered the same things.

@barneymiller7894

Жыл бұрын

Judging by the neighborhood and what he said the locals probably do keep a really close eye on the place. Its probably known around the community that if your trying to damage or enter the building the cops will get called.

@karaokewaala9107

Жыл бұрын

And it doesnt look like there's dust or anything on it.

@MrYatesj1

Жыл бұрын

The bank would have something to say if the taxes were not paid that is for sure.

@froggacuda1605

Жыл бұрын

My guess is that it almost certainly is being left as is as a memorial by a relative of the deceased proprietor. This happens more frequently than you might think

Those mom and pop video stores where the best era to grow up in. This brings back so many memories for me

@jokitownleite1959

Жыл бұрын

For me too

@Slow1x_1.0

Жыл бұрын

Were

@john-michaelgilliland2485

Жыл бұрын

@@Slow1x_1.0 ok pronunciation police

@Edmund_Mallory_Hardgrove

Жыл бұрын

I can remember the transition from stand-alone movie rental stores like this one, to Blockbuster started popping up everywhere and put them out of business. Blockbuster dominated the market for at least a decade, and then they started closing with the rise of streaming services. When I was a teenager video arcades, malls, movie theaters (even drive-ins) and movie rental stores were a big part of our lives. Now kids just do social media, order from Amazon, and stream movies. Things have really changed.

@nathanielovaughn2145

Жыл бұрын

spanking. Yep. And not for the better.

I never thought places like this would come to an end. Truly was a great era to live in.

@powerbad696

Жыл бұрын

Me neither.Miss those video stores.Do you remember-HASTINGS VIDEOS ???

@DeathBYDesign666

Жыл бұрын

We're coming up on a time when most theaters will become abandoned, many are already actually. We had one right down my street abandoned for 5 years and now it's an apartment complex. It was kinda heartbreaking seeing it being torn down, so many good memories there.

@rickburgess3215

Жыл бұрын

Was my favorite weekend thing to do going the video store.

@ghostlegit

Жыл бұрын

@@DeathBYDesign666 movie theaters will always exist. They will just become less common. But not for a while anyway. Another 20 years. U can bring this up

@DeathBYDesign666

Жыл бұрын

@@ghostlegit Maybe but 20 years seems a bit optimistic considering the damage done in just the last 2. There's always a conservative nostalgia but in the end people always choose convenience over preservation of the past. Progress always comes with some sacrifice of past values but people always prefer the new way eventually.

The 90s were the last great decade before technology took over our lives. I’m glad I grew up in the 90s and early 2000s when places like this were around. It might be cliche to say it but we’re so connected these days with our devices but at the same time because of them we’re so disconnected. We’re not connected like we were back then. I remember going to the video store as a kid with my parents, my brother and I would pick out movies, we’d go home and all watch them together as a family in the living room. Not like today where everyone is doing their own thing on their device in separate rooms watching Netflix or whatever else.

@headshotmaster138

Жыл бұрын

I would say the 2000s but I agree.

@tjjavier

Жыл бұрын

Wonderful insight Sir 🙌

@DanielC2LS

Жыл бұрын

i pick up everybody and put them in the living room and we all watch netflix. its not the device. its what you do with it and how you sell the social event to others to come.

@january9003

Жыл бұрын

Now we can watch wathever with family, have better tv's, better internet, better resolutions...bro 4k with 60fps whaaaaat? HDMI and no more RCA leave me here im fine. Don't need to rewind tapes, no need 3 devices. no need to go to a store and shit, just select what you want, order food, and watch the movie with your kids, with your mother, sister, girlfriend, boyfriend or a serie with a bunch of friends.

@Handcuff_Collector

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I was born November 1990. I can definitely relate

So sad to see this. A sign of simpler times. The fact that it wasn’t been vandalized its a miracle. I’m pretty sure im not the only one that has a lot of nostalgia.

@powerbad696

Жыл бұрын

I'm SHOCKED for 2 reasons-no-1)Like you said-NOBODY broke in and took everything. no-2) Why the owners didn't get rid of their STOCK ??? LOL.

@ryankross3987

Жыл бұрын

Small towns like this don't get ride of stuff. The stock left over is for whoever wants to buy the place probably. And small towns ain't got homeless like that.

I miss going to a video store. It was great back in the 90s when I was a student. Renting a video, getting some booze and having a great evening with friends ❤️

@M60gunner1971

Жыл бұрын

@Frankloid Wolthickuluam, in the 1980's also.

@MatthewBaran

Жыл бұрын

Especially before blockbuster ruined everything. We had a place called dollar video. Family owned

@ThatGirlOnYourTV

Жыл бұрын

Yesss. 90s baby here. 1991.

@mariantreber8055

Жыл бұрын

I also miss real bakeries and real music. Like, bring back the 1960s, minus the fake false- flag war.

@mangounchained

Жыл бұрын

Exactly what we did! Loved it. By looking at your name I'd say you're Dutch, so I bet the 'booze' involved back in the day must have been something like Passoa, Pisang Ambon, Blue Curaçao & lots of Heineken 😂 And guessing the movies I'd say Childs Play, Police Academy & everything Jean Claude van Damme... Take me back!

It's seriously a miracle that it hadn't been broken into before now I mean there's not even a crack on the glass. Thanks for sharing I hope it can be saved and preserved.

