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Now this is a pretty good idea

Posted by Todd

October 1, 2007 |

I have been blogging quite a bit over the past couple days about DVD purchasing kiosks, but what about a DVD rental kiosk?

Now that I think about it, my local Wegmans has one of these things.  Basically it’s simple, you rent the movie online and pick it up at a local kiosk, usually placed in grocery stores it seems.  When you are finished, you just return it to the kiosk.  You can also rent right at the kiosk itself.

The one company I am looking at now is Redbox.  I like this model so much more than purchasing a dvd at a kiosk with all kinds of crazy digital rights management.  According to the site, it looks to be a flat fee of $1 per night with no late charges.

The kiosk is for newer releases only it seems which makes sense considering they need to have the stock in the kiosk itself.  They claim to have all the releases the day they hit stores.

I’d definitely hit one of these over a Blockbuster if it were close and I knew I was going to be watching the movie that night.  Can’t beat a buck for a movie.


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  1. Cameron on January 7, 2008 9:47 am

    Kroger has the dollar machine. $1 versus $5 at blockbuster. hmmm.

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