Comments on: With New Deal, Redbox Can’t Sell Used Sony Movies

By: Redbox and Lionsgate, Hear Them Roar | Inside Redbox

Redbox and Lionsgate, Hear Them Roar | Inside Redbox — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 15:23:15 +0000

[...] looks like these deals are becoming increasingly common, which may indeed take Redbox completely out of the resale market, as I mentioned yesterday. But, [...]

By: Bikemiles

Bikemiles — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 11:02:25 +0000

I rented “Fast and the furious” from Redbox this weekend. It opens with a “train” of four gas tanker trailers in the Dominican Republic. This has a “directors commentary” which is increasingly rare with studios pushing Blue-Ray.

As far as the no “keepers” arrangement, if Redbox gets a significant discount by forfeiting resale rights that is fine with me. I can get used movies online. If the studios try to make this a condition of buying movies that are used for rental without a special discount that could easily be an anti-trust violation.

By: Bethany

Bethany — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 06:28:56 +0000

every single used dvd i have boughten from the kiosks have been scratched to the point of crappy play time. i have a new blu ray player, so you can’t say i don’t have progressive scan. obviously i do.

but, i have to say their customer service is awesome and the returns were simple and i was paid back almost immediately.

i will never rent a movie or buy a movie from a rental place again… portable kiosks are the way to go. f*ck blockbuster/hollywood video/movie gallery (<-owns hollywood)… for they have sh*tty prices.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 10:05:43 +0000

Why not? They have it.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:56:47 +0000

If they so much as raise the price to $1.50 I will stop renting from them altogether and go back to the hassle of mail order services such as Netflix and Blockbuster. I once figured I could rent 16 movies a month for $16.00 from Redbox… about the same I was getting from Blockbusters 2 at a time program, but I would not have to wait so long for new movies if they got rented out (like I so often did with Blockbuster) and I would not have to deal with the mail delays. If I have to pay $24.00 now, that will take away all advantages that Redbox has. They CAN NOT raise the price, they will go out of business. Mark my words.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:48:38 +0000

All the locations around my area sell them, not just McDonalds.

By: Sean

Sean — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:45:24 +0000

If you have a good printer and quality glossy paper that’s fine. But with the cost of the new case added in to all of that it’s more like $8.00. Still not bad if you have all the supplies to do so. But what about the movies that were released as a two disc set? Redbox only gives you the first disc with the feature itself. THAT is a ripoff.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 04:39:59 +0000

Blockbuster waits a long time, often months, to sell cut rate DVDs, and by that time the studios have sold a lot of new DVDs of that title. Redbox however has limited storage space in each machine and therefore starts selling used DVDs in as little as two weeks after release, directly affecting new DVD sales.

By: cooldru

cooldru — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 23:07:59 +0000

Just a question. Y can blockbuster sell movies for 3.99?

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:28:57 +0000

I guarantee that they are paying more than $5.00 per DVD.