Our video store is closing. So sad. I guess they couldn’t keep up with the competition from cable, satellite, Netflixs and the Red Box.

I will miss them. They had a great selection and their prices were very reasonable. I went there just about every week to rent videos.

I don’t know if there is any place else in Lowell that rents videos. I know that the local grocery store has a Red Box but it just doesn’t have the selection.

The first video store that I went to was Show Boat video. We rented movies there until I rented one that didn’t play. When I took it back to complain, the woman said that my machine had damaged it and charged me $16. I never went back. They went out of business some time later. No loss there.

Next, we found movies at the local grocery store. But, the store closed. After that, we rented at the local drug store but that too closed.

Then, we rented from a video store in Grand Rapids. They had a good selection but it was a pain to go to Grand Rapids every weekend. So, when the Movie Gallery opened, I was elated.

They almost closed a few years ago but they managed to keep going. I guess this time they couldn’t pull it off.

And to think, just a few weeks ago, they were trying to sell me a membership package that would give me 8 videos a month for a flat monthly fee. I guess it is a good thing that I didn’t sign up.