I miss video stores owned by people who just really like movies. I miss stores that feature "staff…read morepicks" that show the personality of the various workers. I miss video stores that tailor their inventory to the customers, rather than simply stocking a certain number of recent releases and not much else. I lived at the Lake for a year, and this video store was a one mile walk from my house. I preferred to walk the mile and see what was new to simply adjusting the online queue. I love that this is a local business, and that it supports and is supported by the community is serves.

I've been going to Video by the Lake since I moved to Lake Monticello over 10 years ago. I traveled…read morearound the united states and lived in Georgia, Oklahoma and Las Vegas, and no where had a Video by the Lake. I was so happy to come back to Virginia just to go and rent some movies again! Thank you guys for always being there. :)

a great local video store one of the last of a dying breed in the era of redboxread more

Tried to go in and buy a headset and instead of finishing helping me. helped the next person that…read morewalked in and sold the ONLY headset to her!

Great selection of videos, great for people in rural areas without good Wi-Fi because you can still…read morerent and buy DVDs. Staff is very polite! I have not tried the tanning salon.

BUYER BEWARE I have been going to this store for years to…read moretry to support local business, but I have had enough. Here are some major complaints I have. 1) The store is run like a pawn shop and not a hobbyist store. From the bikes, to the dirty birdcage. 2) The quality of the products is questionable at best. The items are not stored properly, often in a pile inside or outside of the store. The items themselves are often damaged. I had purchased a preowned switch lite on layaway which was scratched and it took over a month to get a different one. 3) The service is terrible because you will be in an incredibly confined location surrounded by junk and she will spend 30 minutes helping the customer who came in after you before helping you. You will also wait for an incredibly long time (weeks to months) to get anything if you try to order it through this store. 4) The pricing is awful. I had asked for an exchange. The original switch lite for a screen protector and a switch lite without scratches, and instead I received, paying well over an additional $90, a cheap rubber casing I didn't ask for, rubber skin for the switch lite which I didn't ask for, a micro SD card, and the replacement switch. You will pay next to full price for used items. 5) THERE ARE FAKES SOLD HERE. The micro-SD card I mentioned in #5 was not the 256 GB listed, but a fake which was around 10 GB at best. It corrupted my save data and has forced me to abandon long-term saves (playing for months) for Animal Crossing New Horizons and more. When confronted she only gave me $30 (out of the aforementioned $90) and I was forced to purchase a functional micro-SD card elsewhere. BUYER BEWARE.

Very sweet family owned business. I've never visited this Store and not received superior customer…read moreservice. It's a small little Store, jammed packed with treasures. You never know what you may find there.

So I'm newer to the B.A.M chain and here is what I really love:…read more- the expansive clearance section. Book lovers if all genres can find some spectacular deals in there. I stumbled across a book on my TBR for only 3 bucks!!! - seating!!! Yes this store has lots of places to sit and read!!

I was on a hunt to find elementary workbooks for my niece. The store is very clean. Staff were…read morewearing masks. I asked for assistance locating the books I was searching for and was shown two areas. Upon checkout, the cashier invited me to get a membership, explained the benefits and wished me a great day.

This is a nice bookstore. There is a good selection, the atmosphere is calm, and the room is very…read moreclean and organized. True story: One day, it was raining hard--like, Old Testament hard--so I ran inside for shelter. I started eyeing some books and found one that I liked. I went to pay for it and she said, "Middlesex is my favorite book." She also said that I could stay for longer, considering the weather. I had to go, though, since I had a meeting at El Centro (3 out of 5 stars), but I would have stayed longer. Who knows--maybe she and I would have a family, right now, had I stayed. But yeah. Check out this place. Good choices. Good customer service.

This place is heaven. Who needs a personal book consultant? I do! The staff delivered. They have a…read morecultivated selection of books that don't feel random, yet have something for everyone. The books aren't at the cheapest price you can find them at but know there is a huge value in supporting your local book shop and that they hire readers who are passionate about making your experience exceptional.

Great curated selection and the type of small bookseller you need to patron…read more Good on them for finding things you don't always see and having some sense of local flare for the nearby parks and mountains. Their shop is the cozy small stacks on stacks style that works for finding the thing you didn't know you needed, but should buy.

Very cool shop to check out for collectibles, hobbies, and gaming stuff. The gentleman who was…read moreworking the front was knowledgeable and helpful, but gave us plenty of breathing room to just look around at everything. The prices we paid for what we got (pokemon card packs and dice sets) worked out cheaper than if we had to pay for shipping for buying the same things online. Stop by!