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Is the Video Shop on Lordship Lane closing for good?


Weegee

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Oh no! I go there to use their computers! I do have a PC at home, but I have Windows XP on it and sometimes I need to use Word. The computers at the library are horrible - or at least they were last time I used them, before I discovered the far better computers at Prime Time. I agree that it's a shame it's closing, but I was just remarking to my husband at the weekend that it seems cheaper to buy DVDs than rent them these days.
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Weegee Wrote:

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> shame on those folk who downloaded (illegally and

> from LoveFilm)


They were friendly, but at the end of the day, shame on Blockbuster, Apollo et al who have been charging ?4 a night rental, with punitive fines if you're late returning your scratched and skipping DVD. They even latched onto the cybercafe idea 10 years too late.


LoveFilm and X-Torrent etc are doing so well because they've seen that the market's changed completely.

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One thing I did like about that shop was they had comparatively huge selection of foreign films, with many a gem in there. But it seems obvious after multiple rebrands/owners in recent years that the oepration was being run down


The Alien/Predator thing was one of my first thoughts as well GG

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I stopped renting movies form shops years ago. From Lovefilm you have a massive collection to choose from, it's cheap and no late fees...all delivered to your door. How can any store compete with that?...well they can't.


Would like to see a 'Poundland' in it's place ;-)

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genwilliams Wrote:

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> Would like to see a 'Poundland' in it's place

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> Waitrose, surely!



Waitrose would be nice.


Or we get a new 'Super-Pub' with the loudness and late licence of Adventure Bar...striking fear of god

into people.

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Fliss Wrote:

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> Oh no! I go there to use their computers! I do

> have a PC at home, but I have Windows XP on it and

> sometimes I need to use Word. The computers at

> the library are horrible - or at least they were

> last time I used them, before I discovered the far

> better computers at Prime Time. I agree that it's

> a shame it's closing, but I was just remarking to

> my husband at the weekend that it seems cheaper to

> buy DVDs than rent them these days.



Hi Fliss


If you need a MS word...then drop me a PM ;-)

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