Monday, March 16, 2009

Video Stores Online

By charlie reese

If you dont have Netflix, you probably at least know what it is. This is a service that many use to get movies delivered right to their doors, and the price is very reasonable. This has been copied by other companies, with slight variations. As these services grow, it might lead you to wonder if the video stores are a still a viable type of business. I went to one just last week, for the first time in years I might add, and was pleasantly surprised to see that it was alive and well.

The video stores out there are doing very well, despite those consumers that use the online services to get movies right to their doors. In fact, they are doing well because of the competition. They know that they have to give you a deal or you are going to go with something like Netflix as your virtual video store. I went with my friend to one particular video store that is not a national chain of which I had ever heard, and saw some of the best deals on movies that I had ever seen.

I am use to going into video stores and seeing new release movies for about three dollars for one night. In this store, that was a price, but you could add four more nights for just twenty five cents. When you rented three of these, you go the forth one free, and that is not just for new customers.

They also had some really great ones that were not new releases, but that were rather recent, for just a dollar for five nights. There are other deals that my friend could have taken advantage of, and these all made renting movies this way seem like a very good deal, even though she had to drive there.

You may find the same deals in your local video stores if you look around. Most have lowered prices and give out great deals in the hopes that you keep coming back. You can also still go with the online versions of video stores if you want, or you could even use both. For the nights that you want to have a movie marathon, the physical store is your best bet. When you want them streaming in one after another, go with the online version. Have both if you want the most freedom in your choices of movies. - 15246

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