Working the CD counter at a Vibes music store in 1996

[@gmrfreak8435]

Aaahhhh, just the sounds of this video are fantastic! The receipt printing, taking the card imprint, the buttons of the register. A much simpler time that I miss so much.

[@somes3cretcat]

What’s the card imprint?

[@Peppers19781978]

@@somes3cretcat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_card_imprinter

[@767kevin]

@@somes3cretcatif you didnt have live card authorization & settlement services via either 1. dedicated store dish-to-Satellite connection or 2. dialup using some other analog system (not internet dialup) then you would put the card on a tray, take a imprint (essentially cheap xerox copy). You know how credit cards used to always have raised letters and numbers? running the imprint board over the copy would ‘hit’ each letter and thus ‘imprint’. All the pieces of paper would be collected at end of day or every 3 days and snail-mailed to the credit card processor who would THEN manually input the sale. So yeah, major hassle, major transaction fees, and major opportunity for cards bouncing. internet wasn’t as widely available & even where it was, card processors did not have internet gateways created to securely handle card payments over TCP/IP. live internet backboned payment gateways just didn’t exist yet… if you went to a major retailer like JCPenny or Sears they would either imprint or dialup to authorize the charge live, which would take about 1-2 minutes after swiping the card on the computer. More info then u probably ever wanted to know but there u have it :) in an era where everything happens over the internet looking back when every store had their own dedicated satellite system or systems it felt a lot more secure…….

[@ville666sora]

Same, although I am glad we don't have to sign receipts anymore.

[@EJP]

I’m in Sydney Aus. We had this shit still in ‘99 😮😊

[@maxwillson]

The old cash registers are so satisfying to hear LOL

[@ZefTillDeath8878]

I find them loud and obnoxious

[@thecandyman9308]

THey sucked.

[@Jba8179]

@@ZefTillDeath8878 They had character

[@Gem_Am_I]

The camera zooming in on the cards really hard 😂😂😂😂😂

[@gildersleevefan67]

Man! I miss buying music at this type of store. Shopping at record stores in the 70s, 80s, 90s, with music blaring, all the posters, LP's and so on, it was a multi-sensory sensation!

[@DorianPaige00]

It still exists today with more independent stores.

[@agomodern]

@@DorianPaige00 With more limited editions, more colored vinyl and higher prices. I much prefer the old days.

[@lowjamz828]

Me too. Although I didn’t have a Vibes in my area. I did shop at National Record Mart and Waves Music. Miss the Stores. Now all we got is online Shopping.

[@valentinius62]

Yes. It was actually...fun! Quite a concept.

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

The dudes who worked at music stores always looked like the dude in the video

[@Donscottmusic]

3:07 Nirvana's 1996 Live Compilation, "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah" CD. My late mother bought that CD for me for Christmas 1996, when I was 12 years old. I just turned 40 back in Feb. R.I.P. Mom, I miss you 😪

[@btbam666]

wow actually matching the customers signature with the signed signature on the card... Have not seen that in easily 20 years plus! Cool to see people actually took their jobs seriously and did them 100% properly at one point in time.

[@akapple3538]

In the olden days the credit card companies regularly sent out printed lists of invalid card numbers. You were expected to check the customer’s card against the black list. I never saw anybody actually doing that!

[@adamgallagher20]

@@akapple3538 they had a point of sale terminal that communicated and confirmed the card's validity and if there was money. The imprint was to show the card was present

[@taramichelemanning8210]

The good ol' days when individual transactions took 35 minutes...😹🤗 But seriously...love the old register sounds and this nostalgia. ✨️🙏 Thank you...

[@camharrison400]

People look calm and happy to purchase a CD. The good old days, I worked at Sam Goody in 1997 as my high school job, this is how it was.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

Back in the 90s it was the place to hear new music other than the radio!

[@rohan_3128]

Nowadays music is so vastly available that people don't even value it!

