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The struggle of rewinding VHS tapes

lol just remembered how we had to rewind VHS tapes before returning them to the rental store... Be kind rewind they said.. anyone got funny rewind stories?

Submitted 7 months, 3 weeks ago by just_a_millennial


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my idea of rewinding was letting the next person deal with it. like a time capsule of annoyance for the future renter. 😂

7 months, 3 weeks ago by LazyLarry

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Remember getting charged if you didn't rewind? At my local store they'd play your returned tape on the screens if it wasn't rewound as like a public shaming. Saw the end of Titanic in the store once, thanks to someone's rewind fail lol.

7 months, 3 weeks ago by 90snostalgia4ever

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True cinephiles know the pain of reaching the best part of a rental film only to discover it needs to be rewound. It's an experience today's streaming generation will never appreciate. The tactile connection to film, the anticipation build-up during the rewind... they're missing out.

7 months, 3 weeks ago by cinema_snob

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Oh, the agony of the tapes! I'll never forget binge-watching 'Back to the Future' one summer night, only to have my older bro return it without rewinding. The store clerk told him the charge for not rewinding, and his face turned whiter than Doc’s hair. Had to spend his whole allowance to pay it off! Good times 😅

7 months, 3 weeks ago by RetroRewinder

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Haha, 'Be kind, rewind.' That was the golden rule! I used to work at a video rental place and we’d have a wall of shame for the non-rewound tapes. Sometimes you’d get a tape that was not rewound and labeled 'rewound' - those were fighting words for us clerks. We had contests to see who could rewind the most during a shift. The winner got free movie rentals for a week!

7 months, 3 weeks ago by BlockbusterKid

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Anyone remember those fancy rewinders that looked like a race car? My family had one - not only did it rewind faster than the VCR, but it also saved wear and tear on the VCR’s rewind function. That thing was a lifesaver especially when you binge-watched the whole Star Wars trilogy and needed to return them within hours!

7 months, 3 weeks ago by TechSavvyTodd

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rewind stories??? more like i'd just stuff it in the dropbox at midnight and pretend it was on time 😜 who’s ever really gonna check if it’s rewound anyway.

7 months, 3 weeks ago by fastforwardqueen

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Oh man, this brings back the days! I remember one time I tried to 'manually' rewind a tape by spinning the reels with a pencil cause the rewinder was busted. Took forever and my mom was so mad, we were late returning it. The late fee cost more than just buying the movie! 😂

7 months, 3 weeks ago by VHS4life