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Originally posted by SFF
The dude had a special he would run every weekend where you could rent the VCR and 4 movies on Friday night and keep them till 5pm on Monday for $19.99.
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I don't remember the place I used to go to rent my horror movies before Blockbuster, but there was a deal sort of like that. 4-5-6. 4 movies, for 5 nights, for 6 dollars. And their new releases didn't stay too new for long. In fact, that's exactly HOW I got to see all the Friday the 13ths, Halloweens, Nightmare on Elm Streets, Children of the Corns, and all those series before I started buying VHS.
For me, working in a video store almost all my life was a dream come true. My boss was a friend of my parents, and I was an only child. At first, yeah we rented out a lot of cult and older horror titles. Now, we don't even have the classic Universal monster movies anymore. My boss sold them all. The only reason I rent from Blockbuster is because they keep mailing me TONS of free rental coupons. In fact, everytime I use 1- I get like 2.5 in return, statistically about that much.