(purbeast had a) redbox fail

[Anubis]

I fail to understand why people keep things on the roof of their car even temporarily. Just open the door and swing the fucking thing in!

i only have 2 hands and sometimes need to get 3 things from inside the car

 

[poofyhairguy]

Redbox is just for poor people who can't afford broadband.

Amen. The fail is anyone who uses Redbox. Digital distribution (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) has content first and Netflix (streaming) has the best value. Anything in between is training wheels for those who still miss Blockbusters.

 

[vi edit]

Amen. The fail is anyone who uses Redbox. Digital distribution (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) has content first and Netflix (streaming) has the best value. Anything in between is training wheels for those who still miss Blockbusters.

Uh Amazon HD rental is $6. Redbox is $2. The redbox is a 2 minute re-route from where I pick up kids from daycare. I'll save the $4.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Fair enough.

 

[clamum]

Nothin wrong with Redbox. Maybe for some people they don't see the point, but it's cheaper than pretty much everywhere else for a movie rental and they can have movies that Netflix and online places don't.

Sounds like you had a good experience with them, purbeast. That's nice of them to refund some money back.

 

[Phoenix86]

Amen. The fail is anyone who uses Redbox. Digital distribution (iTunes, Amazon, etc.) has content first and Netflix (streaming) has the best value. Anything in between is training wheels for those who still miss Blockbusters.

Redbox gets it the same day streaming does, and it half or less the price. The only down side is the physical pickup but redbox is everywhere. If I have to get a movie, I'll do some grocery shopping too, it's not really costing me an extra trip every time.

 

[Sonikku]

3 weeks ago i rented 50 shades of gray (TO WATCH WITH MY WIFE I SWEAR!! oh, and the movie was terrible) from redbox.

well the next day i went to return it and went to my car then realized i needed my sun glasses. i put it on top of my car as i ran inside real quick to get my glasses. well, then i came out and drove off, without realizing the movie was on the roof.

not until i had driven like 5 miles did i realize i never took it off the roof. i backtracked and it was nowhere to be found, not even right outside of my house, where i backed out of my driveway and figured it slide off. i figure someone picked it up somewhere. but needless to say it was nowhere to be found.

i contacted them that day telling them it was lost and i wouldn't be able to return it. their standard practice is to just charge you for 17 days after not returning it (at $2.12/day for bluray), and i told them that seemed a bit excessive because i knew it's gone and no way that movie cost that much. they told me to contact them once my card was charged for the 17 days and they would see if they can refund $15.

so i got charged yesterday and contacted them today, and they quickly refunded me $15.

so while it still blows ass i paid $21 to watch that movie, it's better than $36 that my card was charged. pretty good customer service on their part though as well. been using redbox for years now and they've given me free credits as well when i've had issues (not being able to return due to the snow). so they do have great customer service.

cliffs:
- redbox movie flew off car and gone for good
- redbox refunded me $15 out of the $36 (17 day max charge)
- 50 shades of gray was a terrible movie.

L2Broadband.

 

[poofyhairguy]

Redbox gets it the same day streaming does, and it half or less the price.

Redbox relies on disks, which means it gets movies when the disks are released. Redboxes don't get Blu Rays before you can buy them, but iTunes/Google Play often has movies for sale that aren't on Blu Ray yet. It does hit Redbox before it is just a "free" streaming release on Netflix though.

The order of distribution for a movie:

Movie theater->Airlines/R5s->Cable Pay-Per-View Systems->iTunes/VUDU/Amazon/Google Play->physical disc/Redbox->Premium Cable Channels (HBO)->Netflix

 

[Slew Foot]

The order of distribution for a movie:

Pirate Bay->Movie theater->Airlines/R5s->Cable Pay-Per-View Systems->iTunes/VUDU/Amazon/Google Play->physical disc/Redbox->Premium Cable Channels (HBO)->Netflix

FTFY

 

[WT]

So having admitted that, can you also say you have locked your car keys in your car ?? Another one of those perplexing things that I just simply cannot fathom someone doing.

