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Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

Tristan — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 12:25:10 -0000

Monday's promotional code worked like a charm! Thanks Redbox. "Great Value, Great Price"

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mark — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 17:12:40 -0000

BB will probably put many more movies out.There is alot of movies each week besides the top few that gets attention.$4.79 dvd $5.29 Blu-Ray is the price of BB rentals.Games are $7.99 a week but they have no late fee and you can play that game almost a month before anything would happen.Thats a good deal,you can beat a game in that time.Movies on the other hand,you watch and take them back.I still can not get Scorpion King 2 or Street Kings or Prom night,there just is not enough in the boxes,there is 10 in my radius all empty.Thats something to think about!

Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

Alicia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:17:29 -0000

HAHAHAHA you're right ... at first they had decent online prices, then they jacked the price up months after! that's why the people I know drop the bb online service and went back with NF

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Alicia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:15:01 -0000

and when red box does that (IF they do) A new service will come out & I will go with that!

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Alicia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:13:03 -0000

there's no excuse*

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Alicia — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:12:14 -0000

Um I am not talking about the BB boxes, you must have red wrong. I am talking about the stores and BB's online services. The BB box isn't even out at the moment, so I'm obliviously not taking about their boxes.

And their are other rental store who charge way less and have the same new movies (except BB exclusives) AND even with the mortars for their stores ... what is the deal online? Why has the price jump so high? Their no excuse, they getting ridiculous. Plan and simple.

Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

Caroncha — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:50:42 -0000

Who cares? If it's good for consumers, go for it.

My only problem with Blockbuster is that they can't seem to come up with an original idea, they just jump to what someone else is doing: first they copied the Netflix model (and they sucked doing it), and now they want to copy the Redbox idea. They should just decide what they want to do already.

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MREVOVIII — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 19:31:31 -0000

I agree with both of you on this and the only problem with it is preordering a dvd to a(n) redbox where thousands of people reside and would be using and preordering to this NETBOX, they would have to have a huge storage in the container have people come and drop those movies off daily/hourly ect. and theres just alot of reasons why this really good idea wouldnt work.

but like i said great idea,
and this will absolutly not be competion for netflix/redbox B.B. will still be there same prices i mean how can you beat $1 for a new realese you cant i think the only reason like you said for NETBOX is to get older titles..

its just my opinion like to here back on others thoughts on this "NETBOX"!

thanks,
D"EVO"N
AKA MREVOVIII

Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

daniel644 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:33:24 -0000

if you kept it past 9 pm the day after renting it then you were charged the dollar because the free code only gives you the first day free.

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daniel644 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:29:16 -0000

as both a redbox user and a netflix member I have to say it would be useless to try to do something like that the only reason it works for blockbuster is because the stores have a far wider selection of movies then could ever be put in a kiosk.

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Elhuevon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:24:09 -0000

How about if Redbox and Netflix join. The convenience of Redbox and the selection of Netflix. You could return Netflix movies to the Redbox like an instore exchange at the Blockbuster or reserve a rare or foreing title to be picked up at the rebox.

Any supporters for RedFlix? or NetBox?

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John — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:18:57 -0000

Got charged $1 on my free rental. and that was for something 4 days ago. Luckily it wasnt $30 as some people experienced.

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FISER — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 13:15:26 -0000

here in central valley Calif, Vons has dvd play kiosks, Foodsco has MovieCube, Walmart and SaveMart have Redbox , they all have about the same movies DVD play has a better selection for me,i would like to see more foreign films like the legend of the shadowless sword ,CJ7 at rebox

Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

Gordo — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 12:39:43 -0000

Don't be hatin', competition is good. Just think about it this way, what do you think red box's long term plan is? They want to dominate the market, and then once they have become firmly established, well known, used by everyone, they will jack up prices. Soon you will be paying the same as you did in a traditional video store like blockbuster, because the traditional video store will be gone. Only you may have worse selection, and possibly longer annoying wait times. Bring in competition from the likes of blockbuster and maybe things will actually improve instead of getting worse? Competition can ensure lower prices longer term, better selection, more features. Blockbuster can learn from some of red box's mistakes - I'm sure their machines right off the bat will have the anti-fraud features redbox had to add after the fact, and blockbuster machines SHOULD, if they are smart, have a slot where people can return movies just be sticking it in (maybe on the side or some out of the way spot) regardless of how long a line is or if there is some ditz there trying to figure out what they want to rent. This was a major oversight/mistake by Redbox.

