Has anyone tried these machines out?
Especially anyone in the Denver area?
Redbox DVD
They are DVD rental vending machines that are being tested out in the Denver market and I saw them installing one in my McDonalds in Minneapolis.
Looks like you can rent new release DVDs for $1 a day. Just swipe your debit/credit card in the machine and it gives you the dvd. It’s due back by 10 p.m. the next day. If you keep it longer it will charge you $1 for each additional day.
If you keep it over 20 days it will charge you $26 for the dvd.
And you can return them at any machine.
This sounds too good to be true and I am eager to try it out.
I’m in Denver and I use these machines all the time. Nope - it’s just like they say - no tricks.
One buck a day & 10:00pm is the cut-off of the day.
If you give them your email address, you get emailed codes that give you free days every now and then.
Never had a problem with them.
Oh, hidden truth, you can return the video to a machine different than the one you got it from.
If you dig around, McDonalds owns the Redbox company which is why they’re only in McDonald’s Resturants.
I guess not that hidden (last sentence).
I’ve used them pretty extensively. I’ve only ever had one problem- a disc that was scratched. I emailed RedBox and they refunded my dollar and gave me a code for a free rental. I also appreciate that you can return them at any location. We watch a lot of DVDs at work, and it’s nice that I can pick one up wherever we happen to be, and then just return it at the location by where I live.