With yet another local video rental store closing its doors in the community, it is safe to say the era of movie renting from a store is coming to an end.
We can all recall many memories of renting movies for special occasions, like sleepovers, or walking the dog with your parents and getting a movie. Some of us have fond memories of trips to rent a movie as kids we don’t recall the bas stuff like late charges. But now, people are moving to the trend of renting movies off the internet from sites like Netflicks, or Movies on Demand from Shaw and less trips to the local video store.
No one can deny how much more convenient this option can be for busy families, who can now avoid late fees on their over due movies. With movies you can rent/buy and watch anytime with no worries of a late fee.
The video store has evolved over the last two decades, but is slowly losing the race against the internet. They moved from VHS, to DVD’s but now there are no other options, and many are succumbing to the effects of at-home renting options.
Blockbuster, one of the biggest names in movie rentals, has been closing doors all over the country, and has claimed bankruptcy. It is sad to see this era ending, but time waits for no man and it’s the time of the internet, and movies on demand right from the comfort of your home, late fees not included.
There is still Movie’s on the Go still open for business in the community, but one can only wonder for how long? So before trips to the movie store are no more: take a walk, rent a movie, and try not get any late fees this time.
It wont be long before video rental stores are obsolete, and ancient history. It is sad, but all good things do have to come to end at some point.
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