Video store late fees

[James Boston]

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Oh, and blockbusters "doing away with late fees" is a scam. If you keep the dvd too long they just charge you an obscene amount to purchase it.

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It's not always an obscure amount. It's what they value the movie at. And, you can take it back and pay a "re-stocking fee." I actaully rented an old movie that they never bothered to purchase on DVD, and kept it too long. They apparently value VHS tapes at $0, because I got a letter saying I had purchased it and owed them nothing. I went ahead and brought it back though. They charged me this re-stocking fee, at which point the converasation went like this:

ME: So I can keep it for nothing or pay you to put it back on the shelf?
THEM: That's right
ME: OK, then I want it back.
THEM: I'm sorry sir but you've already returned it and have to pay the fee.
ME: Do you know how stupid that is?
THEM: It's policy