Comments on: Hollywood Video Gone Bust

By: Sharon Jackson

Sharon Jackson — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:12:15 +0000

I live in Petaluma CA , and our Hollywood Video went out of business. I liked it way better than Blockbuster(which is still kickin’). What a shame, but I suppose it’s hard to keep up with on demand, and netflix.

By: Blah

Blah — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:48:47 +0000

ok i read all the other posts and heres the deal. gift cards work at all the stores even all game crazys. if you have powerplay its just going to expire. if theres another store near you, you can go there get a free month of powerplay and they will bring over any remaining credits you previously had (may take a couple of days for them to get the list though to see how many credits you had) if you had any rentals just keep them they wont charge you. (store’s accounts are not universal so you have to make a new one at each store unless they can transfer it over but it only transfers the primary on the account and their info NOT including credit card on file and no IT DOES NOT transfer over late fees or any movies you had out. K i think that’s it. (and if you see and employee please dont give them a hard time its really not their fault and they lost a job which is probably worse than your rental inconvenience and they dont know about the stores closure and sooner than you do they keep them in the dark till the last second probably due to theft reasons. I didnt know till i came in to work and they told me we had to be out in 2 days….and now i was served an eviction notice saying we need to be out by the 23rd at a different store and the higher ups say we might stay open so business as usual its the 20th they still havent told us…but if you have any complaints or anything maybe a refund of some sort call 18speaktous and they should be able to help you…feel free to yell at them

By: Blah

Blah — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 02:24:32 +0000

Hey I am an a employee for hollywood video at least for now… i have been through two store evictions as far as i know… pretty much positive.. that you can just keep any rentals you have out each store has its own inventory so when you bring it in to another store they cant check it in…there’s no way to hold it to you..how do they know you didnt bring it back to another store and an employee didnt just take it so yea just keep it

By: Wallyhood

Wallyhood — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 22:58:05 +0000

@Will: Netflix + Internet

By: Will

Will — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:29:43 +0000

All this about gyms and liquor stores but what about the reason the Hollywood stores have all now closed.

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:29:18 +0000

Hi! I just called the Magnolia store (206.285.2611) and the customer service specialist said we could just keep the video and we wouldn’t be charged for it. He said if we were participating in ‘power play’, it would have cancelled on Tuesday when the store closed. He said if we brought the video back to his store, we would get a month free of ‘power play’ to help make up for the inconvenience.

I would call the store if you want to make sure. The address is:

2236 32nd Avenue West

Hope this helps!

By: Kris

Kris — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:20:17 +0000

Hello,

I still have a video (Monk) checked out. I used the ‘store locator’ on the Hollywood Video website and it didn’t show a store in Magnolia. I’ll google it.

I wish they gave us some advance notice. A courtesy postcard would have been nice. I really hope our credit cards don’t get charged.

I’m with you Pete, I’d love a indoor play center for kids as long as it is clean…I’d love a swimming pool, but that’s pretty unrealistic.

I wonder what is going to happen to the TUBS building on 50th. It’s been vacant forever…

By: jacqui

jacqui — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:43:54 +0000

Just went by there, and there’s an eviction notice on the door stating the sheriff’s office will take anything/everything on the premise Dec. 1. They must have known early – we live a block away, and this is the first time we’ve seen the actual eviction notice.

This matches a recent news story that HVs are defaulting on leases all over the country. Amazingly, the store hasn’t been covered in graffiti yet. The glass store walls get hit regularly.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:28:30 +0000

a community center

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:47:46 +0000

Count me in for a gym — or, an indoor play center for kids that’s combined with coffee and sammiches for us parental types. Think of those rainy days, letting your kids run amok right in your line of site while you knock back a pastrami on rye. Heck of a thing!

By: gp

gp — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:24:42 +0000

I love the lunchbox laboratory… but what’s wrong with Dick’s? Sometimes you want chateau whatever-the-hell and sometimes you want a PBR.

By: Sharon

Sharon — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:46:59 +0000

i wonder what happens to the late fees…

By: N2

N2 — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:51:32 +0000

Bowling alley or roller rink would be awesome. Seems awfully big for a liquor store.

On a related note, will the taco truck move into the Winchells building and be a taqueria? I hate to sound prissy, but eating inside would be more pleasant than sitting outside with the garbage cans.

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:13:33 +0000

Wow, they also shut down one of the Capitol Hill stores (CHS link).

By: Wallyhood

Wallyhood — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:59:26 +0000

Just contacted Ann Radford, media contact at the Wash State Liquor Board and asked her about replacing the Wallingford store (for the umpteenth time). Her reply I quote here in its entirety:

“We’re still working on it”".