Comments on: Should Blockbuster buy Redbox?

By: moviecrazy

moviecrazy — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:31:12 +0000

Guess what? You could have taken them back a lot earlier too…..HELLO!!

By: Damien

Damien — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 18:00:56 +0000

Look at you’ll….Your wanting to take away more jobs from Americans and give more to the already rich corporations! you people make me sick!

By: David

David — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:05:15 +0000

Blockbuster is a waste. Redbox should never let them buy out. 1st if it’s online renting netflix is better the movies come in about the same time when shipping. however blockbuster is only ships mon-fri netflix is mon- sat. Netflix on the 8 plan i am getting about 16 a week, on blockbuster i was on the 3 unlimited in store plan and still only getting like 5 a week. that’s something else if you have the instore you return it and the next bussiness day they will ship out. That’s not true. On the week end i would have all in and monday 1 would be shipped and tuesday 1 and wednesday 1. sometimes it was friday before they even sent out the one from the weekend. When calling and complianing all they said was sometimes after the weekend we get busy. But a whole week? come on. And if your talking about the in-store deals. On blockbusters unlimited 2 at a time 29.99 there’s one better hollywood video has 3 at a time for 14.99 just not the hot new releases or everything in the store 3 at a time for the same price as blockbuster 29.99. So again blockbuster has been beaten again. with blockbuster i got more cracked dvd in the mail then with netflix and with the store i have gotten more really bad scratched dvd then hollywood video. So in every part of the dvd business blockbuster is a waste of time, there is better and cheaper where ever you look. Even with the instore rewards program which is none like anyone i have found yet, theres still problems. The one free every month you have to have a transaction to get the free one, so buy something. Rent 5 get one well max 2 a month, there’s no trick there. And once you mon, tues, and wed rent one get one, no trick here. each rental costs 4.65 or around that it’s 4.50 plus tax where I go. Ok so if you use your 10 rentals on mon-wed you get 12 after paying for 5 plus the free one which you get after getting something you will pay 46.25 for 23 dvd’s which is 2.01 per disc. Still not as good as renting from redbox. So it a nutshell STAY AWAY FROM BLOCKBUSTER. There’s someone better no mater what you want to do.

By: vk92008

vk92008 — Mon, 05 May 2008 02:33:35 +0000

No buying of redbox by blockbusters. The media mass monopoly of buying and taking over is getting ridiculously out of hand. One of the viewers is correct in stating that Redbox is friendly affordable and fun. In times of recession this is the only affordable entertainment left.

By: GadgetKen

GadgetKen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 23:00:34 +0000

Would not want Blockbuster to buy Redbox. Agree with comments they would just jack up prices and mess things up.
Think the ideas of a Redbox lounge with multiple kiosks or a burn on demand machine for non-stocked titles would be good ideas, but both would require big capital outlays for new equipment or buildings and staff. Living in a town with both video stores going bankrupt within a couple of weeks of each other, I really appreciate the RedBox machines to get just the movies I want when I want them for a minimal rental charge or sometimes for free with a discount code.

By: Evans

Evans — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 11:50:44 +0000

Lets call the brick and wall lounge “REDBUSTER”

By: mc

mc — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:50:34 +0000

They need a sort of “Redbox On Demand” to satisfy the needs of people who want to watch old movies that only Netflix/Blockbuster currently carries. Concept is simple – Redbox institutes some “super” Redbox locations which will vend these older movies/have a much wider selection with more storage for all these movies. Movies would not be kept in cases, but would instead simply be stored by slot number and cased up on the fly when someone wants to rent. That way, you could keep many more movies in at any given time. I could see the flow going something like:

#1: User goes onto Redbox website (or maybe kiosk-based selection) to select a movie they want to watch which isn’t currently in stock.

#2: Redbox checks other semi-local Redbox locations to see if an existing hard copy could be shipped/brought in within a couple days.

#3a: If no hard copy can be shipped, the machine connects to Redbox via a high-speed line, downloads the movie, and burns it internally. Labeling could be done either with an internal printer, or via something like LightScribe

#3b: If it exists somewhere else, it’s flagged to be shipped out OR picked up and re-delivered with the next pickup

#4: Movie is now in local Redbox, and customer receives email telling them it’s ready and being held for them. Customer then goes and picks up movie, watches it, and returns it. It’s then available in that Redbox for someone to select or to be relocated to another Redbox

How awesome would that be?

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:38:51 +0000

I feel that they are both different places. Blockbuster has tons of copies of a movie while redbox has only one or two. Sometimes it is hard to get a new movie from redbox because they dont have it. I think it should remain the way it is but redbox should put more machines in even more places.

By: Karen

Karen — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:54:45 +0000

Please do not sell out to Blockbuster! I’m barely able to make ends meet on a limited income and if it weren’t for Redbox, I wouldn’t be able to rent DVDs at all. With Redbox, I am able to rent a different movie each week for LESS than one single rental from Blockbuster. Four movies for less than the price of one…? It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure that out!

As this country moves further into a recession, every penny counts. Redbox is and will be a godsend for those feeling the financial crunch. Blockbuster executives are well aware they may be out of a job once the recession in “full bloom” so trying to corner the market by having a monopoly is in “their” best interest, not the public’s.

Do not sell out to the “big guys”! Keep Redbox the way it was intended: friendly, affordable and fun!

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 01:17:08 +0000

It would be a shame to mess up a good thing. There are a lot of people on limited budgets and REDBOX has been a welcome breath of fresh air. To sell to blockbuster would mean the end of a very good thing, because they would raise prices. The old saying “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” surely applies here.