First WoolWorths then Zavvi and now Blockbuster fighting a constant battle to keep its stores open there are increasingly less and less shops out there to browse for DVD's.Although I managed to work on my Ron Howard collection by seeking out Cocoon for 80p at Woolies and Backdraft for £2.40 at Zavvi this doesn't really compensate for the lack of choice now out there with the collapse of prominent distributor Entertainment UK.
It's all well and good having a DVD in mind when you order it from the cheaply priced bottomless pit that is Amazon, but with the art of browsing comes the discovery of cheap DVD offers and films you had forgotten existed or films you have not heard of before which improves your knowledge. This is all something that is lost online.
For me when I am dragged to the shops or need to pop out for a few things it also provides some light relief in the form of shopping I actually enjoy.
I just hope our future doesn't turn into this seething dystopia where by all the jobs available are in website warehouses and everyone has to do their shopping online, thus never leaving the house and living putrid meaningless existences stewing in their own juices. Not a happy thought, but a possible one!
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