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Found a 1990s VCR repair shop still open in a strip mall near me

Honestly, I was driving through Mesa and saw this tiny place called 'Video Fix-It' with a neon sign. Walked in and the guy had a whole wall of just VCR heads and belts, plus a stack of about fifty old camcorders waiting for work. He told me he still gets three or four VCRs a week from people with old home tapes. Has anyone else seen a shop like this hanging on, or is this the last one in Arizona?
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grant347
grant3471mo ago
Last one in Arizona" is a stretch lol. There's definitely still one over in Tucson that fixes old Betamax players too.
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the_claire
the_claire15d ago
My brother actually dragged me to that Tucson place last year when his 1980s VCR ate a tape of our family vacation. The guy there fixed it in like 20 minutes and charged us fifteen bucks. I felt so useless standing there with my phone in my hand watching him work on something older than me. Meanwhile I can't even pair my Bluetooth speaker half the time without watching a YouTube tutorial. Maybe I should ask him if he takes on broken humans too. Anyone else feel like your tech skills are just surface level?
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angela_patel75
Wow, grant347, that's wild, but I bet there are more than just two left.
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harperr82
harperr821mo ago
Fixes old Betamax players? Seriously?
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emmamason
emmamason15d ago
Who knew vintage electronics repair was still a thing? Guess my junk drawer full of dead remotes isn't the retirement plan I thought it was.
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