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

@@rohan_3128 oh yes, if you paid your hard earned money for it you PAID attention big time!

[@NYRavage]

This is exactly what I wanted the video to be when I clicked on it! Just quietly recording what was happening at the counter. Capturing all the sounds of the time. Haven’t seen one of those credit card imprint machines in so many years….

[@pacadet]

6:15 that lady is absolutely destroying all of her credit cards putting her wallet on that thing lol. I remember back in the 90s my dad wiping out all of his cards putting his wallet on one of those security demagnetizers.

[@carolinaperez9809]

I miss going into this stores listening to music samples

[@mstrikesback168]

Barnes and Nobles music section was one of the last places to let you scan and sample CDs. Some might still exists.

[@Donscottmusic]

Harmony House was my go-to store for CD's back in the day. They were a bit expensive, but you could find CD's there, that you couldn't find at Kmart.

[@bryanhebert6548]

I was 15 in 96. I would watch MTV and see what was playing then go out to our music land that became Sam goody around this time and I loved buying the cassette singles lol. I had hundreds. Good times.

[@BroGodZillaa]

Customer: "So what's all this for?" Cashier: *Giggles* Customer: 😳 Cashier: *Teleports to 2023*

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

?

[@alexander2685]

Teleports a year ahead to 2024.

[@HorribleHomeVideo]

@@DonnellOkafor-r2d its a joke, the joke is the guy filming it came back to our time to upload it to youtube. its ok to think and get jokes

[@matureyoungman]

not much has changed but a lot has changed

[@GoodGuyJason25]

Good ol days! 💯💯🤟 Take me back asap😢😢😢

[@GTV-Japan]

Open till midnight. ….Midnight!!

[@vampirerobot]

🤣🤣🤣

[@LarryMurphy-qm4uf]

This is the happiest cashier I’ve seen all my life. Most cashiers are rude especially Walmart employees 😆😆😆😆😆😆😁

[@Optim40]

I don't like excitement either though. I don't want to have to validate that. I like neutral and normal...loll

[@PeteZa92]

@@Optim40 Excitement is fine. I prefer it as long as they don't expect me to match their energy. I like seeing employees enjoy their job even if I have a regular response to them lol

[@Optim40]

@@PeteZa92 Nah...Im good. Just do your job and leave me alone. If I need something I'll ask you.

[@banksterkid5930]

In 90s she could afford rent grocery and vehicle in that salary... not having the frustration like today

[@elacomedido]

​@@Optim40antisocial.

[@miata350]

Zooming in on credit card number. Dude!

[@Thesweaterfactory]

Nobody was gonna see it in high volume, there was no internet then and now it is long past doesn’t matter, lol.

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

​@@ThesweaterfactoryI had Windows 95 and AOL!

[@Brancovtn65]

Imagine if VR and AI gets to a point of being so good, that you can find old footage like this, download it, and then walk around as if you're actually browsing the store in real time. Then AI will unblur the background contents and you could actually walk by and look at those items with accuracy.

[@leannahvasquez5196]

Almost like time travel 👀

[@nathanbush6781]

I ADORE that cash register! I wish it were still be able to be used today! I love modern tech, but there’s something about 90s cash registers that I love. The printer noise, the constant striking of keys, the cocking of the credit card swiper! The only thing that I would hate back then is the constant need for a paper trail. I love how everything is stored digitally, and a lot less paper is used!

[@Charlesbjtown]

Guy was very worried he was over his limit @ 2:10 😂.

[@SevenSummersAgo]

Yup! Wasn’t like it is today where you could check your balance on an app from your smartphone. I think most credit card companies back then had phone numbers you could call to check your balance. He got his CD😂

[@Skkra]

A Soul Coughing album is playing in the background through the majority of the video. Amazing. One of my favorite bands of all time to this day... one of the most original-sounding bands of the era that never got the credit they deserved.