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Trish — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:47:08 -0000

I have no idea what some of you are thinking. Probably know nothing of economics or marketing if you thing BB boxes will rent movies at $5.

BB will not rent movies at their boxes for $5 but will match or near match redbox prices. probably $2 for very new movies which redbox seem not to have and $1 for others or something on that order.

A typical brick and mortar BB store costs so much in rental, labor, electricity, which is why it is expensive. but a "box" is so much cheaper.

Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

Alicia — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 14:51:24 -0000

Oh and get this ... Blockbuster is planing on raising their price to 5.99 per rental. They are getting crazy now!

They are going to lose are their customers with these prices! It's bad enough that are economy is not doing well ... Raising prices in gas, milk, beef, etc .... Now movie rentals? COME ON!

Plus their online offers were good until they started raising the price. When will BB stop? When they lose all their customers?

I will not pay almost 6 dollars for a 2 day rental! When I can go with redbox and pay 2 dollars for the same amount of days.

2 bucks (2 days) or 6 bucks (2 days) what's the better deal? You tell me

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Mr. Helpful — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:26:15 -0000

I hate the wait. Please find the movie online or at least on the poster in store before you step into line.

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Stacie — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 19:55:29 -0000

Blockbuster has left a bad taste in my mouth and I am sure I am not the only one! I will stay loyal to redbox but am afraid they may have to step things up a notch. I hate waiting at a kiosk to return my DVD and I would like to be able to find a few more "classics" thrown in now and then.

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Alicia — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:17:58 -0000

this could work greatly or fail miserable.

I mean honestly blockbuster is outrageous with their price. Almost 5 dollars PER rental UNLESS you pick one of their monthly plans.

What if you want to rent just for a day ... who wants to play almost 5 dollars for a 2 day rental --- whereas with redbox it's a mear 2 dollars. If you're looking for a bargain. Redbox is it!

If blockbuster does this, what will the price be? If it's over a dollar, F*** it! I mean unless it's a movie I really want that redbox doesn't have. I will not do it and I'm sure other feel the same.

Oh and will the Blockuster one have codes? If not, will be another reason it may fail.

Re: Blockbuster looking to take on Redbox with kiosks

will — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:18:59 -0000

The problem with the Blockbuster idea is that Redbox has a huge lead, having locked up most of the prime retail locations. Still, a kiosk with a much greater variety of quality titles (and less of the straight-to-video junk that Redbox is clogged with) could be a serious threat even at a slightly higher price point.

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dan — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 13:17:39 -0000

I see those "exclusively" at blockbuster rentals, such as Superhero Movie only as a minor threat.

Although that movie wasn't so good, I can only imagine if they ever get an exclusive only movie that's worth renting.

if redbox keeps their dollar/night rentals i wont go with blockbuster.

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Donna — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 16:23:02 -0000

I live in a small town with no blockbuster but 2 redboxes. I'm a huge fan of them. It's too easy and cheap to get a movie with redbox. Especially now, with the prices of everything going up, that is the one "luxury" we don't have to give up. Renting movies and having movie nights with the kids is something we can do weekly with redbox. I think blockbuster will have a lot of competition here. I know I won't be switching over.

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Chris — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:46:05 -0000

If Blockbuster really wanted to run a 'free' test without spending on 50 kiosks, they'd offer $1/day rentals NOW to see if anyone cared. $5/week would still look like a bargain to some, so it might not even eat into their current rentals as much as it could increase the flow of bargain hunters through the door.
With Blockbusters repeated criminal antics making the news, I'm not a big fan of them anyway, so I'll stay loyal to Redbox as long as it's around.

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fiser — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 21:00:54 -0000

blockbuster will have a better video selection than redbox August looks like a slow month for new releases

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Ben Leivian — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:42:43 -0000

Someone needs to start offering blurays.. Even at $2/day I'd still be down.