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jsakic99 t1_j2b1kar wrote

$99.50 each???

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ghostpepperlover t1_j2b8j1f wrote

That was the common price for all VHS back in the day. It’s what made Blockbuster and other movie rental places so popular.

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XaltotunTheUndead OP t1_j2b1ugs wrote

I know right?! That's like in today dollars, three hundred bucks or more? Crazy.

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jsakic99 t1_j2b249o wrote

Imagine if someone told people back then that porn would essentially be free later in their lifetime.

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ElectricPeterTork t1_j2c2j4v wrote

You damn kids today don't know how good you got it with your Xrodents and Crimsontubes and all that, bringing all sorts of filth flarn filth right into your homes and to your phones for free at any second of the day or night. Back in my day, you had to put on your trenchcoat and your hipwader boots (and only your trenchcoat and hipwaders), trudge out to the porno theatre at a set time, pay a seedy looking guy who looked like he'd sodomize you for a half-eaten sandwich for a ticket to a movie you'd only watch 10 minutes of, tops, find a seat equidistant from the other 4 pervs in there, openn your trenchcoat just enough that your cock & balls were breathing the sweet air of freedom but not far enough to remove plausible deniability should the vice cops raid the place, and rub one out at the same time those other 4 pervs were, all the while hoping you'd time it just right so you'd come while there was a flash of titty or some minge onscreen and not a hairy bobbin' man ass.

AND YOU LIKED IT!

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aknabi t1_j2dyref wrote

Ah the good old days… I only caught the last few years of having to go to porno theaters, but man the rush of watching porno…. Like biking before the days of helmet laws.

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REO_Studwagon t1_j2bx351 wrote

No thanks, I’ll just stick to looking at the scrambled channel hoping to see a boob.

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XaltotunTheUndead OP t1_j2c8md3 wrote

I did that too, you had to be a timing champion, you know what I mean

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Jurippe t1_j2bsev1 wrote

In the 90's, I had an obsession with the Michael Bay film, "Bad Boys," and I was desperate to get a copy on VHS before it was available for home release. I went to Blockbuster asking if I could buy a copy, and they said yes, for 100 bucks.

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OregonG20 t1_j2bkmfy wrote

Right? That is ridiculously expensive now, let alone 50 years ago.

Those poor souls. Working all summer to buy A stroke tape....lol.

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Juan_Carlo t1_j2b7k19 wrote

It seems like some kind of porno scam, but all vhs cost this much in the early 1980s.

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ILikeSoundsAndStuff t1_j2cqqz2 wrote

When VHS tapes emerged, studios treated them in a similar way they did reels with theaters. They sold them at a higher price to video stores, who would rent them to customers to recoup the costs.

In a time when people would go to a theater 3-5 times to see a movie they liked, nobody could see how it made sense to sell a movie directly to a customer who could watch it as many times as they wanted with whoever they wanted. So they made sure the price reflected that.

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king_anon1492 t1_j2cg6qw wrote

Yeah but with your first order, you become a member in INTERNATIONAL HOME VIDEO CLUB

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jayboy716 t1_j2dpxim wrote

This is way they had video rental place like blockbuster

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