On 15th Video

I have to say these guys seem way nicer lately. Gotta given em credit!

Great staff, great selection. Close to everything.

Wow, do they give lessons on how to give terrible customer service??? I love their selection, but I had a frustrating experience in which I rented a movie from them, only to find mid-​way through that it was defective and kept skipping and stopping, so that I couldn’t keep watching it (I tried cleaning it a few times without success). Needless to say, this was a bit of an inconvenience. I brought it back and asked if they could clean it, and they looked at me as if I was being a terrible bother, and said «we don’t do that», nor did they offer me a replacement copy. When I said I really wanted to finish watching the movie and asked again if they could clean it, they looked at me as if was really being a pain in the butt, but finally agreed to do it, and said it would take all of 10 minutes in their cleaning machine. I was more than happy to wait and am not sure why they didn’t offer that in the beginning. When I gently pointed out that I would have appreciated a bit more customer service, they again said angrily «Well, we just don’t have time to do that for everyone». Jeesh, as if I had ASKED them to give me an unusable DVD and then was being ungrateful for them for interrupting my plans to watch a movie last night. Guess I may not have time to go back to them!

I love Videos on 15^th. I actually like going in and chatting with the staff about there favorite movies and the way everything is categorized helps you find old goodies and interesting indy/​off beat films along w/​classics and different directors. Videos on 15^th Rocks!

I love this place… as much of a part of life on 15^th ave as any other Seattle institution. I love that for every new release you rent, you get to rent an older non new release for free. Plus you get to keep your rentals for a week!
Just go.

I haven’t been here in a million years.
But it’s one of the best video stores in town. Sadly, these days, one of the only, but still one of the best.
The best thing? They carry lots of local movies/​recorded performances and most are free– or they were.
Anyway, I love it here. You can be the snobbiest of movie snobs and find something to impress the clerks or you can lean on their vast knowledge and get something you’d never dream of loving, but you will!

What an awesome place to rent movies! These guys really love the medium of film and it shows through the incredibly diverse and unique selection. They have done a great job organizing their films; my favorite area to browse through is the «So bad, it’s…good?» section.
Drop in here if you are interested in expanding your horizons; the staff is very knowledgeable and they even have a PC set up for your convenience. Whether you’ve got a need for some classic kung fu cinema or a deep psychological indie film, you’ll find it here. They even have a few VHS scattered around; this is my kind of place!

Love their deals. They always have oddball movies to entertain my brainmeats after a trying and tiring day of mundane manual labors…

I love this place! Those random obscure videos that they never have on netflix and your friend keeps pestering you about watching they have. They’ve always got some freakish movie playing on the overhead, I watched easily 10 or 15 minutes of a movie the last time I was there before I ever got started perusing the shelves.
The guys there know pretty much every movie in existance… its a little sureal. They are super human! Anyways, I love this place… I don’t go often but I like being able to find my crazy british sitcoms there.

Why 15^th? Why? why? why?
I love you guys but I would say 1 out of every 4 discs I get, well they look like they were played using sharks teeth and gum.
I think one of your customers seriously has a bag of broken glass and razors for a DVD player.
Breaking Bad freezes and skips.
Office many many discs freezes and skips.
Big love,
Kung fu (which I just turned in late) on and on and on. I love your building grasshopper, your staff everything but seriously there is someone renting from you with a defunct DVD player.
I went in one time and said «umm yeah this is skipping and freezing» the response was
«Yeah well that is like the 2^nd season so its old»
I will give you, the reader, a second to ponder this, as I did in the video store, in front of him, after his comment.
«ummm so would Gone with the wind or African Queen just blow up in my DVD player because well those are old too?»
I didn’t ask that I was nice, I did suggest he look at the back of the disc, it looked like a demon razor blade slug mated with it. OH and that defiled pattern exists on a lot of their discs.
His response
«Well I could clean it but that would take like 5 minutes a disc»
I picture the person who says «oh well forget that I am going to take it home and stare at a frozen picture of Dwight all night» much better then waiting 5 minutes.
OK 15^th I love you but either pull some detective work and hunt down this person with the offending DVD player that is whacking all your discs or clean all those babies. Its probably as frustrating as me turning in discs 8 years late.
Other then that I love this place. They have titles like the secret sex life of Sasquatch and Faster Pussy cat kill kill, slacker and the way everything is categorized is great. OH and local film makers they have a fantastic Seattle specific films. Very Cool!
I really do want to give you guys 4 or 5 but honestly, honestly most the time I go home with one of the prizes from your store and curse the new venture brother villain, Scratcher, equipped with his bag of glass and snot ready to destroy DVD’s of his arch rivals.
Way to go on the great location, cool staff and good selections. Just hunt down the bastard ruining all your discs. Or clean them please.

