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re: Wait, T2: Judgement Day cost $99 dollars on VHS back in the '90s?
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:25 pm to Loungefly85
Posted on 8/25/23 at 6:25 pm to Loungefly85
What? No Blockbuster popcorn tub?
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Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:14 pm to Bankshot
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The less common films would always cost around $80 to $100, but the mass produced films from some years like Top Gun, Batman, etc. were around $20 to $25 at Wal Mart in the late 80's-early 90's.
They released some for home video those would around $20-25. Others would be for rental only at first those were the $100 ones
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:32 pm to Bankshot
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The less common films would always cost around $80 to $100, but the mass produced films from some years like Top Gun, Batman, etc. were around $20 to $25 at Wal Mart in the late 80's-early 90's.
Just don’t forget to cancel that automatic monthly membership billing
“See brochure for details”
This post was edited on 8/25/23 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:39 pm to jodben
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Hey, sorry to revive an old thread, but I was curious where you had found out that 'The Devil in Miss Jones' was the first commercially released film on VHS. I have been scouring the internet for information on this movie's earliest release on cassette and have found almost nothing, but I'm inclined to believe that what you're saying is true.
I'm curious as to where you got the $95 price tag figure, did you happen to know someone who bought it in the late 70s? Any help or info would be greatly appreciated, thanks!
WTF???
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:52 pm to SG_Geaux
Posted on 8/25/23 at 7:57 pm to finchmeister08
That's an ad targeting video store owners. Not the public.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 8:00 pm to finchmeister08
My dad paid $85 for a VHS of The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh in 1988.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 9:27 pm to GeauxTigerTM
Well since the thread is somewhat revived.
My dad had a video store back then. $80-100 each. You’d get a few months before they went on sale at Walmart. The first month of rentals paid it off.
With the rise of blockbuster pushing out local video stores, the math started getting hard to justify. He actually signed up with a company that leased the videos to video stores for a monthly or annual fee.
So you could lease 10 copies of a big movie, then send eight copies back after the new release rush, and then pay a certain amount to “buy” the two copies you kept.
My dad had a video store back then. $80-100 each. You’d get a few months before they went on sale at Walmart. The first month of rentals paid it off.
With the rise of blockbuster pushing out local video stores, the math started getting hard to justify. He actually signed up with a company that leased the videos to video stores for a monthly or annual fee.
So you could lease 10 copies of a big movie, then send eight copies back after the new release rush, and then pay a certain amount to “buy” the two copies you kept.
Posted on 8/25/23 at 11:29 pm to ThuperThumpin
quote:Yep... and that's correct, you recorded on the extra long setting, so you could get 3 movies on tape
This is why most families had a cabinet or shelf that looked like this in the 80's,90's
I remember having the tape-to-tape setup, so you could make copies from rentals, too. We used to do all sorts of stuff like that back then.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 12:06 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
yeah i didn’t realize that till I watched that Blockbuster Doc
Posted on 8/26/23 at 2:54 pm to finchmeister08
It wasn't until movies cleared $100M at the box office that they *might* be available at retail for $20-25.
Early on, rental copies were a couple hundred, iirc
Early on, rental copies were a couple hundred, iirc
Posted on 8/26/23 at 3:02 pm to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
Those were the days, I miss the smell of old hole in the wall vhs stores.
Posted on 8/26/23 at 3:47 pm to finchmeister08
Blockbuster wanted a buddy of mine to pay just under $100 in late fees for a movie. He put it in my car and said he asked me to drop it off there one night. I didn't realize he had put it in my car, so it sat on the back floorboard of my car for over a month. They were selling it for less than what was owed, but wouldn't settle for the selling price. I took it to them and my buddy ended up paying them for it. I would have given them the $69 they were selling it for if they had taken it. Wish I could remember, but have no idea what movie it was.
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