@gking2709

Жыл бұрын

I definitely would have broken in as a kid or at least threw a rock through the window

@user-hk5wr5fv7d

5 күн бұрын

​@@gking2709 Faça isso na janela da sua casa.

That's great that they're preserving the store. It truly is a relic for anyone born post 2000.

When I was a kid my grandma lived in the middle of no where. My cousins and I would walk to this tiny tiny video rental store that looked just like this. The guy would let us rent whatever we wanted no matter what the movie was rated. He also sold candy and Betty Crocker baking mixes for some reason. We would rent horror movies and make rainbow bit cupcakes. It’s one of my favourite memories

@kae9525

Жыл бұрын

“and Betty Crocker cake mixes for some reason” 💀 that’s a vibe

@CyanoticFuture

Жыл бұрын

Probably to make more money

@cydragon2.099

Жыл бұрын

that guy seemed like an awesome employee or owner to kids since they were allowing the kids to get scarred that early in life

@Bookspine5

Жыл бұрын

@@cydragon2.099 Sounds like a video store oasis. The city I grew up had a Sun Coast video store in the mall and some years before it shut down decided it would be a 'bright idea' not allow kids under 18 to enter. Blockbusters, FYE, and Sam Goody's had no problem with that.

@WDBsirLocksight

Жыл бұрын

That's some mix: horror and rainbow bit cupcakes. I'd say a start to a horror in itself. Could've been the competition to the Blair Witch Project.

As an 80's baby I have ALWAYS had a nostalgic feeling for the old VHS movie days when the old mom and pop and even Blockbuster video stores were in full swing. I remember renting movies and video games and having sleep overs and all nighters playing games and watching movies until the crack of dawn. These stores were the definition of my childhood and teenage years that I did not realize how much I along with MANY others would miss during the Netflix takeover that would eventually start the end of an era that would be the movie and game rental stores nationwide. I wondered the SAME THING about why I could not find any information on an old POP-N-GO movie rental place in my hometown but then I realized something. MOST of these places went out of business BEFORE the internet became a BIG deal!!! So in a way the VERY sad part about these mom-and-pop movie rental places is that since they went out of business BEFORE internet was big there is no record of them even existing in the first place!!!

@marybetheby5184

Жыл бұрын

And the stores would be packed and you waited in a long line too!

@PaulJHawkinsJr

Жыл бұрын

Internet's been around for years. Rather than surfing, a few buddies would get together on a weekend and make a trip to Blockbuster, Jumbo, etc. Newspapers were around before the internet as well, yet I've found 1920s (or most any year) on the internet.

@KirkLee1983

Жыл бұрын

@@aarondarlington2070 for sure

@jimcramer9656

Жыл бұрын

Just a guess, you liked the movie gone with the wind?

@Anth230

Жыл бұрын

Well video stores had a very short life. The internet went mainstream in 1996. Video stores peaked in the 80's and started to die in the early to mid 90's. Especially when DVD's started to become affordable and it was just cheaper than renting and watching as many times as you wanted. So yeah it really wasnt just the internet or netflix that killed the stores. It was people buying the movies at Best Buy or Walmart at cheaper and cheaper prices....

The fact that no one graffitied the walls or broke the windows is amazing.

This new generation of youth will never understand the experience of going to stores like these or having an awesome collection of movies that require no subscription I miss the 90's and early 2000's so much 😮‍💨

@ShadowAngel606

2 ай бұрын

Except that there's a youth movement toward physical media, because even they start to realize that everything digital can and will be taken away from your or censored for "modern audiences".

It truly is a time capsule as places like this will never exist again. Such a wonderful find. There was nothing more exciting as a kid/teenager than going to the video store and trawling the shelves for something to watch. Loved it! I would love to see this opened as a museum. As the younger generation who never knew Blockbuster, Civic Video, etc it would be great for them to see how things used to be. Our local Blockbuster closed down in the 2010s. Before Netflix etc really took off in Australia. The owners just walked away and left everything behind. It was turned into a $2 shop (sells lots of cheap stuff imported from China). They kept/inherited all the videos, DVDs etc and sold them. Time marches on.

@greywebs1944

Жыл бұрын

Blockbuster was good in it's day. Often looked around and if you ask a member of staff politely. You could be given a poster of any film you liked. All promotion stuff didn't cost them a penny.

@jdmbeats

Жыл бұрын

In my city there was like 2 locally owned video stores. You could rent the latest DVDs, and they even had games! Sadly, in 2019 they closed due to covid.

@greywebs1944

Жыл бұрын

@Iris Bolt It's well protected apparently I'm getting to old for looting 🤣

@jena.alexia

Жыл бұрын

@@greywebs1944 I remember the movie posters and life-size cardboard cutouts! They'd write the person's name and number in the back so they could have it when the video store had finished with it. I'm glad to hear you had a local video store until recently. Good memories. 🙂

@greywebs1944

Жыл бұрын

@@jdmbeats I'm going back to VHS days and my later father bought a Ferguson video player in England where I'm from for almost £600 they weren't cheap back in the early 80s. I'm old school. Hiring out videos back then could also damage the video player because they were used that often. Video rental places especially small independent places never checked them over from the previous person 😵

Back in the 90s and 2000s my dad, brother, and me would go to a rental movie store every weekend. The good old days 😅

@dr.burtgummerfan439

Жыл бұрын

Rent some movies and go by Little Caesar's for 2 for 1 pizzas.