Full disclosure: I left a CD on the roof of my wife's car one time as well - on our wedding night. As valid an excuse as I could ever come up with !! And, no .. I have never locked my car keys in my car.

 

[smackababy]

Uh Amazon HD rental is $6. Redbox is $2. The redbox is a 2 minute re-route from where I pick up kids from daycare. I'll save the $4.

And, I doubt Amazon HD has the actual quality of a Blu-ray.

When it does, I might consider this "digital rental" garbage.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

doesn't sound unreasonable for a non returned rental. VHS rentals were like $80.00

 

[poofyhairguy]

FTFY

Lol, Pirate Bay doesn't get movies before the theaters except in rare cases of leaks. Like the Sony hack, or when that X Men movie got leaked.

If I added piracy to the methods of distribution it would look like this:

Movie theater->telecine piracy->Screeners for award shows->Screener Piracy->Airlines/R5s->R5 Piracy->Cable Pay-Per-View Systems->iTunes/VUDU/Amazon/Google Play->Web DL Piracy (basically iTunes copy without DRM)->physical disc piracy (on average released two weeks or more before you can buy/rent the disk)->physical disc/Redbox->Premium Cable Channels (HBO)->Netflix

 

[purbeast0]

Redbox is just for poor people who can't afford broadband.

umm ... actually streaming is for poor people who can't afford a quality home theater system.

can't even come CLOSE to the quality of a bluray through streaming.

 

[smackababy]

umm ... actually streaming is for poor people who can't afford a quality home theater system.

can't even come CLOSE to the quality of a bluray through streaming.

This. Streaming and downloading those 750mb "HD" movies are for people who can't afford to have a set up to tell the difference. =)

 

[purbeast0]

This. Streaming and downloading those 750mb "HD" movies are for people who can't afford to have a set up to tell the difference. =)

you mean those HD divx movies that fit a 2hr movie on a cdr aren't true HD?

SRS?

 

[RearAdmiral]

umm ... actually streaming is for poor people who can't afford a quality home theater system.

can't even come CLOSE to the quality of a bluray through streaming.

This is why I use redbox and the netflix disk option for serious watching, and just netflix for casual watching.

 

[CraKaJaX]

LOL at this thread.

 

[SP33Demon]

umm ... actually streaming is for poor people who can't afford a quality home theater system.

can't even come CLOSE to the quality of a bluray through streaming.

 

[Red Squirrel]

lmao! :awe:


They actually installed a Redbox here a few years back, was my first time seeing it, I thought it was a neat idea and had meant to try it but never did. Just noticed the other day that it's gone. I figured it would have worked out as we lost Jumbo Video and Blockbuster years back so the only other place to legally rent a movie is convenience stores which probably wont have all the new releases.

Of course you can always rent movies at The Bay too... and I'm not talking about the James Bay Company. :twisted:

 

[pete6032]

I don't get how these really make money. Every time I rent I use a code. I guess most people bring them back late or something? My CS experience with them has been positive as well. Free codes when I've had return issues due to dead / non-working machines.

Well it cost about $4-5 for a 5-day movie rental from Blockbuster, and that amount somehow paid for a store, employees, etc. I'd imagine the cost of maintaining a red box is probably 80% lower than the cost of maintaining a movie rental store.

 

[RossMAN]

We rented Get Hard, had problems with the disc, called customer service and they issued 2 credits for future rentals.

 

[purbeast0]

i rented that movie a couple weeks ago, it's pretty bad.

 

[smackababy]

Well it cost about $4-5 for a 5-day movie rental from Blockbuster, and that amount somehow paid for a store, employees, etc. I'd imagine the cost of maintaining a red box is probably 80% lower than the cost of maintaining a movie rental store.

Are you sure it "somehow paid for a store" very well? If I was going to find a business model to emulate, it certainly wouldn't be BlockBuster.

 

[RossMAN]

i rented that movie a couple weeks ago, it's pretty bad.

It was either that or Hot Pursuit.