Man come on, you ever had a belt snap on a Friday afternoon with the customer already mad and the van needs to roll? That $18 belt just saved you a 30 minute drive across town and two hours of lost work. The supply house has rent, staff, and shelves full of stuff nobody buys, so yeah the markup is baked in and everyone knows it. Buying online is great until you need it today and shipping takes two days. Plus that tech might be grabbing it on the company card and billing it straight to the ticket, which is way less hassle than tracking receipts. Sometimes paying extra to keep moving is the smart move, not padding.

Yes!! Notepad wins every time, no login, no crash.

Wait, did you check if the tape had been rewound to the exact same spot every time you watched it? Because if the hand was pulling the door shut from inside, and the padlock was on the outside, that means someone was locked in that room during the whole reception. But here's the thing nobody's asking: who locked them in, and why did the cameraman just walk away without saying anything? The fact that he kept filming the hallway instead of going to help or get someone tells me he knew about that room. Maybe the tape was left at the estate sale on purpose, like a breadcrumb for someone who'd actually figure it out.