@dr.burtgummerfan439

Жыл бұрын

@brokeboy Not my favorite, but back when they were 2 for 1 they were more than worth it 👍

I am a 70’s born. But my real childhood was the 80’s. And I absolutely love and miss the video rental stores. Young people have no idea what they are missing today. It wasn’t just the movies you rented and watched. But the experience of picking out the films. Chatting with other movie watchers about what is good and what to skip. And asking the owners for recommendations. What was most fun to me what renting all of those classic 80’s kids movies. The Goonies. The Indiana Jones series. Back To The Future and countless other classics! All of it was incredible. And part of our lives that I wouldn’t trade for anything! I do wish we could bring this experience back. But sadly, like so many other fun experiences, it is probably gone for good. Sad. Really sad.

@lanamortenson8694

Жыл бұрын

Young people couldn't care less, and it's way off the mark to put your feelings of nostalgia onto them suggesting they are missing some kind of amazing experience when they're not. It's far easier and more convenient to have movies/entertainment available on a phone or laptop - any age of person can see that.

@DangerousDevilOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@lanamortenson8694 they are missing the experience. And besides that, where in my post did I say ANYWHERE “young people”? You made an assumption. When in fact I was saying everyone is missing out on the experience now. Just because something is easier or more “convenient” doesn’t mean it is better. That’s like saying McDonalds is better than a home cooked meal. Because it is easy and convenient. You seem like a really fun person at parties. So keep your sour opinion to yourself. That is the only thing that is off the mark here…

@lanamortenson8694

Жыл бұрын

@@DangerousDevilOfficial hmm - "Young people have no idea what they are missing today." - is there "young people" in that sentence? You must really be ageing even more than your dinosaur opinions show ... and you're right, I couldn't care less about parties, always hated them, I'll give you that (as if parties have a relation to an opinion on anything anyway). Go and ask a 15 year old if they think VHS tapes are cool, or think the concept of having to go out to some shop to have access to a movie and then have to go back there to return it is fun. It would be like our generation thinking winding up a car to start it or black and white TV is better than the technology we had access to growing up. Sorry old-timer, times change, but keep those rose colored glasses on, it's not harming anyone, but young people don't care what you or I like, they have their own interests.

@Keisha7612

Жыл бұрын

@@DangerousDevilOfficial When I was a kid I used to go to Blockbuster with my mum and dad and sisters we rented movies on VHS every week it was happier times back then not like now

@DangerousDevilOfficial

Жыл бұрын

@@lanamortenson8694 are you done with your soapbox speech? Because really, nobody cares how you feel about it… Go get yourself a hobby, besides your rouge soapbox rants. Because as I said, just because something is easy, doesn’t make it better. Food is worse today in most food establishments. Music is typically worse. The way people dress is worse. And the lack of actual interaction with fellow human beings is much worse. And I can list dozens more. And yeah, I did miss the young people sentence in the first part of the post. I guess, because this post isn’t as serious of a life issue to me as it appears to be to you. 😂 The entirety of the post again, as I have already said is geared toward everyone. You act as though 15 year olds are running society. Or they are the only demographic on earth. I have news for you. They are not. Nor are they the biggest. Or the one with the most sway, political power or spending power for that matter. There is a whole entire majority segment of society older than 15 year olds. That does the majority of shopping. That does the majority of consuming. And apparently more than a few on this post alone feel the way I do. So again, go find another thing to rant on. Because seriously, nobody here cares about your sour outlook on it all. I am not one bit surprised you don’t do parties. I am sure you weren’t invited to them in the first place. If you were this miserable about things. Your life must be pretty bland to be such an unhappy human being. But honestly I don’t care. Don’t bother responding. I don’t plan to read anything else from you. You just want to be a miserable person. And I don’t need to take part in that.

My parents owned video stores in my home town when I was growing up. Some of my best memories was staying home sick from school, and laying on a pallet in the back office of the store and watching any movies I wanted to see off the shelf. On weekends, I'd sit up on the counter and watch movies on the TV there. When Blockbuster came into town in the late 90's, we had to close all of our stores down. We still have some of the wooden shelves my dad built for the stores. They're still solid to this day. We also still have some of the VHS tapes.

@erikh9991

Жыл бұрын

A little taste of sweet revenge now that Blockbuster is gone? Starbucks did this to my hometown's coffee shops. I wonder when they will close.

@clarenceboddicker9360

Жыл бұрын

The indie stores usually had way better stuff than Blockbuster. In my area the small stores outlasted Blockbuster for a surprisingly long time. The last of them finally closed down in 2016 or 17. I was a regular customer there right until the end. Streaming is good for finding esoteric stuff but video stores were more than just watching a movie they were an experience.

Not only am I shocked at how well preserved this store is, but how it hasn't been broken into or vandalized.

@TabboAmber

Жыл бұрын

Bc even vandals respect the nostalgia of movie renting

Glad no one vandalized this!

The feeling of staying at a friend's house on a Friday night with a couple movies or games and pizza can't be touched.

I remember going to the video store in the 90’s and getting Home Alone, the Pagemaster, Super Mario Bros (the movie AND games), Rambo 1-3, Robin Hood, Don’t Tell Mom the Babysitter’s Dead, So I Married an Ax Murderer, Wayne’s World, on and on…So many good movies and early Nintendo games! It really wasn’t that long ago! Things may be more convenient now, but back then you had to search and actually put time in to find out what was worth watching. There were no websites or Google to guide you or rate movies. The best you could do would be to watch Siskel and Ebert (and you had to know what time and channel it aired on- then you might set up a VCR timer to record it, if you had a blank cassette, otherwise you recorded over an old TV show or movie 🎥). So many thoughts and actions went into TV/Movies in those days. It was an experience in itself.

