this is a solid neighborhood video store. that means meat and potatoes selection with good foreign, classics, and other special sections. and a laid back atmosphere, a chat at the desk for regulars.... More

this is a solid neighborhood video store. that means meat and potatoes selection with good foreign, classics, and other special sections. and a laid back atmosphere, a chat at the desk for regulars. they have always been nice to me, especially a college age kid and an older slavic woman with glasses. what's the deal with these other posters? boo hoo there's no drop box, and boo hoo YOU forgot where you returned your video?? sorry pal. this place is fine, nothing fantastic, but serves my needs and in a heartbeat is the right place to go instead of a chain. reel life south is a few blocks further for me so i use it for more esoteric selections but otherwise this place does fine.
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This is the only video store on earth with no drop off slot, so if you want to drop off in the morning and are going away for the weekend, you're out of luck. No one tells you when you rent that... More

This is the only video store on earth with no drop off slot, so if you want to drop off in the morning and are going away for the weekend, you're out of luck. No one tells you when you rent that there's no drop box. When I called to complain, the owner screamed at me, said she was closing my account, and hung up on me. Good riddance. Only a matter of time before she's out of business.
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Horrible experience. Shortly after moving into the neighborhood and having several fine rentals from them, my girlfriend had an awful experience that got us both banned from the store (so they said... More

Horrible experience. Shortly after moving into the neighborhood and having several fine rentals from them, my girlfriend had an awful experience that got us both banned from the store (so they said - I'm guessing I could go back...) I forget what the title was, but my girlfriend rented it and returned it (she thought) without issue. About a week or so later she received a phone call reminding her to return it. She said she had. They said she hadn't. The ONLY other possibility was that she'd returned it to Reel Life South (another local store - see review) by accident. However, after walking up the block and talking to them she was assured they hadn't accidentally gotten it. So, she must have returned it to the right place. She called back Video Gallery, argued with them briefly, and the matter was left quasi-resolved (she said she had returned it, they said she hadn't, but nothing else was mentioned). Several weeks later a bill appeared on her credit card for an exhorbitant amount (replacing video store rentals is much more expensive than buying one ourselves, due to liscencing matters, etc). They just went ahead and billed her for it!! Way to resolve a problem! Well done - good customer service. Now, I'd been in the before and seen that things were a bit pell-mell, so I do believe it's possible that she placed it at the return counter, walked out, and before they checked it in someone could have stolen it. But is that HER fault, or their's for mismanagement? Anyway, she went into the store, had a long arguement where they accused her of being a liar and ultimately said, "Fine - we'll take off the charge. But you're not welcome here anymore." To which she replied, "Do you really I think I'd come back anyway, after this?" And that, as they say, is that.
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