Trek Video

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Thanks to Patrick Dodds for a great documentary on video stores in Bellingham. Take a look!

Still Playing: Standing Strong in the Digital Age (Full Documentary) This is a documentary about nearly bygone era...but no less beloved.

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Trek Reopens for one final Saturday sale June 14, 2-7 pm.

Last Liquidation Day at Trek Video is Saturday June 14! Last Liquidation Day at Trek Video is Saturday June 14! The final day of Trek Video's Going Out of Business Sale is Saturday, June 14th from 2-7 pm. -$3.99 DVDs -$5.99 Blue Rays -$5.99 per season TV...

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Check out the even lower prices for Saturday, June 7! This is the last day of our going out of business sale. Trek closes its doors forever at 7 pm on Saturday June 7!

Saturday is $2 Day at Trek Video! Saturday is $2 Day at Trek Video! The final day of Trek Video's Going Out of Business Sale is Saturday, June 7th from 2-7 pm. -$2 DVDs -$2 Blue Rays -$2 per season TV series. Sale Ends at 7 pm on...

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Doors Close Forever On Saturday June 7.
Mon- Weds Pricing:
All Dvds: $4.99
All Blue Rays: $6.99
TV Series: $6.99 per season
Another Pricing Reduction Starts Thursday as we count down to our Saturday close out sale.
Hours are 2pm -- 7pm Monday through this Saturday

The Final Week of Trek Video's Going Out of Business Sale! Doors Close Forever On Saturday June 7. Mon- Weds Pricing: All Dvds: $4.99 All Blue Rays: $6.99 TV Series: $6.99 per season Another Pricing Reduction Starts Thursday as we count down to our Saturday...

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Trek Video's Going Out of Business Sale is in its final days! Thousands of titles available! $4.99 - All DVDs $8.99 -- All Blue Rays $9.99 -- All TV Series per season The last day to shop this sale is Saturday June 7. Hours are 2pm -- 7pm Monday through...

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Trek Video Liquidation Sale After thirty years in business, Bellingham's oldest video rental store, Trek Video, is closing its doors forever. Thousands and thousands of dvds and blue ray discs being liquidated. Dvds starting at

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John Servais of Fairhaven.com posted some pics from Trek Video's final day as a rental store. Thanks, John! And thank you to the wonderful Fairhaven Neighbors who assembled a display where customers could share their thoughts on how this funky little video rental store was a part of their lives for the last three decades. It is humbling to read those heartfelt comments and discover that this store transcended its commercial purpose to be a valuable component in building a sense of community for the neighborhood. Thanks to all!

TREK video sale starts May 14 | Blog | Fairhaven.com: Bellingham's Historic Southside Tonight, Sat May 10, TREK Video closed for good. Rob Olason closed his business. After 32 years providing us with videos, the day came when he had to close. The online movie business - Netflix and all the others - is putting video stores out of business. Owner Rob Olason has watched as this day…

Jonathan Sodt, who worked at Trek Video in 2001 stopped by to say hello yesterday and long time customer Kerry Johnson took this shot. Trek is in its final days as a video rental store (Saturday May 10 is the final day). The going out of business inventory sale starts Wednesday May 14, 2pm-7pm.

http://www.bellinghamherald.com/2014/04/29/3613071/fairhavens-trek-video-joins-trend.html?sp=/99/100/&ihp=1

The Bellingham Herald's report...

Fairhaven's Trek Video joins trend of rental stores closing | Whatcom Business | The Bellingham... BELLINGHAM - Rob Olason knew his days of running a neighborhood video rental store were numbered, but he's thankful that his customers supported it as long as they did.

Dear Friends,
I would like to thank all of you for your support of Trek Video over the last three decades, first as the Picture Show Theatre, then Picture Show Video and finally from 1990 to the present, Trek Video.

I especially want to thank those of you who continued to support the store up to the present day. Your devotion to this “archaic” form of movie entertainment has helped keep the store open for many more years than industry analysts projected. However, their predictions accurately identified what would end the life of the neighborhood video store even if they could not zero in on the exact day of that demise.

The video rental store phenomena rose to prominence in the 1980s thanks to the paradigm shift of putting movies onto video tape. By the 1990s Trek Video had three check-out stations in full operation on weekend nights. But when we replaced our computer last year, there was no need to re-establish the network to even our second terminal. By that point, one person could easily handle the level of weekend business. At the height of the video rental industry there were an estimated 44,000 video stores in the United States. In 2013, less than 10,000 remained.

What caused those 34,000 stores to close? The catalyst was a new paradigm shift that required decades to play out and billions of dollars in investment to complete. At the end of the day, customer convenience was the driver creating the video store phenomena. And even more customer convenience was the force leading to the demise of video stores, as the option of online movie access proliferated.

During the thirty plus years the store has experienced several “waves” of up and down business lasting two to three years. Another down turn began in 2008 that has never hit bottom but continues into 2014 unabated. I have waited patiently over these years for the inevitable upswing. I now must admit that it will not occur and my wait has been in vain.

Operating a video store for three decades has been a wonderful mixed bag of high and low points. During this time I’ve had the honor of meeting the most wonderful people on the planet. I’ve enjoyed seeing the delight in a child’s eye when we had that illusive film they had been all over town searching for, and I’ve cringed when I had to bring disappointment with the announcement that this week’s most sought after title was all checked out. I’ve enjoyed swapping stories with you all, watching your children grow up and return with their own children. I’ve been deeply saddened over the years with the loss of many dear elderly customers. In short, this has been an amazing experience and I’m grateful for your part in the adventure. I hope you will remember Trek Video with fondness, and I wish you all the best. –Rob Olason, owner, Trek Video

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Sign of the times...

D.C.'s last video rental store prepares to close As Potomac Video in Chevy Chase prepares to close its doors this spring, D.C. is losing not only the last remaining brick and mortar video store, but also the expertise that distinguishes this neighborhood institution from big box competitors.

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Philomena is one of our customer's most requested films this year. Rent it at Trek Video this Tuesday, April 15.

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