Someday this will be a museum. You will pay for a entry fee to walk through enjoying the nostalgia🤷🤣

@M60gunner1971

Жыл бұрын

@kristen Sorensen, that crude interruption was fungular in nature. It should be reopened as a haunted video store...with specialty anchovy toast with Sardine beer and rot wine. Do you understand my pronouncements?

This movie rental store's soul is in store heaven with the other abandoned stores.

@lordheydrichslove

Жыл бұрын

RIP Blockbuster

A testament to a time when families actually sat down with one another and enjoyed time together. The 80's was indeed the last great decade. The time before cell phones and social media poison was SO great. Life was absolutely better then. People were happier. Times were simpler.

The memories!! Imagine all of the happy times that happened in video stores like that... I can still smell the video store... There was something so comforting about. There was something so familiar... Nothing had changed since the 80s.. there was that slight smell of cigarettes. And in that time, everything looked so magical.

Worked at Blockbuster in Tennessee when the last of them were closing down. One of my favorite jobs with some really awesome people. Favorite part was being able to rent free new releases before the public could rent them.

@yankees29

Жыл бұрын

I rented some stuff from the last Blockbuster near me in the 2010’s. We kept the movies for a week or so and when I tried to return them the whole store was empty. Lmao. We just kept everything.

@davyboy9397

Жыл бұрын

My family and me were more Hollywood video people . it's funny, people were divided into two camps. Blockbuster people and Hollywood video people . I just liked Hollywood video more. I remember the staff would dress up for Halloween and the stores always seemed nicer. Then my small town got a movie gallery which is the most generic video rental store there is. I'm from Tennessee too btw. Miss those stores

Only thing I could think of why this was just abandoned is the owner died. Then again (especially it being in NY) you think the state would try and take the building and land back and would have been gone by now. Very interesting find. I grew up going to the rental stores and I honestly kind of miss(and wish some of them would come back) it because it gave you something to do. Unlike now a days you can just sit at home and order everything online or go to a local redbox...

@sfigsfu

Жыл бұрын

Yeah i wonder if the owner did died because of the wreath on the door

@videogamepolak0

Жыл бұрын

dont worry bro, in the future they potentially will come back, i will be running one (with my hoard of physical media)

@randomvideosn0where

Жыл бұрын

If the locals like it as much as they seem to, the local government knows better than to try and take it back. The small tax revenue vs scathing articles and angry voters is not worth it. That is the nice thing about small towns, is they can turn a blind eye to things such as this or sick people that fell behind on taxes because it is personal not just numbers like cities.

@sebastienbolduc5654

Жыл бұрын

The reason why it's abandoned is because it's probably not technically abandoned. Yes, maybe the original owner passed away but now the property is in the ownership of their next of kin. Maybe the next of kin are rich enough to pay the annual taxes on the property and they just left it there in that state. Why? Who knows? Maybe they are too sentimental to touch it and wanted to keep it the exact way it was before their loved one passed away. Maybe they're holding onto the property as an asset, once again, because they're rich enough to do so. But one thing is sure, it looks like it's still in the ownership of someone. It didn't stay that dust free and clean, no rodents, no water damage, etc without being periodically check on.

@jdmbeats

Жыл бұрын

@@videogamepolak0 That's awesome, wish you the best of luck! 👍

This would make an interesting museum. Wonder about the history of this and what happened.

This hurts me. I have plenty of sweet childhood memories of heading out to stores like these.

@spunkhead

Жыл бұрын

Be impervious

Although it's been almost 20 years I can still smell the video rental store when I think about it. it was a magical place

I truly feel that if a few of us were to reopen up some of these stores than a lot of people would appreciate it. They may not be as successful as before but you would be surprised how many people still want a physical copy of a movie and to rent it before buying. I know us older millennials would love it.

@RoyCyberPunk

Жыл бұрын

@@MrHurricaneFloyd Actually Blockbuster had already made a huge dent on such small video rentals Netflix was the final nail in the coffin but Streaming has become too atomized you need over 100 subscriptions and dish out almost as much as having to pay for cable or satellite and add to that that some streaming services are not available even on some US territories and have exclusivity over the latest movies and TV shows and you can see how it has all become one big mess of haves and have not over regional FCC and international permits which video rentals never had as a problem. There are many movies and TV shows that I have to watch pirated as a result as there's no legal venue since video rentals went into the dustbin of history. If they were still around I would have just rented Sonic 2 for example.

@kathrynpati

Жыл бұрын

Satellite/cable/pay tv started to kill video stores off, especially in Australia.

@bethlittle4276

Жыл бұрын

We actually have an independent VHS rental store in Bristol, UK. It's amazing!

@farhan007

Жыл бұрын

For specific niche people would appreciate at it. A 4k Blu ray disc still is better picture quality than streaming so people who want the best picture would still like a physical video rental store.

@aj897

Жыл бұрын

@@RoyCyberPunk Yea I don't understand paying $10-20 a month for each service, it's more expensive than cable packages are/were lol

Dude I remember going in those places, brings back the 90's and 2000's vibes. VHS was still a thing then. DVD was still new and expensive at the time, and most still had VCR's. I was lucky I had a DVD player when they came out, but still had A VCR too. Best times were in those days I swear.

