No comment on the charge, but VHS cassette players are getting hard to find and units from 20 + years ago are getting hard to repair, so while you may be able to preserve the tapes you may have a problem playing the tapes. Also, all of the older units have RCA analog outputs and I have not seen a TV set with analog RCA inputs in years.
Personally, I would get a VHS converter, and then convert to digital format for a hard drive or thumb drive. The conversion devices are available online for around $100 to $200 depending on capability, so depending on the number of tapes you have you should break even around 6 or 7 tapes.
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Pennsylvania, for 60+ years, most recently, Allentown, now TV. 
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