My husband will be managing the MovieCycle store, so I've had an insider's peek at the venture. The store will be opening with a good chunk of stock, but lots of room to expand. It'll be getting regular influx of "new" releases from the owner's rental stores -- about a month after a title's released on DVD, MovieCycle will get it. The store owner's rental shops have sold those newer titles online through Amazon for a long time, and do pretty steady business through those Internet orders; MovieCycle will be listing a lot of inventory through its own Amazon storefront to move stock that way, as well.

There should be some kind of official press release with a lot more information soon; we're hoping to open the store for business by the end of this week, just depends upon how smoothly the rest of set-up goes.

"Do you have that one with that guy who was in that movie that was out last year?"

The one with the fast cars and guns, or the one with the dog? In either case, the answer is pretty much "yes, we do." :)

Come see us. We should be open tomorrow (9/9/09). Mention you read about us on myballard.com and I'll give you 10% off your purchases or an additional 10% for items you want to sell.

Looking forward to seeing you,

Jeremy
Manager, Moviecycle

If you've got a decent selection of classics you've got a customer for life.
I'll be in this weekend to check you out.
Got a DVD collection to re-build. :-)

"Oooh! Navy Seals!"

Yeah... knowing what day it is might help. We're opening Thursday, 9/10/09. :)

Ha! Nice.

Thanks for the details! I need me DVDs. :-)

It would be interesting if they kept a running tally of how many people ask them, "Do you buy books?"

Aha! Now I see where you're coming from. The arguments against DVD can be made against books as well. The library lets you "rent" them, they're available for download on the internet, etc...

Then again, the used book stores have been withering away too, so maybe you are on to something.

This place lasts a few months max. Who buys dvds anymore? Netflix and online video purchase. This place is not gonna last.... Jeez, not to complain too much, but supercuts, pho big bowl, and dvd resale....what a crap string of storefronts. Oh well, i guess I don't have enough money to start a falafel place or a guatemalen chicken rotisserie place yet......

parents of kids who want to watch the same movie over and over and over again will buy cheap dvd's!

The library allows you to check out DVDs for 2 weeks at a time. You can even reserve all of the new releases online. As long as you're willing to wait.

That's just more 'renting.' I'm looking forward to being able to buy cheap used DVDs.

Netflix is just an easy way of renting. Some of us movie buffs still like ownership. I have DVD's in my collection I watch several times a year.

DVDs still have a lot of life in them. Netflix's CEO recently said in an interview that he thinks they will be around for at least another 10-20 years. This coming from the guy who probably has the most to gain by seeing DVDs go away. Streaming and downloading is still an incredibly small slice of the overall market. Not everyone has a 360, PS3 or Wii with which to stream Netflix nor do they know how to hook up a PC to their TV.

What will shut this place down in short order is the very low margins to be had in secondary DVD sales. They're going to need a LOT of volume to keep the doors open and I just don't see that happening. I give them 6 months, tops.

Sadly, I agree with you. Unless they're getting free rent and volunteer labor, there's simply no way to make ends meet with this type of business.

I'm not so sure. DVD sales are down, but not completely out. At the right price people still want to own their movies. Not as many as when DVD was the shiny new thing, but still there's a place for DVDs.

I give this place 6 months. Wasn't there a used CD/DVD place on market a few years ago? It had a pretty terrible selection.

That was in a dingy little corner of a dingy little building. This is a bigger shop and bound to have more selection.

Now this is something I can get excited about. Though I miss Annabelle's terribly, I'm looking forward to DVDs in Ballard.