It’s been a few years since I started this site, and its been a lot of fun. On occasion, I have expressed my reasons for doing so and my connections (or lack therof) to Redbox, but I wanted to clarify my purposes and any potential conflicts that may exist.
First off, let me just say that this website is not in any way affiliated with Redbox, McDonald’s or Coinstar. A more detailed explanation can be found below.
As it says on the About Us page, this website is designed to share and discuss the latest information on Redbox and other similar companies in the DVD rental industry. When I started this site, Redbox was fairly new, and this site was the first dedicated to providing news and info about Redbox, as well a place to share Redbox promo codes.
I chose the name Inside Redbox as somewhat of a play on words, as “inside” the Redbox kiosk was the place to get great movies for a buck. Also, the “inner workings” of the Redbox kiosk is something most Redbox users never see, and I wanted this website to be a place we could all share anything we want to about Redbox.
Over the past few years I have been asked what my relationship is with Redbox, and some have even accused me of working for Redbox and trying to deceive you. I want to clarify all of that with the following disclosures:
- I am not (and have never been) an employee or consultant of Redbox, McDonald’s or Coinstar, or any similar companies in the DVD rental industry.
- I do not own stock in Redbox, McDonald’s or Coinstar.
- I do not receive any free movies, special benefits or services from Redbox, other than the occasional use of promo codes that everyone has equal access to here.
- I have in the past had discussions with representatives from Redbox, as most bloggers and journalists would. I hope to continue open communication with them as well as other companies in the industry.
- I do make affiliate commissions from time-to-time on ads located on this website. However, I have never been paid any commissions or the like by Redbox or its affiliates.
- I try to be fair in my reporting of Redbox and other companies in the industry. As a blogger, I write about things that I am interested in, but am always open to comments, suggestions and even criticism.
- I do not delete any comments unless they are found to be SPAM, pornographic, hateful, etc…
- If I am wrong, I will post a retraction, correction or even apology, if necessary.
- I try hard to respond to all email and comments I receive. If you need something, please let me know.
I hope this clears up what this website is (and is not). I really do enjoy running this site and discussing all things Redbox. I am grateful for all members of the (growing) community here and for all you do in helping make this site a fun and useful place to visit.
Thanks for being here!
- Michael
Tanyetta said
March 7 2008 @ 4:44 pm
thank you for the clarification!
keep up the great work!
i love redbox and would never have known anything about it if it weren’t for your website.
thank you again and throw some more giveaways! those were so much fun!
Damon said
March 9 2008 @ 3:14 pm
First off just wanted to say thanks for your hard work and keeping this site going strong. I recently found your site and love it. I have known about Redbox for some time now, but just got one near us in last few months. So you know I will be here often!!! I do have a question concerning the updates; I tried to join but never received anything from it. Also it will not allow me to sign in, if you could help with that any it would be great. Once again thank you and stay strong!!
jpart said
March 9 2008 @ 3:55 pm
I’ve been here sense the beginning and I will stay to the end.
Thanx Michael great Job!
Michael said
March 10 2008 @ 10:24 am
TODAY’S MONDAY-ONLY PROMO CODE:
PL96QA
Expires Monday, March 10 at 11:59pm.
lee kennedy said
March 10 2008 @ 11:19 am
I have recently available myself of your site and find it very useful for both codes and updated info and link(s).
I occassionally use the free codes, and do not always return the movies on time, so Redbox gets $$ out of me anyway, I just get an extra day to view. Such is life, there is no free lunch.
Anyway, thanks for your work and dedication; it is much appreciated. I too, have tried to log into contests and was kept out although I get your emails, and thought I was set up with you.
Saita Russio said
March 10 2008 @ 11:34 am
I am a newcomer to Redbox. I had an accident in my home.
I fell on my kitchen floor and couuld not get up.
In a wheelchair now and unable to get out. My husband
noticed Redbox in Wal-Mart and knowing how much I like
to rent DVD’s. I was delighted about Redbox. I look up
the new videos on the website and give him a list of
what I want to see. He goes and gets them for me.
