Pro tip: store your VHS tapes vertically not stacked flat

Found out from a thrift store owner that stacking tapes flat for months can warp the reels, and now I check every tape I grab at Goodwill for that telltale wavy wobble before buying.

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miller.jason2mo ago

Yeah, that wavy wobble is a dead giveaway the tape's been squished...

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vals382mo ago

72% of the time that wobble means the reel got dropped on concrete.

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