# Anyone else having trouble with the Blockbuster Kiosks?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 23, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-the-blockbuster-kiosks/547778 "2010-07-23T22:35:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-the-blockbuster-kiosks/547778/1 "2010-07-23T22:35:43Z")

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They put one of those Blockbuster Kiosks in a location very close to my house.🆒

But…neither one of my credit cards nor neither of my wifes credit cards work in it. It fails to recognize them no matter what. :(:mad:

We have no trouble using them anywhere else. So, screw 'em, it’s off to the Red Box I go.

Anyone else having trouble like this?

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**Author:** ![pkbites](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pkbites/32/204_2.png) [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2010, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-having-trouble-with-the-blockbuster-kiosks/547778/2 "2010-07-23T23:52:40Z")

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Well, this mystery has been solved. On my way to the Red Box I noticed the Blockbuster box had a big ol “Out of Order” sign on it. So I went inside the business it was at and asked if they knew what was wrong with it. “Wouldn’t read anyones credit card”.

:eek: You mean it wasn’t just me?

So, just for the heck of it I drove to another part of town where there is another BB kiosk and tried my credit card. Worked like a charm!

Mods, you can close this thread.