Wahesh
The Forefather of The Kennel
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There was also a Video Ezy in the same area of shops, however that didn't last very long as Civic was much bigger. To give you an idea of how small (narrow) it was,, when the Video Ezy closed down, a Newsagency opened up in its place.
After this browse I would be prepared to head to the video store on Friday nights or Saturday mornings and know exactly what to hire. I remember when the new releases were $6 overnight. I even remember the $10 late return fee (and let's consider that this is equal to Netflix monthly fee). Sometimes I would head there with my friend and he would want to hire a PlayStation overnight game and we would only manage to get through a few stages - then return the game the following day.
Then as the years went on VHSs were sold for something like $2 each and the shops stock started filling up with DVDs instead. It was much the same as before, however they had this machine in the store that would clean/clear the surface of the disc, then sell the older ones for something like $5 each.
A few more years later in 2008 I walked past the same store (shown above) and it was actually halved in size. I mean Civic Video was known to be a huge store and then to suddenly be halved... it didn't feel the same. It was like about the same size as the narrow aforementioned Video Ezy. My friend said that they were losing money as the rent was too high and people were downloading movies. A few more years later it was gone.
Video rental stores now are nothing but a distant memory and sadly, our children and the current generation will not be able to experience what it was like.
