# Redbox DVD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-dvd/307149>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 6, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-dvd/307149 "2005-06-06T16:36:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Hampshire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hampshire/32/4887_2.png) [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-dvd/307149/1 "2005-06-06T16:36:49Z")

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Has anyone tried these machines out?  
Especially anyone in the Denver area?

[Redbox DVD](http://www.redboxdvd.com/)

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.

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-dvd/307149/2 "2005-06-06T19:09:56Z")

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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.

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**Author:** ![Belrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed655f/32.png) [@Belrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Belrix)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2005, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-dvd/307149/3 "2005-06-06T19:36:07Z")

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> [@Belrix](#):
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> If you dig around, McDonalds owns the Redbox company which is why they’re only in McDonald’s Resturants.

I guess not that [hidden](http://www.redboxdvd.com/about.htm) (last sentence).

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**Author:** ![St.Urho](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@St.Urho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/St.Urho)\
**Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/redbox-dvd/307149/4 "2005-06-07T12:51:15Z")

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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.