Remember the VHS Squeeze and Shake cases?

Posted by kramer1980_adm@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 13 comments

Seems they were always cracked.

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Clear_Tangerine5110@reddit

Of course! Pretty sure we all worked at rental stores, so....

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MCA2142@reddit

My local video store had a curtained off back section for anatomy research.

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My manger had us watch any defect tapes. Most of them were a wide range of porn. Once a week or so my buds and I would stay late and watch the porns. Saw some stuff we wish we didn’t though. Good times, probably over exposed my young brain to some weird stuff.

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Lastpunkofplattsburg@reddit

I did one shop for like 2yrs 99/01. It was the best job I’ve ever had and I’m self employed.

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KBO_Winston@reddit

I preferred the clamshells. My local video place would put the long, thin side they had to cut away from the original packaging out as bookmarks.

I still have dozens. Grabbed a handful as we were packing up the old house.

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therobotscott@reddit

I only ever saw these at Hollywood Video.

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IceSmiley@reddit

It seemed every video store but Blockbuster had those. I have some old wrestling tapes still in them 🤣

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VicYuri@reddit

Was anyone else never able to get the tape out easily it always seemed to get stuck and never want to come out.

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Seven22am@reddit

And mess up the box and the film art, which always annoyed me most (even though I’m not really a visual art guy).

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Clear_Tangerine5110@reddit

When that happens you're supposed the shake the piss out of it.

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VicYuri@reddit

Of course silly me😆

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Geek_King@reddit

I worked at a local video store from 1998 to 2005! We used the hard plastic book type cases that clicked shut. I kind of wish I had one for nostalgia. I loved how super thin light silver/shiny stickers with the video stores name on it was just standard for like every video stores.

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thisismynewnewacct@reddit

Holy shit, I do now. My library used these. They always sucked