Rental shop
A
rental shop is a store where a
consumer can hire reusable products for a certain period of time before returning them.
Typically, a customer must sign up for an account with the shop and give billing information like a
credit card number. If items are returned late, the shop usually charges
late fees, which typically accumulate day by day. Some shops now have policies where instead of late fees, they will treat overdue items as a sale after a certain date, and charge a price equivalent to a standard sale of that object (with appropriate deductions for the rental fee already paid and for its pre-opened condition).
The most common type of rental shop are video rental outlets, offering primarily
movies. Many such rental shops also offer
music or
computer games as well.
Many
motion pictures that do not perform well in
movie theatres depend on the rental market for success, and some movies are released
direct-to-video.
Blockbuster Video is the largest and most popular video rental shop in the
United States.
Movies Unlimited, the first video rental shop in the United States, opened in
1978 in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Other types of rental shops include car and truck rentals, construction and heavy equipment rentals, sporting goods and recreational rentals, and costume rentals.
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Online DVD rental*
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