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

Soul coughing? Never heard of them

[@Skkra]

@@DonnellOkafor-r2d Godlike 4-piece that was active from 1992-2000. Released 3 absolutely amazing albums... no one else sounds like them. Very worth checking out.

[@user-ev7vh2is6b]

his voice always reminded me of stereo mc's voice

[@candy2325]

Wow the process of using a credit card in those days took ages lol 😅 I’m 34 now i was only 7 years old in 1996, so I had no idea about using credit cards till I was in my 20’s.

[@moccalou]

Haha, right? I'm 36 and I knew credit cards were a thing, and I also remember that slidy thing they did with the paper on top of it. But yeah, I certainly wasn't paying for things at 9 years old. I know my parents had them in 1996 but didn't use them nearly as often. I remember my mom was still writing checks at the grocery store. Imagine trying to do that now. 😂

[@Inkironnrum]

When is the last time you ever experienced a cashier this bubbly? 😂

[@KingFahtah]

The 1990s

[@Ava_Mackenzie]

Porn

[@t.8936]

It's not a Gen z trait I can tell you that much for sure. Their pop culture doesn't allow it. It's all mumble rap and depression. We had Emo but it was a specific cult.

[@HelloooThere]

1967 HIPPY ON LSD LOCAL SHOESTORE

[@Sara-jc6oo]

I'm a cashier and I'm usually that happy

[@GTSJoeG]

As an old computer programmer who was young during the '90s, I say forget the nostalgia about the old technology in this video! The cashier's MANNERS and COURTESY are what really blew me away. "Thank you very much," "enjoy it," "take care." Nowadays, you won't even get a "thank you" from a cashier. Pretty much most of them look unfriendly, stressed out and won't say anything after the transaction is complete. People were truly nicer and happier when I was young.

[@elacomedido]

Absolutely.

[@DorianPaige00]

That was the year I started my cd collection.

[@michaeladams5636]

Same with me.

[@mayjay26.xo_6]

I was 4 years old !!! I can remember going to the store at dt and hearing the sound ! Nostalgic. 😌

[@matthewchance8835]

So Satisfying!! I used to work @ The Wherehouse record store back in 1997 and we had the same kind of registers, miss those days

[@mitchell.9632]

The good thing about CD's is they are DRM free meaning you can back them up (preferably offsite would be the smart move) change the format (i.e. put them on your phone, also put on an underwater audio-player to listen to while swimming or something else), they work offline (yes there are plenty of areas even in the U.S.A. that do not have reliable internet in 2024 - can go out for hours or days) and you own it and can sell it in that format due to the first sale doctrine and because *CD are not* in an DRM restricted app that doesn't allow reselling or even ownership for that matter (most terms of service have you leasing them but in other more or less ambiguous legal wording).

[@CatholicTraditional]

Any device off the internet is safe. The music can be pulled from the streaming services at anytime.

[@bf0189]

The cashier seems really nice I hope she is doing okay!

[@Anarchist86ed]

She's probably close to being a grandma now.

[@Davey7358]

Statistics show that with all the mass shootings in the US, most likely she's a victim.

[@tomwalkingstick5395]

​@@Anarchist86ed no stop 😂

[@Ava_Mackenzie]

Cancer took her 😢

[@bumbumtras85]

​@@Ava_Mackenzie omg, how do you know?

[@Jennifer-h1s]

Why did it seem like it took longer to check out back then lol😅

[@MarkMeadows90]

The old school way of charging a card. I miss that.

[@AurumUsagi]

Me too. I remember seeing those imprinters and card modules as a child, as well as the built-in cheque and docket frankers that the more sophisticated EPOS terminals at bigger chains used. Nowadays, it's quicker thanks to C&P and contactless, but thanks to the speed of transactions, it's far easier to overspend on a whim.

[@oldradiosnphonographs]

I can barely remember those things!

[@KingFahtah]

So do the makers of carbon paper

[@alexjames1397]

Great unintentional asmr

[@zachfenton608]

A lot of charge for that time

[@vampirerobot]

Absolutely agree. Lots of young people here.

