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Originally posted by bermuDa
All I remember is back in the day video stores would charge something like 80 bucks if you lost a video cassette... which i thought was fuckin ridiculous!
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the reason was that back in the day, videostores would get videos that were specially made for renting, normally released to videostores weeks or even months before they hit the stores, and the quality of the magnetic tapes themselves were much higher, as they were designed to be played over and over and over, in comparison to consumer tapes which get played a few times over, but not nearly as much.
the reason i know this is because way way back in the day, i rented a copy of ernest goes to jail (or one of those ernest movies, i don't remember which one) from a neighborhood videostore, and returned it the next day into the returns pile, an old grocery basket on the counter. apparently, someone grabbed it (why this movie, i'll never know) and i got charged damn near 75 bucks for it. a shitty situation, but because i was a minor, they couldn't stick me with the charges.
in your case, dvds are much easier to replace and most times they are released to videostores at the same time that consumer copies are sent out. call the store, let them know what the deal is, and speak with a manager, not just some desk clerk monkey. if they're a decent human being, they'll work with you to fix the problem. don't try to cheat or lie your way out, that's just the shitty thing to do.