Comments on: Analyst: New Release DVD Quantity Limits in Walmart’s Best Interests

By: Great (or Not Great) Expectations: Redbox 4Q Results Eagerly Anticipated | Inside Redbox

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 04:35:00 +0000

[...] $333 million and has doubts about Redbox’s workaround program, especially with the recent restrictions put in place by several retailers. Said Pachter: “We expect the new limit of five new-release [...]

By: richmoral

richmoral — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:50:08 +0000

We have a lot of them over here. There’s some places where you’d have 3 or 4 Redboxe all on the same corner all across the street from each other.

By: richmoral

richmoral — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:48:40 +0000

Exactly. If anything I think Redbox buying the DVD at Wal-mart helps them. Who goes and buys DVDs at Wal-Mart? If anything I see people who want to by DVDs going to electronics stores like Best Buy.

By: richmoral

richmoral — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:45:20 +0000

I agree. Someone is either going to buy a dvd or rent it by their own choice. No matter what they do they aren’t going to be able to change someone from wanting to rent a dvd into buying it instead. I think the movie execs and people think people are stupid and/or like sheep and think people will do what they want which isn’t the case. In fact it’s the opposite. You tell someone to do something and naturally they are going to go against it.

By: rb

rb — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:00:20 +0000

Maybe it all depends on the manager for your local Walmart’s price matching. My local Walmart is excellent at price matching; you just go through the checkout with the competitor’s ad for a lower price and they match it without a hassle. I’ve even gotten bigger items like dvd players, etc. price matched at Walmart with a competitor’s ad. Walmart’s policy is not to match internet ads/pricing, or percentage off ads. Otherwise, a thumbs up for my local Walmart. Also my experience is that Walmart has to benefit from Redbox dvd return customers because myself like others return most Redbox dvds specifically to the Walmart kiosk to then be able to pick up/buy all the other daily living items needed (socks, food, baby clothes, pet items, etc) in one place– Walmart.

By: bikermom49

bikermom49 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:30:29 +0000

RedBOX is the next best thing.THANK YOU REDBOX FOR MAKING OUR LIVES EASIER AND CHEAPER IN MOVIE NIGHT

By: bikermom49

bikermom49 — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:28:01 +0000

NO Way is wal mart right… I am just the opposite I go to walmart to pick up all of my food FIRST then I pick up a movie while I am there. SO no sorry walmart you are wrong.

By: MovieBuff

MovieBuff — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:25:12 +0000

If Walmart is afraid people don’t spend enough time in the store, move Redbox to the back next to the milk. That is the reason for the milk being back there.

Walmart has lost more business from me because they state that they match any price…until you ask for it. They want to see a local printed ad which only states “Low Price” so I also print out the Internet Ad for the local store that can be verified (if they insist) by calling the store, or better yet, check out the competition and just give it to anyone who asks for it (the price they guarantee to match). The price difference is usually less than $1. If they still argue, I just walk out and go to the competition.

Later, Redbox came along. So after an argument, I stop at Redbox on my way out. I should thank Walmart for convincing me that I didn’t want the movie that bad and it saves me money which I can use (later at Walmart) for groceries.

Redbox didn’t take away business from Walmart. Walmart’s inconsistent ‘price matching’ did. I used to buy all of my DVDs from Walmart, and I bought a lot of them!

By: Firstlawofnature

Firstlawofnature — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:32:03 +0000

Well they are free to remove them. If what you say is true and isn’t just feedback from your local store manager then there is no reason to keep them in the stores. Seems to me though that the numbers wouldn’t support a meaningful decrease in return visits. And what would they replace the redbox space with?

By: John Small

John Small — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:27:19 +0000

I suspect that if it wan’t true then Wal-Mart would not have taken the steps that they did.

Wal-Mart knows what happens in their stores down to the nth degree. They will have the data showing that Redbox is no longer providing the benefit it once did. And if you look at it rationally, it is only common sense.