[@Anarchist86ed]

@@vampirerobot Probably still paying off those CDs.

[@vampirerobot]

@@Anarchist86ed 🤣🤣🤣

[@mitchell.9632]

Yes! Considering there was two charge transactions on the 2000 Barnes and Noble video with the other eighteen or so being cash.

[@chaddeez8446]

Probably a college town.

[@Bubblun1]

Cameraman had a healthy side hustle using stolen credit card numbers I see

[@panthertrain1984]

Dude at 1:04 Marilyn Manson: Antichrist superstar. Oh the memories of being 12 at the time and my mom grounding me for bringing that CD home and throwing it in a public trash can because she said she “didn’t want to invite demons into the house.” Good times.

[@miguelmontero6130]

What happened to the CD after it was thrown in the trash?

[@SevenSummersAgo]

@@miguelmontero6130Someone either noticed the CD in the trash and took it or it ended up going to the landfill is my guess lol.

[@miguelmontero6130]

@@SevenSummersAgoI can imagine the look on someone’s face picking it up from the trash and having to clean it thoroughly

[@oliverdelgado6952]

Great album

[@SapphireGladeComics]

Those cards took forever to process back in 1996.. I was 6 years old back then, 33 now. It's amazing how quickly technology was enhanced overtime to process these pieces of plastic faster!

[@Negative13Prod]

I miss stores like this

[@michaelmaguire5839]

CD stores/record, thrift store were my hang outs. My older sister and I spent hours at places I remember these sounds quite well. Not soul coughing in the background. I hear Gary Cherone's name being mentioned... Perhaps his new gig at the time as Van Halen's third frontman? Note the knuckle busters!! I love these videos

[@Shaolinaya111]

I remember back in the 80's spending lots of time in Tower records across from the sports arena in San Diego... those were great days...😊😊😊

[@TheBlossomGames]

I was born 1992 is good to see wonderful memories here ❤

[@teresapflaumer5717]

1996, age 24. I was buying tons of music, heck, I even saw KISS on New Years Eve '96. But I have never heard of Vibes.

[@jeffsimon9594]

Same here. I remember a 21 year old bandmate at the time calling me a "bit of an old b*stard" 😮

[@mariposamoreno]

i absolutely love this! ❤❤❤

[@thatjpwing]

Fujtisu/ICL cash registers. They look to be from very late 80s or early 90s.

[@AurumUsagi]

They look a lot older than the late 80s. In fact, these have got to be TRW-Fujitsu TFC7880s, but without the LEDs on the display. By the late 80s-early 90s, they would have been superceded in Fujitsu's product line by the Fujitsu ICL 9518/200, and later the TeamPOS 5000 in 1994.

[@frisco1968]

OMG - that brings back memories. I worked at a record store in the late 80ies. We had Tec MA 1100 Cash Registers with dot matrix printers. Had to enter PLU Codes and prices manually - later we had a (slow) POS system with bar code readers. We were faster at check out with the „old“ cash register.

[@ijong6944]

I want to live in that era, can go to the store to buy physical music and movies is my dream.

[@Adam-XL]

You can still do that these days, just very limited options

[@owenwexler7214]

Before Spotify Before Pandora Before iTunes Before Napster and other file sharing services even This is how we brought new music into our lives.

[@txmade4371]

Naw it was the radio.

[@RizkiMuhammad-tg2kl]

Lol💀💀🤡🤡

[@Tupadre8976]

@@RizkiMuhammad-tg2kl indian 🤡

[@DonnellOkafor-r2d]

I haven't paid for music since 2005.

[@rongway4172]

I worked at national record mart pittsburgh 1968 thru 1975 great times great owners saw every band front row and back stage Wow

[@AnsonBeeker]

I wish you could see the "artists" being purchased

[@rohan_3128]

Only recognised Marilyn Manson

[@trentaccid2177]

THE MUSIC STORES ARE ALL PRETTY MUCH GONE.

