Re: Revival of Independent Physical Video Rental Shops

Thanks to Paul from Defiant Sloth for bringing two more video rental shops to my attention—I literally just learned about The Video Shop Mpls yesterday. And thanks to Robert Birming for encouraging the JulyReply challenge. — My husband was laid off from his job eight months ago. Money started to get tight. Non-essential items, starting with streaming services, were getting cut from the budget. We don’t watch a lot of TV to begin with, but we enjoy our Friday night ritual of baking a frozen pizza and a watching a movie with the kids. We pick out our shows intentionally and watch a handful at a time. But without streaming services (and without a blu-ray/dvd player) we didn’t have a ton of options. We were lucky: we were gifted a pre-owned blu-ray player around the holidays. We borrowed dvd collections from friends and family. I started attending estate sales, perusing personal collections and picking out old favorites at $1/piece. We were starting completely from scratch, since we…