Thanks for little things that mean a lot for an old gal. Saita
Caroline said
March 10 2008 @ 11:38 am
I LOVE REDBOX !!!
Jackie said
March 10 2008 @ 11:46 am
kEEP UP THE GOOD WORK, YOU ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.
John S said
March 10 2008 @ 11:47 am
Not sure what the question was, but I think you should be congratulated for all you’re doing
jag said
March 10 2008 @ 11:47 am
Good job, keep up the good work, I will keep coming here every week. We love those free rentals.
Hilda said
March 10 2008 @ 11:47 am
Thanks for clarifying this information, and for your time spend on the Inside Redbox web page. I’m new in all this, but have really been enjoying the Monday’s free rentals.
Thanks again Michael.
clara said
March 10 2008 @ 11:58 am
My family and I realy enjoy the movies…….and will continue to rent
benny said
March 10 2008 @ 11:59 am
thanks for allowing me to use the free code it was given to me by a friend and I have really enjoyed the use of the code and the redbox it is so much easier than going to movie gallery or block buster.
thanks again
benny
joanieb said
March 10 2008 @ 12:00 pm
I love Redbox and will never go to another pklace to get my movies. Thanks for thinking of the little people..Jmb
joanieb said
March 10 2008 @ 12:00 pm
I love Redbox and will never go to another place to get my movies. Thanks for thinking of the little people..Jmb
Robyn Crane said
March 10 2008 @ 12:02 pm
I’ve been here from the beginning and I’d like to thank you for all you do. When I’m not writing I’m watching movies for inspiration and you’ve helped me to find some good ones. Thanks!
Keith said
March 10 2008 @ 12:02 pm
Love your site, Good information. Thank you for your had work
jag said
March 10 2008 @ 12:03 pm
Good job, keep up the good work, I will keep coming here every week. We love those free rentals. JAG
Laurie Delk said
March 10 2008 @ 12:04 pm
Thanks for all the codes - I don’t care if you DO make a profit - you are DOING this FOR US TO SAVE - so why not???? People really don’t expect you to just DO ALL THIS FOR FREE???? Anyway - Thanks so much for all your work!
Laurie Delk
kim said
March 10 2008 @ 12:05 pm
I love this site. Thanks for all you do to help all of us save these days.
starz said
March 10 2008 @ 12:13 pm
thanks for all the hard work, there are plenty of us who appreciate what you do and visit this website everyday…
RaeLynn said
March 10 2008 @ 12:13 pm
I just wanted everyone to know that Michael is a fair and honest person! Thank you for what you do. I was one of the winners with the most recent giveaway, and I RECEIVED MY MONEY :) So, to the people who complain about being scammed–it’s just not the case. My husband and I love your site. thanks again!
michelle said
March 10 2008 @ 12:16 pm
I love redbox. It’s great and cheap.
shalee said
March 10 2008 @ 12:37 pm
Thank you for making this information available to everyone. You make date nights possible for us!
Your hard work and effort is so very much appreciated.
Aida said
March 10 2008 @ 12:38 pm
thanks for the promo code. i love redbox. its so convenient to rent a movie.
thanks a bunch.
Jenn said
March 10 2008 @ 12:38 pm
I absolutely love renting from Redbox! I stumbled across this website by accident once, but have found it to be so beneficial, ie., free rentals!! Thanks for your efforts to keep this site going!!
TOPNACCI said
March 10 2008 @ 12:39 pm
KEEP ON ROCKIN IN THE FREE WORLD! ,WELL FREE FOR NOW-PEACE!
Kerry said
March 10 2008 @ 12:42 pm
great work you are doing. If you make any money putting it
together then you deserve it.
Denise said
March 10 2008 @ 12:50 pm
Keep the codes coming!! I just discovered Redbox and your site a couple of months ago. Nearly everytime I go to a Redbox (and there are MANY in Houston), there are other people there returning and renting DVD’s. I even bought stock in Coinstar! Your site is great!!