[@gemini6828]

I worked at Blockbuster Music in Omaha, NE in 1996-1997. This looks so familiar. Hated those old credit card machines. People for the most part were so chill back then. Some nights I DJ'd. A customer could pick out a CD they wanted to listen to, I'd put it in a CD player and they'd put on the corresponding headset. It was pretty cool and I found myself listening to a lot of bands that I didn't know existed. I remember putting the CD on that demagnetizer thing. Had a few teenagers attempt to steal some CD's, but that failed. Actually met my future husband while DJ's one night but had no clue who he was or that we'd connect in the future.

[@Trentonpage]

I only know of one place that only sells cds anymore.

[@Sunshine1986-d1e]

The sounds was so satisfying I was 11 years old in 96 feels like yesterday the swiping of the videos was so inspiring to me 😊 the checking ids was a serious thing to this day even though don’t care it’s a ha.bit fit me

[@Optim40]

I feel like 1995 to 2007 were some great years. We need to go back to that. These current times are straight garbage. Everyone is so unstable and disrespectful. Have no problem crossing boundaries. Emotionally immature. Just straight trash.

[@chaddeez8446]

2007 was when smartphones and social media started taking off. More people got phones and more people became dicks.

[@Optim40]

@@chaddeez8446 Yea and I think right now we're definitely seeing the consequences of smart phones and media platforms.

[@t.8936]

Yep. Everyone speaks internet in person. You'll be having a conversation and they don't know how to navigate through it cordially. They just barrell though and start talking about themselves and what they do and think like how people leave comments on the internet. It's truly strange.

[@Johnnyboi-mb4is]

One thing I noticed about these older videos is that the employees seem a whole lot older now, why is that?

[@davidellis5141]

I used to run that type of register ..it was awesome 👌.

[@munchkin9614]

3:12 I’m too young to understand this process, but at least I’m one of the few who uses cds still.

[@Buttermilkjug]

Tons of people still use cd's~

[@toocoolforreel]

Record stores and especially Music CD's we're an obsession for me which we don't see a lot anymore and I really don't have an addiction anymore nor have an interest but great memories though.

[@apl175]

It seems like only yesterday I saw those brown Sensormatic deactivation pads at the registers with all those warning written on it not to leave credit cards on that surface.

[@mitchell.9632]

So they ran the cards though the separate card processor, imprinted the card *and* ran it though the register it appears in the video.

[@oldtwinsna8347]

It was a separate dialup credit card machine. Larger retailers would've had integrated systems.

[@EJP]

It’s good this is saved for posterity. It’s a bit before I worked in a major department store in Sydney back in ‘99. Not much difference

[@STEVEHEROLD]

“yeah youre right gary cherone is the new singer” ….but not for long.

[@Mijitas88]

Ugh I remember finding Import cds and how cool it was. I always would buy them because I would think they are rare lol.

[@Markovka137]

The people in those days seem so much more likeable than now, this coming from a Gen-zer (23 year old) plus CDs despite being more expensive back then offer so much value and connection the music your listening to. People these days suck, Lots of my friends are people in their late 20s or early 30s lol.

[@fab555trainspottingandmore]

I agree with your opinion

[@Cledus2000]

I think i got those numbers off the Citibank card! Time to hit Amazon!

[@jaycebronx2608]

Dude with the long hair has to be in his late 40s or early 50s by now

[@billiebuffalo]

0:50 That girl could not wait to get out of there...the universal energy of a teenager.

[@justinconn1214]

I'm 35 and there has never been a cd store anywhere near me or further. Now we have 1 record cd storevthats very small in the city

[@XylenRoberts]

Soul Coughing's 'Lazybones' at 5 minutes in. Noice, noice.

[@georgevarkanis181]

the workers in this video did more work in this 10 minute video than employees do now a days in 10 months, smh.