There seems to be several schools of thought on how to organize a video rental store, and I’ve survived several versions, by way of proximity only. In Bellingham I lived above Film is Truth, which adhered to the philosophy that categorization is impossible, so everything is alphabetical. This made it impossible to discover new movies; you had to know what you wanted walking in. The opposite extreme was Broadway Video, which categorizes movies by every taxonomy possible. Do you want to rent Taxi Driver? Well, it could be filed under Martin Scorcese in the directors section, or in the actors section it could be under Robert DeNiro or Jodie Foster. Or maybe it’s in the Drama section. Who knows. You need a personal tour guide to sort this all out.
Then I moved to the other end of Capitol Hill and found a movie rental store with an organizational system that doesn’t require an extensive mental history of directors, actors or a personal mission for a particular movie. Their system makes sense. And although the employees may be more than a little curt when you ask whether or not the 70’s Battlestar Galactica is better than the re-​imagining, they still share their wisdom somewhat ironically and overstock both versions. Thank you, On 15^th, for intuitively organizing your movies and for having a parking lot that cuts off into a cliff for old people to drive over and break your handrail.

This place is great. I think of it as ‘the Scarecrow of Capitol Hill’. Sure, it doesn’t have near as big as a selection (but then again, who does?), but it does have a lot of films you can’t find anywhere else, and an extremely friendly and knowledgeable staff.
The only reason Video on 15^th doesn’t get five stars from me is actually because I’m so spoiled from Scarecrow (which is the exact kind of place that the five-​star rating exists for!)

Great neighborhood video store. Not worth driving to in the same way that Scarecrow can be. They have excellent rental specials on Tues and Thurs, and their rentals are for 7 days, so it’s almost impossible to be late. They are a little on the pricey side, but it is a good Netflix back-​up if you don’t want to wait three days for a movie. This place is all gravy in my book.
A plus: the building is awesome!

This video store has a great collection of films, with interesting choices and a very knowledgeable staff. The store is super small, and can feel creepy the 1^st time you go in, but you’ll get used to it.
My only complaint is the rental prices, but with their new 3 for the price of 1 Thursday deal, I can’t even complain about that!

Friendly folks who were not at all perturbed by a couple of drunk broads asking for a copy of John Waters’ «Pink Flamingos».
A-​OK

What happened to that sassy girl that worked here?
Not only did she have great suggestions, but I loved hearing her make fun of other customers after they left.

Bummer! Somehow I knew that Adam C. would beat me to this one. He’s my house mate, so we are usually renting movies together.
If you are looking for Capitol Hill’s answer to the UD’s Scarecrow Video or T-Town’s Stadium Video, this is the place.
IMDB Access-​Awesome
Selection-​Foreign, Independent, Children’s, Classics, you name it!
Staff-​Very friendly and helpful. When I’m trying to decide between movies, they never steer me wrong with their feedback.
Support independent video stores!

This place is pretty cool. They have a wide variety of genres to choose from, and lots of foreign films.
The staff is really helpful; if they can’t satisfy your needs, you can also check out online review sites using the handy computer provided.
Buying in blocks will save you some money overall, as does the 2-​for-​1 Tues, Weds and Thurs

The people who work here know their films, and they always have a good suggestion if you’re looking to expand your knowledge in a particular genre. The shelves are stocked with new features, horror, comedy, television series, independents, cult classics, documentaries, and more! Unlike Blockbuster et al with their straight-​to-​DVD rentals and soft-​core pr0n.
My dog simply knows this place as where to get his cookie on.

I am so lucky to live within 5 minutes of On 15^th. the selection is wide, with tons of rare and weird cult flicks. They’ve always got a great selection of funky new films I’ve never heard of, and they probably have most of the blockbusters but I don’t watch those.
I won’t do netflix because I don’t watch that many movies, but I am still an internet geek (so are you) and I love that they have a PC right there in the store so I can access my IMDB list (
) or any other bit of research I want. Plus, they offer 2-​for-​1 most of the week, plus there is parking, plus they always have something quirky playing in the store. There’s nothing not to love about this place.