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Ten years ago, there was no such thing as a video cassette recorder. Today, 15 percent of all the homes in America have one of the machines that bring the magic of Hollywood’s giant screen into the living room.
Some of those homes are in Rappahannock County. “We had a VCR (video cassette recorder) and every time we wanted a movie we had to drive to Culpeper, Warrenton or Front Royal to rent one. And then we’d have to make another trip to return the darn things. It can be a long drive and an inconvenient one. And when a movie’s not returned on time, the late charges add up. We paid a lot of late charges—a fortune in late charges!” recalled Susan Kauffman, co-partner with Rae Haase in Washington Video Rentals.
Maybe it isn’t altogether accurate to say that those late charges were the deciding factor in the decision by the two women to open their own video business in the county. But late fees certainly figured in.
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