[@Blueswanreborns]

cash register ASMR

[@MyAccount-n3q]

Hats off to the finger nail drumming @ 00:00:38

[@Celestialplane945]

The year I was born ❤

[@agomodern]

They've got the BOOM! Boom microphone, that is. 3:13 Guy was like what the hell, you going to rob my bank account? Girl was "no, no no!" I wonder how many of them had to report credit card fraud because of the cameraman zooming in on their credit card info.

[@spider23000]

My hands still have muscle memory over the card imprint machines. I remember them repeatedly getting stuck over the numbers and using a lot of force to move them again.

[@TheFingledorf]

Deadass vibes

[@mattd844]

I would so work here. Just for the nostalgia lol

[@michaeladams5636]

I recognize the Allanis Morrisette single.

[@BingChilling-hr1hh]

Forgot about those old register sounds

[@jeffsimon9594]

Some of the customers' facial expressions are reminiscent of the drug mules in Banged Up Abroad going through customs in Bangkok

[@bjthedjdutchdude1992]

That is one happy cashier!!!

[@sirot5561]

Ah I remember these days. So many steps to check out a customer. Those registers were sooo hard for me to learn at first The girl at my first job training me just threw me out there and said if you have questions just figure it out 😂 It was scary lol Now when I go a store I see that the registers are like big IPADS now with easy touch screens. And I’m like ahhh I wish I had these when I was younger 😂😂😂

[@Kane-yg5zy]

Sweet blue Camel cigarettes hat! I still have one of those lol.

[@Ava_Mackenzie]

I was born in 1800s so i never so any of this.😊

[@MGillDesign]

that's a shame.

[@Bear_Mask]

I find it interesting seeing women in their late 40s or 50s now they have similar slow moving manner to the women in this video. It looks nice, maybe it's just me seeing that

[@jonathangunner9245]

This is so nice and relaxing. Please keep the Asmr people away from these authentic videos

[@jgg204]

Imagine teleporting back in time. Walk up to that guy and say for $5/mo ($9.99 2024 dollars) you can listen to hundreds of thousands of songs, unlimited, anywhere in the world, using a cell phone and your earbuds are wireless too. Then teleport away

[@PaulJHawkinsJr]

Dude. Where's my popcorn?

[@tomwalkingstick5395]

Why zooming in on the cards??😂

[@tiffanywinston407]

Right?! Zoom in on the CD’s. I want to see what these people bought. 😂

[@KingFahtah]

So people of today can go "American Express lol"

[@Graemecrompton]

6:21 - CD with OBI strip, sold in US - mega. Any ideas on the artist / album?

[@bpcruiser]

I remember how much of a pain it was using debit/credit cards then.

[@ScarlettEmeraldASMR]

See the way they used to have to make the card prints? Now majority of people use cards

[@AmandaPlease-ov7hi]

This seems so shady and the big shot of peoples credit cards is very very very creepy and criminal shady. Very uncomfortable 😳

[@PrettyKittyAZ]

Lol. You can't really see and this was 30 years ago. Those cards are long expired and some of those banks do not exist anymore.

[@metallicroostersailor8105]

Inspiring.

[@izzatfauzimustafa6535]

So many center-parted hairs, baggy jeans, crop tops and puffer jackets.

[@LupeHall]

Miss the sounds of the registers.😁

[@eldermillennial2000]

7:10 that's something you don't hear nowadays!

[@EJP]

Omg that noise!!

[@drivecfl]

Lady in green maybe became a future Karen 😂

[@mariposamoreno]

yeah her attitude was rotten

[@Mijitas88]

@@mariposamoreno she was buying a smiths cd so that should tell you a lot.

[@jwes869]

I'm sure she returned just over two weeks later and tried to return all of her stuff.

[@SevenSummersAgo]

@@jwes869She wouldn’t have gotten money back at least😂 the lady at the cash register said the do store credit for returns.

[@jwes869]

@@SevenSummersAgo You are right! I'm sure she still would have fought the policy. 😆