Posted by Allan on 09/02/05 12:37

As I say.. the "Average Joe" never paid $100 for a VHS copy of a
movie.

On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 01:40:57 -0400, Marci <marci4120@yahoo.com> wrote:

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>> $99 VHS were never ever meant for the "Average Joe" to own. That was
>> the Price for Video Stores that that would Rent them out for a
>> profit..
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>
>That's not exactly so. The first day Schindler's List came out I wanted
>it so bad I was willing to pay anything. I went to about 3 retail
>stores to compare prices and all of them were $98.99. And yes, I did
>end up buying it for that price.







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