Comments on: Official Redbox Response to Fox’s Demands: “Eat My Shorts, Man!”

By: chuckarn

chuckarn — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:00:52 +0000

The most powerful tool you have is listing on the rental page what company the movie is from, The customer will determine the rest by choosing to not rent that companies videos. 30 days after release I have forgotten about that video and am looking at the current new releases.

By: moviecrazy

moviecrazy — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 05:36:08 +0000

I’ve heard of them but there are very few as of now and none in my area.

By: Jack

Jack — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:08:17 +0000

Has anyone else seen the blockbuster express kiosks (in our local publix) renting discs for $1.00/day also? I have not personally rented from this kiosk yet but there are freebie “codes” available.

By: Michael

Michael — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:46:26 +0000

I am not sure what Blockbuster offer you are referring to. Do you mean through TrialPay? If so, I believe that the year starts today, and is not added onto the current time left on your membership. You can go ahead and do it, though, and I can manually adjust it if needed.

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By: Joan Zaiz

Joan Zaiz — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:32:33 +0000

Bart Simpson is the “eat my shorts” guy. I will still use Redbox. what I want to know, Michael, if I take advantage of the blockbuster offer will the one year membership be added to my current membership?
I really enjoy reading your blog.

By: marquis6461

marquis6461 — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:08:59 +0000

The Studios are all crying wolf because of failing sales. It hits them in all areas not just DVD rentals.

They are just trying to pull a fast one just like Microsoft. Pretty soon you will be getting movies you will have to return to the studio due to copyright protection. HA HA

Studios make money if the timing of the movie is right and they lose if they miss the window….. Customers go to movies if they can afford it, Buy DVDs if they can afford it, and rent the same way.

I believe the studios should give you a DVD of the movie when you buy a ticket.
The price is getting pretty much the same. Have you gone to the movie lately and bought a bag of popcorn and soda to watch. You could easily spend $30.00

Nuff said.

By: rockspy19

rockspy19 — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 22:58:40 +0000

We got 2 words for Fox and Universal…SUCK IT!!!

Haha, yea the Bart Simpson reference was great and so appropriate!!

By: jbo

jbo — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 18:19:57 +0000

Fox has a few redeeming, very fortunate airspots…The Simpsons…brilliance in animation, writing, humor, etc…far from this network’s relatively conservative stance on most things,,,and…a decent baseball game now and again…sadly hosted by repetitive hosts who love to hear themselves talk…
It was interesting, I must say, to listen to all the business majors before me ramble on about the logistics of all of this..very impressive..and..YAWN…
As a consumer, like the rest of us, I really don’t much care about the demands that any Network puts on anything..Yeah, I know, it may sound simplistic and the rest of you are surely welcome to hem and haw at these comments….but….in the long run, it’s nothing more than the price of a movie spitting out of a red machine located in some other corporate dispensary..

By: bawheed

bawheed — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 17:51:32 +0000

I wouldn’t mind paying a couple of bucks to Redbox to see a new release as it costs me $5.50 to rent one from Blockbuster. You must be pretty flush to pay those prices!