@OliverJia1014 I know you said 90s-2000s, but it was somewhat common with Redbox, at least. People would rent something, make a paper copy with the barcode on it, and return that in place of the real one.
@ZeldaZealot Instead they get a wannabe Jack the Ripper every other week. Nobody going to be able to have anything sharper than a butter knife at this point.