Converting 8MM movies to DVD

We were going through some old family boxes and found some old 8mm movies. We have not found the projector yet and were wondering if our local Best Buy would be able to convert them to a DVD. Any one have any ideas?

Best Buy works with the imemories service to have them converted. http://www.imemories.com/home-movies-to-dvd/
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