Despite the dwindling popularity of physical media, an online entrepreneur is finding success selling DVDs to a nostalgic audience.
After 15 years, Leo Bartels, the owner of Leo's Videos, has finally decided to put his store up for sale. Leo's is the last remaining DVD rental store in Kelowna. Jean-François Hall says he has sold more than 50-thousand DVDs on eBay and Facebook Marketplace in the last three years. He prefers to own his own films and is catering to an online community of movie-lovers who feel the same way.
Hall buys DVDs in bulk from pawn shops and thrift stores and sells them to customers across the country, some of whom are collectors and others who are just looking for movies they can’t find online. He advertises his online business using distinctive handwritten signs that he attaches to street lights and signposts around Montreal, telling people to visit his eBay site. DVD sales have plummeted in recent years, but Hall says his business is lucrative, and he predicts nostalgia will keep customers coming back for years to come
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