Benny said
March 10 2008 @ 12:52 pm
You are doing an awesome Job Mike,
and heck, u deserve to make a profit.
In behalf of all San Antonians (TX), we appreciate
you and your site!
sherri said
March 10 2008 @ 12:58 pm
I thank you for your service. I don’t use codes much anymore, but I love all your promos and advice.
Kati said
March 10 2008 @ 12:59 pm
I love the Red Box….everytime I get a movie I always get 5 at a time…..I am glad I discovered it…I always tell my friends and family about it…Its’ great…quick and easy
tonia said
March 10 2008 @ 1:01 pm
thank michael for all the great and wounderful movies that you allow everyone to watch for a very low price for our family and for others out there to watch
ARLENE said
March 10 2008 @ 1:11 pm
Hey Michael I think Inside Redbox is a great website. And I would like to say Thanks for the TERIFFIC job you”ve done.
Sheri said
March 10 2008 @ 2:27 pm
I LOVE Inside Redbox! Thanks for all your hard work!!
KELLY said
March 10 2008 @ 2:30 pm
Michael, thank you so much for your great work on this website. I referred my friends an sisters to this site, they said it saved them a lot of bucks for using the prom. code. Once again, thank you.
KYJurisDoctor said
March 10 2008 @ 2:32 pm
Thanks for those promo code. I enjoy them.
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Jeff said
March 10 2008 @ 2:38 pm
THanks for all the insite and codes. I use the codes often but also pay. I like the easy access to movies. I usually wait for it to come to red box. My finances are not great so it is our way to enjoy movies instead of spending an arm and a leg at the theater. I have told many friends about this site and about red box.
Thanks
Jenni said
March 10 2008 @ 2:44 pm
I love getting your promo codes
Thankyou!
i have passed this site on to my friends
Tom said
March 10 2008 @ 2:45 pm
Mike, Thanks for your volunteer work on behalf of us all, and Redbox in general. I’ve used Redbox and read your site for over 6 months now. I very often use the codes, but just as often keep the DVD’s out an extra day, paying the extra buck or so. I also just rent them for a dollar. Thanks to you and Redbox. Tom
Diane Valentine said
March 10 2008 @ 3:49 pm
Thank you for informing us I love this website please keep up the good work.
Diane said
March 10 2008 @ 3:50 pm
thank you love your site
Martha said
March 10 2008 @ 3:53 pm
hey!! I just became redbox fun, thank you for those promo codes.I told everybody that this is amazing.
ljgks83 said
March 10 2008 @ 3:54 pm
thanks for your site .i am on limeted income so this free redbox code alllows mee toi see movies thaat i would not be asble to orherwise
linda
8traxrule said
March 10 2008 @ 4:10 pm
Thanks for running the site. I have a question though- I’ve been missing the free Monday codes because I’m at work when they’re sent out by email (usually at 11 AM Pacific), and I don’t have computer access there, and I don’t have a cell phone either which they text most of the codes to. Is there anyplace to find out earlier in the day, before say 8 AM, what the code is going to be? I don’t mind looking it up elsewhere myself if someone just tells me where I might find it. Otherwise I don’t get the code til I get home, and it’s too far to go back out just to get a movie. Should I go on strike til they give me computer access at work? ;)
Timothy Roberson said
March 10 2008 @ 4:10 pm
HI MIKE!!!
THANKS FOR THE FREE MOVIE CODES. I TRY TO GET TO A REDBOX EVERY MONDAY NIGHT. kEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
Carol said
March 10 2008 @ 4:11 pm
Thanks again for the promo codes. I have experienced problems with the ones on the list I get from the web site - I have only had 1 or them work for me. Maybe I am doing it wrong - but the ones you send on Mondays work every time.
I send all my friends to you too. Thanks. We enjoy the movie time together as a family.