I wanna go in there, and get the place running again. I miss these stores.

Video rental stores were a huge part of my younger days, so I found this video heartwarming AND heartbreaking at the same time.

Man this brings me back. I was transitioning from elementary to middle school during the early 2000s. I remember renting out movies and games a lot. Right when VHS began shifting over to DVD. Good times. I do appreciate your taking the time to explore as much of this time capsule as possible, and hopefully down the road should the building hold up, you can get a tour of the inside. Many of those movie titles are familiar to me.

@najoomthestar3

Жыл бұрын

i think we are belong to the same generation

@maia166

Жыл бұрын

I’m in the same generation too. I feel like we aren’t quite millennials and not really gen z. Kind of in between🤷🏻‍♀️

@zk97383

Жыл бұрын

@@maia166 zillennials, if you will

@kingcosworth2643

Жыл бұрын

This makes me feel old, I remember when they transitioned from BETA to VHS

@HM2SGT

Жыл бұрын

@@kingcosworth2643 😹👍 🙌 And laser disc! (For those of you under 50, think of a DVD the size of a LP… wait, you probably don’t know what a 33 1/3 RPM record is either.😁 about the size of a tombstone pizza.)

I had a video store that I opened in 1998 that still has a lot of the old inventory. I still pay rent, power and insurance on the location because it's 40×40 and still cheaper than I can rent a single unit of that size or multiple smaller storage units for (though the rent has gone up a few times and eventually it will become higher ...LOL). I stopped renting in 2003 (which was the last year that a mainstream new release title came out on VHS). Up until then, in that area, people were still mostly watching VHS and DVD hadn't caught on yet. Business started slowing down when pay-per-view windows began shortening and prices of DVDs and players started coming down and you could even start watching DVDs on your video game systems. For a year, I just sold the old vhs tapes to my loyal walk-in customers. Then, I closed it to the public and I now just use it for storage of stuff from when I used to sell at flea markets or stuff I've cleaned out of my house but didn't want to throw away or some of my deceased mom's stuff is in there, etc, etc. Every now and then, I would go look at Amazon at tapes and video games that were rare and still going for $20 - $100 and if I knew I had it I'd put it up for sale. The market is different now but for a while there were a lot of old movies still not on DVD that would go for a good bit until sellers kept undercutting other sellers and screwed that up. LOL Some were mainstream and some B-movies. 10-15 years ago, I could still sell any old 2 or more disc Playstation 1 game for a good bit but I haven't listed anything in awhile. I recently looked up and saw a rare tape or two on Amazon that I'm pretty sure I still have but I'm too lazy to go through the hassle. LMAO I need to go through it one day and clean it all out. Maybe I could organize it into a thrift store or something and open it back up but I have too many memories of the bad days towards the end where you might only have one or two customers or even go a day or two without anyone at all. It really sucked that last couple of years.

@bashclassof04

Жыл бұрын

Did save any of the promo standees or posters in the backroom. Some of that stuff is big bucks

@ALWAYStheEIGHTIES

Жыл бұрын

​@@bashclassof04 Nothing of any value. You want a poster of that John Leguizamo timeless classic "The Pest"? LMFAO 🤣

Thank you mid-late 90's and early 00's,it was a privilege and a honour to have grown up in your time.

I always wonder how stuff like this can just be forgotten, i would love to go in their to pick some things out to possibly buy . Its for sure a monument to a better time.

@M60gunner1971

Жыл бұрын

@Alexander Branticular, I must agree. I bet they have some really cool stuff plus posters.

@CarlyCatharsis

Жыл бұрын

#SalvationArmy USUALLY Has A TON Of VHS Tapes For Between 50€ To About $3. I've Bought The Original 1980's CBS/FOX StarWars Videos, As Well As 1st Four StarTrek Movies At Ours... Eventhough I Allready Had The Bluray Versions!

@ms.pirate

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if they have the rare stuff thats over 100 dollar on ebay

@dr.burtgummerfan439

Жыл бұрын

Yep. The owners could at least put everything on ebay or something. Heck, they could even just have a local yard sale. Sad really.

@CarlyCatharsis

Жыл бұрын

@@dr.burtgummerfan439 BOTH VERY WRONG... It's NOT About Getting Rid Of "Junk" That Nobody Cares About, To Free Space! I Say Donate Them To Local #SalvationArmy, So Even IF They Collect Dust, They STILL Be Enjoyed By Those Who May Not Be Able To Afford DVD's & Blurays OR Thrifty Collectors Who Just Happen To Stumble-In & Find Something From They're Youth Which Makes Them Happy & Will Cherish It.

Early 80's there were lots of little shops local renting VHS movies. I loved going and chatting to the owners about what they recommend. Looking at all the covers. Just simply spending ages selecting what you were going to take home to watch. New releases you would have to book a day when the movie was available. Often they would only have 2-3 copies at the most. Good times. Now all you see is old local shops being turned into houses/flats or standing empty.

