A Veteran Says Good-Bye
I lived in USA in the 1980s for a while and being a female fighting fan with shallow pockets I logically became a subscriber of FFVRC - the Fighting Females Video Rental Club from New York (or New Jersey?). They had a large collection of VHS tapes for rent by mail and using their services I could enjoy hours of Bellstone, Women Warriors and Video Sports paying an affordable price. Things always worked smoothly - catalog (the Internet was not even a dream), deliver, return, charges.
They stayed alive for a surprisingly long time, considering the huge changes in the media business. As far as I know, they started in 1984, what gives them a lifespan of 21 years! Last catalog still has almost 7,000 titles (they now offer "modern" media as DVDs). Unfortunately, some days ago I noticed the warning below in FFVRC site about its shut down (Are they going to provide another type of service?).
I know they faced legal suits from producers but someway they could prove they were legitimate and managed to follow on. But the new channels for media distribution have been too powerful and they had no choice but retire. On behalf of many happy users, thank you very much for the entertainment hours provided...
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