Timothy Roberson said
March 10 2008 @ 4:12 pm
QUESTION-DO YOU SEND OUT THE CODES VIA TEXT MESSAGE TO PHONES?
adriano said
March 10 2008 @ 4:34 pm
oh redbox ur the best…… screw blockbuster…. ur number 1!!!
John said
March 10 2008 @ 4:41 pm
I have not gone to blockbuster since RedBox arrived. I just moved out of my prior state and found Redbox just as close. I love it. This site makes it even better.
stats1 said
March 10 2008 @ 5:21 pm
Thanks for your hard work! Your website and all you have done really ROCKS!
mark said
March 10 2008 @ 5:23 pm
You are all right!Cheers!
jahar said
March 10 2008 @ 5:25 pm
Thanks for running your website to share the promo codes. You are doing a good job. Redbox has good selections and easy to use, as well as being so cheap. We usually get one free with the promo code, then rent 1 or 2 more at the same time.
mike said
March 10 2008 @ 6:50 pm
I love REDBOX I will never rent a movie anywhere else!
Kevin said
March 10 2008 @ 8:06 pm
I have enjoyed your service for quite some time and am appreciative.
nancy melander said
March 10 2008 @ 8:50 pm
It’s nice to get something free once in a while. Thanks for doing the work.
Daniel said
March 10 2008 @ 9:37 pm
U Rock Man!
Tony said
March 10 2008 @ 9:44 pm
REDBOX is the best rental invention to me. I stopped my online rental subcription because I can rent when I want and what I want as far as new movies. I don’t have to wait for weeks on end just to watch a new release. Keep up the good work!!!!
Artie Rip said
March 10 2008 @ 9:59 pm
Where ever you are getting the codes from each week is the Best Kept Secret in the world today? I don’t want to know that answer as long as you keep giving out the FREE Codes. This insideredbox.com website is really helping REDBOX promote their DVD rentals to all and when the individuals don’t return the rented DVD to any Redbox machine makes them money in the end result if it gets returned or not.
Please keep up all your hard work, Michael. Thank You!
From all the folks in Baytown, TEXAS.
melody said
March 11 2008 @ 4:29 am
when i get the free codes for mon im already at work and cannot use them could u not send them sooner
Darth Rob said
March 11 2008 @ 7:04 am
Thanks for all you have done : ) Please keep it up Michael!
235Agent said
March 11 2008 @ 7:21 am
Michael,
From the amount of positive comments you should know you are doing a GREAT job!
I do not remember where this saying came from, but I thought it is pretty neat:
“Never explain yourself, your friends don’t need it and your enemys won’t believe it.”
I admire you for the amount of work you put into this site. Absolutely a wonderful service you provide. Like others I usually end up keeping a DVD for more than one night. And at that it is still a bargain.
Happy Easter!
Alice said
March 11 2008 @ 7:59 am
Tell all the haters to “pound sand.” Keep doing what you do!
Michael said
March 11 2008 @ 8:23 am
I appreciate all of the comments, everyone. Thanks for your support.
I didn’t really write this disclosure to prove myself, but to clarify the fact that this site is not affiliated with Redbox.
I hope with this disclosure and with some of the recent changes I have made (and will be making) that all visitors to this website will immediately recognize that this website is independent and not owned by or affiliated with Redbox.
Thanks everyone!
Kim said
March 11 2008 @ 8:39 am
Thanks for the clarification. I also thought this website must be operated by Redbox: While giving away free codes, it promotes Redbox and encourages people to try it out and fall in love with it - Then one day the free codes will cease but we have all been captured by Redbox as loyal customers. Even if the free codes continue to come, Redbox still profits from late returns.
Anyway, while I appreciate you running this website on your own. I really don’t see any problem for you to get compensated by Redbox. You’re doing them a great service, so what’s wrong with getting paid? So…I’d really encourage you to negotiate a commission with Redbox, just so that you can profitably continue running this website and we all benefit from it. Thanks.