@theharshtruthoutthere

Жыл бұрын

The road down to "rabbit hole" = life changing road. You shall gain knowledge, most of the souls from this world will reject even if they also hear , and see it /it is known as rejecting the truth, because of the love for the lies/. - then, after received the missing knowledge, your persecution starts. Now, starts the hardest part: are you WILLING to go through all of these trials, that may and surely come your way? Rejoicing also, for we know, that eternal HOME, in the presence of GOD, awaits us all after all these earthly trials. All earthly aka carnal are sadly corrupted. The ONE TRUE GOD ask us all to worship HIM in SPIRIT AND IN TRUTH. What the world dose = carnal worship. A false worship, only satan can ask and as we all whiteness, he, the false god, satan, do ask it /satanic rituals and blood sacrifices to BAAL. What`s the reasons, none of you reading and studying the BIBLE (KJV)? Are everyone here, also busy building up once lost relationship with ONE TRUE LIVING GOD? We all shall be JUDGED, none will escape it: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqiqy9OvlreohMo.html The Heaven fill open up only for those, who do the WILL OF GOD: - COMING TO REPENTANCE, - BORNING AGAIN, -KEEPING HIS 10 COMMANDMENTS, - EXPOSING THE EVIL DOERS. Only then we would not be: THE CAST AWAY`S. And no, it is not WORKS, it is: LOVING GOD BACK. And doing so willingly = LOVING GOD BACK SINCERELY . kzread.info/head/PLHYOKu9d9bz5Zvi1Rf3Y9q4ipUPxjOgIn A soul took the poison, now sometime later, health decreasing minute by minute. Suddenly, a soul, finding that he and she aint able to do any kind of work (that was the 1st reason the poison shot was taken in the 1st place), still, time is keep on ticking and health decreasing even further. Suddenly there is no vison, no longer the eyes have any use, hearing is still there, therefore the ears are still useful. Yet, days keep passing by and now paralyses have accrued. How so? for i am athlete, it can`t happen to me, and i`m still too young after all. No longer able to move? forever? or it just only that moment? LIFE: lets see..... Time passed again. My heart - it`s beating too fast, like it going to jump out from my chest. LIFE: Oh, yet you still breathing, aren`t you? - yes, i am. Time passed again. Did they recovered? All those who took it? - Life: Depends what you mean by "recovering". Some of them will need medication until DEATH. Some met their DEATH just a moment later, after they received the deadly shot, oh, pardon, i mean these vaccines. Some were cowards or boldness enough to not to take it. For they are still alright. They do not live forever in this realm, that`s true, but at least they are fine, until their time to go back HOME. So, i get it right: SICKNESS AND DEATH still came? - LIFE: yes, these did came, for none can escape it, not one soul. So, then the point of these vaccines? - LIFE: Sadly, these were created to KILL.

@TheSleepyWarlord

Жыл бұрын

Where I live there’s just dozens of abandoned stores and businesses just sitting there, no one doing anything with them, it’s kind of sad

I was born in 1969, so for me, the’80’s and video stores were my entire teens! I can remember meeting girls in video stores and having dates where we would rent a couple of movies, on a night mom & dad were out. We’d mostly make-out on the couch and completely miss the film, but we would alway “Be Kind And REWIND” an experience that kids of today completely miss out on. They dont even know what that means! The ‘80s were a wonderful time to come of age, especially in Miami! Money was everywhere, and mall-rats were actual people not just a bad Kevin Smith film! What a GREAT time to be alive! We saw home computers go from VERY rare and expensive toys, to absolutely ubiquitous, to necessities! Good times.

My god... do I miss having to ask my parents to go rent some dvds for shows/animation back in the day...... Putting these badboys into dvd players, and turning on your crts was quite the experience. And also, lying to your parents about shows/movies being for kids was the best and most challenging part of walking away with adult shows scott free

This makes me realize even more, just how bad everything in the world has become since the internet & cell phones came along. Things used to mean something. People were happier back then.

@Poopster4U

Жыл бұрын

Facts!

@cremepuffle

Жыл бұрын

Yeah… im in my early 20s and have opinions of a boomer. I grew up with the rise of technology, I’ve experienced what it has done to others my age, the best and the worst, but this? What it is now? Is the worst and helps no one. They have infiltrated every single part of our lives, absolutely a dystopian world.

@beat9740

Жыл бұрын

social media sucks but i think we can agree the ability to keep in touch with family easily is very nice.

@ethanhenrichs5677

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, the internet is sometimes a blessing, but we would be better without it to be honest.

@WiSMs

Жыл бұрын

Rose colored lenses

Man I would buy this place! ..and change nothing ever.

For real if this place continues to be preserved, it will literally become a heritage site quite soon. Luckily gen z probably have no idea how to work a VHS tape, so I think it will be safe.

@crazyguy_1233

Жыл бұрын

Gen Z knows how to use a VHS tape it's a pretty easy thing to use. I mean half of gen z grew up with VHS players since DVD players were still a bit pricey and everyone still had all their movies on VHS. Some of gen z grew up with Blockbuster still being a thing.

@Raymundo_2112

Жыл бұрын

@@crazyguy_1233 Facts

@muchelduguay2169

Жыл бұрын

@@crazyguy_1233 literally me, a gen z who’s in university who used to go to blockbuster and dvd rentals as a child

@crazyguy_1233

Жыл бұрын

@@muchelduguay2169 Me who used to watch Shrek on VHS.

I miss video stores so much, especially mom & pop stores like this. Growing up, I wanted to work at a video store for my first job, and as soon as I could start applying locally, businesses were already in sharp decline. Never got a job, and now all those places are gone. It’s kinda sad, but it’s also nice to be able to always have a nostalgic fondness for places like this. Reminders of simpler times and all that, untainted by adulthood.

It's mind boggling to see that this place exists! with everything in tact. They should make it into a museum xD.

