Redbox – rent dvd's for $1/day – BRILLIANT
For the last few weeks, I have been trying out the “Redbox” machine at my local Wal Mart. Basically, it is a machine about the size of a Coke machine, located right next to the Coke machines at many Wal Marts (and other places) across the country. You can rent DVDs from it for $1 per day, and your credit card is charged once you return the dvd. After renting several movies from it, I can honestly say that I love the service.
First of all, I live about 5 minutes from a Wal Mart, so it’s convenient. I can drive over there, pick up a dvd, go watch it, and then return it by 9pm the following day, all for a buck. That’s cheap!
The dvd itself is the retail dvd, just in a different case, so you are not missing out on anything that you would get if you bought it. The machine itself is very easy to operate, and within a few minutes, you can be in and out with a handful of dvds to go watch. You can even reserve movies online, so when you get to the kiosk, you just swipe your card, and it spits the movies out.
Yesterday, the movie Cloverfield came out on DVD. So at around 9 am, I went online and reserved that dvd in the machine at my local Wal Mart. Later that night, I went and picked it up, took it home, and watched it. All for a dollar.
Head over to Redbox to see if there is a location near you.
I’ve used RedBox before, it’s pretty good. The Kroger(s) down the street from us has a similar system we use but you can’t reserve online…but is WAY more conveinient than driving to the Wal-Mart(s). I can’t believe I used to pay Blockbuster like $5 for a movie I could have for 3 nights but only used for 1…hooray technology!
No kidding. Blockbuster sucks!
The grocery store half-a-mile from our house has one of these. I looked at it on Saturday to see if they had Juno, but of course they were out. But this reserving on-line business is interesting. I’m going to create an account now and check it out. Thanks for reminding me that there can be more to it than just walking up and looking.
Yeah, that is the best way to do it, especially the day dvd’s come out (Tuesdays). Get on the website early and reserve it, then don’t worry about it. It works great!
I’ve never seen that before! It sounds pretty interesting. Although I must say, I’ll probably stick to Netflix.
@steph – I agree, Netflix is the better option UNLESS you have that spontaneous desire to see a new release and don’t feel like waiting. But Netflix rules!