Barry B said
March 11 2008 @ 11:09 am
I appreciate all of the work that you go to that enables us to watch more movies than we normally would. Keeping up a site like this takes a good bit of time as I used to have an affiliate site myself, so thanks very much for giving us all that you do!
Tara said
March 11 2008 @ 11:12 am
Thank you for running your site with out it my six kids and
I would not have as many activity nights as we are able I appreciate everybodywho is willing to share their codes. Thank you Thank you Thank You. I don’y care if you are working for them or not. keep up the good work.
Rachel said
March 11 2008 @ 10:07 pm
Hey Michael, just like everyone here I believe you are doing a great job. Honestly, I’d seen the red kiosk at the McD’s down the street but didnt really know what it was until the day I came across your site. Now each week my girls are excited to type in the code (my little one squeals with delight each time its accepted)get a movie and usually some McDs too I admit, and thanks to you, I can be excited about the cost of that. And because of your site, regardless of the codes, Redbox gets alot of my business. Thank you.
Rob said
March 12 2008 @ 12:53 pm
I tried signing up and the account was created, but my password was never sent to me. Now when I try the password recovery feature, I get the following error:
The e-mail could not be sent.
Possible reason: your host may have disabled the mail() function…
Would you please look into it? The e-mail I registered with on insideredbox.com is the same e-mail that I’m using to post this comment.
Best regards,
Rob
Michael said
March 12 2008 @ 1:30 pm
Rob,
I think this issue is resolved. Did you get the password email now?
intelligen said
March 12 2008 @ 1:45 pm
Yep, that worked. Thanks for the quick response! I couldn’t find any contact info elsewhere on the site and wasn’t sure how closely you watched these comments. :)
Rob
Michael said
March 12 2008 @ 2:17 pm
@Rob,
I’m always watching… :)
You gave me a great idea to setup a more useful contact method though, thanks! Stay tuned for the “Contact Us” page.
Inside Redbox rebranding / photo contest | Inside Redbox said
March 13 2008 @ 11:25 am
[...] haven’t changed our look much since I started this as a fun little project back in 2005. We have just kind of added new features and ideas to the site without enough thought [...]
feeling confused said
March 18 2008 @ 2:09 pm
If you are so concerned with respecting Redbox policies and keeping a respectable relationship, answer me this. Why would you encourage a contest that would have a non-Redbox employee take a photo of proprietary components and information? You’re getting other people to do your dirty work bottom line. That’s pretty shady. How do I know this? I am a Redbox employee and it would be a violation and put other Redbox employees at risk if a photo was taken of their kiosk. $25 and a photo is worth risking someones livelyhood?
[admin edit: this person is not really a Redbox employee]
Michael said
March 18 2008 @ 2:26 pm
@confused:
I appreciate your comment. Please note that earlier today I wrote a comment on the “contest” post that shares your concern.
http://www.insideredbox.com/index.php/2008/03/13/inside-redbox-rebranding-photo-contest/
I had not considered that it could be a problem for Redbox for the inside of the kiosk to be photographed. I am still not 100% sure that it would cause any trouble, but because of the possibility, I have retracted the idea for the photo.
Of course, I was not looking for someone to do some “dirty work” - I was just thinking if more people were looking it would be more likely someone would happen upon the Redbox when there was an employee there.
I do appreciate you letting us know that Redbox may have a policy against a photo of this nature, and I am sure we would have found out eventually when someone found an employee at a kiosk and asked about taking a photo.
Thanks!
Kyle said
March 22 2008 @ 2:36 pm
My local store just got a red box and I had watched longingly at some of the bargain websites when they had discussions about free movies at red box. So this week I found a red box location and your website via a search. Seems to me that you have no need to defend yourself. People can read the information you post and take it for what it is…internet postings. Welcome to my Bookmark pages.
john cave said
May 15 2008 @ 4:10 pm
I too am interested in watching how the redbox ipo plays out. Does anyone have a date as to when it will be going publice and what the ticket sign will be. Please let me know?
Thanks
jc