I had a dream I walked into an old video store just like this. The video aisles would change everytime I got to the end. It was strange and creepy, but wildly fantastic. Thanks for the video, and reminding me of the dream.

@lynnlynn5583

Жыл бұрын

I had a dream..to have a dream.😂

@barneymiller7894

Жыл бұрын

SCP foundation would like to know your location 😂

This is so cool! I remember stores like this instantly transported to my childhood. So many memories.

So much nostalgia!! I loved those little movie rental stores

This is an awesome find! Like you said, I appreciate that you can only view it through the window, so everything is left just as it was the last time they locked the door, minus the sun bleaching. I grew up in the 80s and 90s, and spent plenty of time in small town, mom & pop video stores, so this is bringing back great memories! I miss those days of video rental stores! I love being able to see one left like a museum display on the public street! If the owners let you inside to document more, that would be great, too. But please try not to disturb anything, so it stays just like this for as long as possible! Thank you for sharing this!

I'll always remember the label on the VHS videos, "please be kind, and please rewind." Amazing "exploration" down memory lane.

In 1997 I was working and going to school in Florida. I had a 2 year old daughter and my ex wife had vanished. Every Friday coming home from work I would stop at the local mom and pop video store and get 2 Disney movies for her and 2 later night movies for me. I can still remember all the words to Winne The Pooh because she wanted to see it again and again......classic

Makes me miss those days seeing this. Those stores used to be everywhere. Would go to one almost every Friday after school. Great time to be a kid.

Going to a place like this, you’d go there Friday or Saturday night. You’d take your time and even socialize with others. At times you could even walk away with a girl’s phone number and get a date out of it. Total time which is long gone.

I remember in the 80's and early 90s we had all kinds of little mom and pop video stores. Every Friday night that was the place to go.

@M60gunner1971

Жыл бұрын

@Grumpylindicloid22, yes I must agree 👍🏻

@ryanjacobson2508

Жыл бұрын

Some weren't little, they were quite big in floor space and/or inventory. The town I grew up in from 1987-1993 had two large Mom and Pop stores with narrow aisles and large shelves stacked with tons of movies. One of them had an "adult" section, I remember a friend getting kicked out once for sneaking into there

That is like a time capsule. That era was a great era to be in. It was the weekend,you pop in to rent a movie or game and you enjoyed yourself.

When I was a kid in the early 70's you watched something when it came on TV on one of 3 channels, (4 when we got PBS) or you did not watch it. In the late seventies and early 80's when cable became a thing it was amazing, all these different channels! Then when VCR's came out in the early 80's we thought it was amazing that you could record shows or rent movies and watch them when you wanted! Incredible!😃

Back in the early 90s I wanted to open a video store called "Off The Wall Video". The front of the store would have half of a video cassette protruding from the brick wall of the store. The video store would only carry low budget, cult, non Hollywood type movies. I still buy and collect physical media such as VHS, DVD, BluRay, Laser Disc, and even 16mm films. I miss these type of video rental stores. I refuse to stream movies. We need to support physical media and refuse to let it die.

@Dr-Random

Жыл бұрын

I know this is a dumb question but did you ever get the opportunity to open up your own store? I mean, it’d be nice if blockbuster could make a comeback as there is only one left in the universe. You’d be sued if you tried to, though. You could ask them, I mean, they’d most likely say no, but you never know until you ask.

I really love you guys' videos and how respectful you are of the properties you enter.

Everything we have today is about instant gratification and minimal social interaction. These movie rental places are just one example of a time we often reminisce about because we are social by nature. I miss it quite a bit. Part of the fun was going with your family or date and picking out a movie. I also loved being able to rent video games.

What a fantastic find!!! Brings back a lot of memories of going into stores like this and selecting movies to rent!!! I hope this remains the same forever as it’s a nice walk back in better days!

Wow! So neat. Thanks so much for sharing! While Blockbuster was our video place in my town, the early 2000’s was my childhood prime for renting movies. This definitely felt nostalgic! I think that is awesome that the town/community sound protective of this place. It’s a curse and a blessing you can’t get in. Thanks again for sharing!

Awwww old videos!! Love it. Glad it’s protected! 🥰🥰🥰

thank you so much for uploading this video! it did bring joy to see what I remember!

If my feelings could be placed into a category of medical condition? it would be called "NOSTALGIA NERVOSA" I can not help but to LOVE old stuff!!!! And this particular video...is SUCH EYE CANDY!!! Thank you Devin for making such wonderful job here!

Brings back good memories of hitting the video store back in the day! Really was a different time 20 years ago. I miss those days…

So much Nostalgia. Thanks for the video man, I'm fascinated by old things and relics of the past.

It’s so cool to see something like this untouched by time really Takes me back to When I was a kid in the late 90s early 2000s

This is why I love spending time in my 2004 Itasca Sunova. That things still stuck in time where tech is still obsolete. I still get to enjoy watching the tube with the fam on trips and we watch classics like these all day long on vhs/dvd! No flat screen, no hdmi, no wifi, just a 19 inch Sanyo and some tapes and discs. Some of the best moments are sharing these experiences with my kids, teaching them how we used to pick a movie and load it into the video player in the late 90s and early 2000s

This is incredible. I really hope you get some history on the location, who owns it, and how it became so quickly abandoned. Amazing.

Fantastic work, fellas. I love your style and ethics.

