Posted by ric on 09/02/05 17:50

Allan wrote:

>>>As I say.. the "Average Joe" never paid $100 for a VHS copy of a
>>>movie.
>>
>> Wrong. I know a guy (who lives in a trailer-park) who was so into
>>movies and having studio art-work boxs that he was buying VHS tapes at
>>+$90 a pop from the get-go.
>
> Well that's one person. Guess that proves it.

When movies were released on tape, they were either "priced for
rental" (typically around $99) or priced for sale (usually around
$39.) Nothing prevented the "Average Joe" from buying tapes priced
for rental, or renting tapes priced for sale. These were just prices
assigned to new releases depending on what the releasing studio
thought was best for that release.

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