What a gem of a time capsule, what a great video. Nice trip down memory lane

Love this kind of stuff. Thank you!!

There's another abandoned video store in Berwyn Illinois that's worth checking out

Looking forward to it! You guys are great! Love your videos!! God bless! 💕

This will probably be lost in a flood of comments but here's what I gotta say: It's shit like this that makes me want to open my own locally owned video/game rental store. Mainly for convenience like families with no internet or people that don't support streaming or something but also for nostalgic purposes for other people, even though it might struggle in today's times, it's still a passion I have considering I collect movies and DVDs for a living at the moment. I was born early 2005, around the time the stores hit their peak. I've been into a Blockbuster in my old town growing up a couple of times with my parents but I vaguely remember it since it maybe was around 2008 or 2009? I dunno, but even then I do kinda know how it feels to just pick a movie you like and then just go home and watch it with the whole family. All of that is pretty much done and gone now with streaming already existing for everyone but there could be that one person or family who doesn't have it or something y'know?

@LoveHestia_

5 ай бұрын

I was born in 95 and I definitely relate. I miss going into actual video stores browsing watching movies with my grandparents having pizza. Definitely do it that's a really cool passion ✌🏻

Thanks for this video. I just found it. That's so awesome with the store. So many amazing films. VHS tapes really make you go back in time for sure. It was incredible to watch this video.

so nice to see some of the movies of my childhood on display on those shelfs :´) great video guys, and I love the text on the description, so lovely glad I watched it, made me happy and nostalgic

I’ve always said the 90s - mid 2000s were simply the golden years

I worked in a Mom and pop video store in the 90s. It was a lot of fun to work there. The only friends that I have really kept in touch with from high school were my coworkers from the video store. Just seeing this video brings back so many memories.

"Aint no such thing as half way crooks" - Prodigy - Mobb Deep RiP. Dopest sign ever on a front door

I miss the video stores. Really takes me back. I worked at a Blockbuster Video at the age of 19 in 1995.

Nice location, brings me back to the old days when you need to visit a rental store to watch a movie. now is everything on demand. Great vid man!

Love the video bro it brought back good memories and a Lil tear from rembrring the past and how different it was

Thanks for doing this video dude. This is so cool

God! I don't half miss walking into a video store and renting a vhs! I would spend hours looking around and end up getting a nightmare on elm street ! 🙂

I’d think it be cool if someone you guy’s or someone else bought the property and made giant plexiglass panel wall’s in each aisle and around the front desk and charged like $5 dollars to walk inside the place this way all the dvds are still preserved. Then have someone fallow up the the current owner for background on the history of this video rental place and have a sign stating what the history was on this posted somewhere on the inside of this place. I think you make pretty good money doing this.

That is awesome it feels like back in the 90s love going to the video store

i like that you respected that it was a locked building and didnt break in to get a better look i really hope the owner gets in contact for a more in depth video

Omg this is in Uitca, isn't it? I'm from Rochester but I've been by there a few times. I see the movie "Kids" there too. That was a huge movie when those stores were around. Gosh that movie was messed up, lol.

@Skazellino

Жыл бұрын

it is indeed Utica.

Crazy someone would just lock the door and walk away, easily could have sold all the inventory off.

@brianwalsh1401

Жыл бұрын

The great mystery of what happened. That could be a follow up to this story.

@robsonrobbi1763

Жыл бұрын

Maybe the owner died or was sick or something

@felixjohnston3402

Жыл бұрын

Even in 2005 you’d probably be selling those dvds and tapes for pennies on the dollar, so it probably wasn’t even worth it.

@marksamson9702

Жыл бұрын

@@felixjohnston3402 you could still get a dollar or two or more depending on the title in 2005. I know as 'recent' as 2010-12, I was selling some movies in a garage sale and getting anywhere from $2 upwards of $6, $8 per movie. Even if they sold everything for just a buck or two, it's a few thousand dollars rather than zero. I'm curious who owns the property and why it hasn't been sold or repurposed. I'm not familiar with the area but what little we can see of the immediate surroundings, it looks run down so that probably played a big part in it just sitting.

@Glixity

Жыл бұрын

@@robsonrobbi1763 on Reddit the joke was that the owner had died inside the store, but obviously that’s not what happened here haha

Omg. That is amazing this place is still there after all these years.

Man this is so nice. Feels nostalgic and reminds me of times the family rented films and games from Blockbuster and a couple of local rental stores called "Energy Video". 🥰🥰

That’s awesome we used to have a tnt video store in Hamden Ct and I used to go in all the time with my dad to get videos so cool thanks for the memories 🙂🙂🙂🙂

Great video, reminds me of when I was a kid. Weird how at the time it didn't feel like making history, we were just renting movies, if I had an extra quarter I'd give the claw machine a go, in hopes to get the giant jawbreaker with the sour gum inside 😂 Great time to be alive. I hope you can get inside this place, keep us updated! 👍

Seeing this makes me think that I grew up in the last great era :)

You found gold my friend! Long live the 90's!

Can't wait for this one!😁

Wow, a childhood I can actually relate too of a store like this. I never grew up in the 90s and 80s, I was born in 2000

We had a video rental store here in 1980 with only copied VHS tapes. Even before official rental stores even existed. Many racks full of VHS tapes with handwritten stickers. I did not know what I saw.. so good..

wow that takes me back vhs store on a friday night with the kids looking for some movies to watch over the weekend,those were great times thanks for the time travel