I go to the movies Maybe once every 5 years. My married kids I think go about once a year. I personally don't rent the red box movies but I know the kids do. If they didn't rent the movies they wouldn't see them at all, none of them could afford it in this economy. I just don't care to go out to the movies, I haven't seen anything to make me want to pay the money in 5 years or so. Even if the movie looks worth it, the refreshments & stuff double the price of the evening and you might as well stay home and enjoy it in the comfort of your living room. Pay per view on sattelite is too convenient and I only do that once a month or so.

I love red box! No way I'll pay $9 to see a movie at a theater or $5 to rent it at BB.

The reason for the low prices is there is no overhead. You dont have to pay 3-4 employees to work in a store. Dont have to pay rent for the store ect. That is why blockbuster is having so many issues and closing stores. Before blockbuster bought hollywood video, hollywood had all movies for a dollar. Redbox is a smart idea. I use it all the time. If they start having ads on the dvds i will stop using them. Im not paying for ads im paying for the movie. Amyways redbox has to buy all the movies it rents. So the studios are not loosing any money. If redbox puts ads on the dvds netflix have to do the same on every movie. One more thing if they put a commercial in the middle of a rented movie i will never rent a movie again and never go to a theater and see a movie. I will wait to see it on hbo, showtime, stars, ect. Im sending redbox an email right now and tell them not to cave in to the pressure.

I love redbox to,make it easy to rent and it doesn't kill you on the price.

Yeah redbox is hard to beat wish they had bluray. But last week they charged me 25 bucks for a movie i returned a few weeks ago the day after i rented it. And my mother the same day got late fee charges they said they didnt charge her the first time. So watch your bank statements closely. I called their support and the lady said i didnt return a movie i said i can gurantee i did. She looked it up and sure enough i returned it the next day. They refunded the charge but like i said you gotta watch it they could have said everyone owed and extra dollar and you might never notice it.

DFisk Blockbuster didnt buy Hollywood Movie Gallery did and then filed bankruptcy for the Hollywood side.

Sure I use redbox. I don't see why movie companies are so freaked out by it. I used it to rent a movie that I THINK I might like, or that I'm not sure if I'll enjoy but want to see anyway. If I like the movie, I go out and buy it. If i don't like the movie, then at least I"m only out a dollar, instead of 4-5 dollars which is how much it costs at our local movie rental place.

Seems that Hollywood has started to hate free-market capitalism ever since the tide has turned against them with increasing numbers of cheap DVDs, dollar movie theaters, NetFlix, RedBox, the internet, etc...why is that? It wouldn't happen to be because they no longer have a MONOPOLY on all profits, would it?

Why pay a dime when you're able to access them for FREE??? That's how I watch all the movies... Download the "PIRATED" copies from all over the world such as, Europe, Russia, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Germany, Mexico, Asia and from the rest of the world... FREEEEE!!!!

I was loving Redbox also, until they deducted money from my acct. on 8/28 for movies rented on 6/30. I rented several movies in a time span of about 4 days & noticed that several went through in my checking acct., inwhich I just assumed all of them did. After putting my kids back in school & the everyday usual needs my acct. was not prepared for the charge and I was in shock to see a charge there considering I had not used Redbox in 2 months. When I called Redbox, taking 30 mins to get ahold of a cust. rep I was told these were charges dating back to 6/30 and everyone renting on that date was affected due to a glitch in the computer. I was so pissed as a glitch cost me $29 and I'm sure it did several others as well. I will never use Redbox again, ever!!! I also learned that due to the boxes not being governed by a actual person daily they are very susceptible to have a device called a "sweeper" placed over the swiper that would go unnoticed by the average person who are unaware of such criminal antics. The sweeper appears to be part of the swiper, but it downloads every card that passes through them & then duplicate cards are made & your life becomes chaotic very soon. Check-out Redbox's website you'll see the swiper they are readily aware of on their machines. To make matters worse I was charged a second day for the movies as I kept them for 2 days. Of course I did not remember 2 months later I had them movies for 2 days, but they did & you'd think while I was on the phone with the rep on the first day they screwed me, she would have said oh yes Mrs. Screwed tomorrow an additional amount will come out, so be prepared. Luckily, I was as my husbands check is direct deposited. I honeslty thought when I rented the movies this is too good to be true, renting a new release for $1, as it turns out it was.

THEY FINALLY COME OUT WITH SOMETHING THAT EVERYONE CAN AFFORD, BUT THE INDUSTRY CAN'T STAND IT. I REALIZE THAT RENTING MOVIES IS I LUXURY IN THESE HARD ECONOMIC TIMES BUT EVERYONE NEEDS AN OUTLET SOMETIME. THIS IS AN OUTLET THAT CAN BE AFFORDED BY THE AVERAGE PERSON. THE RICH ARE LIKE THE GOVERNMENT, THEY ARE MAD BECAUSE THEY AREN'T GETTING ENOUGH OFF THE TOP. EVERYONE LOOKS FOR THE AVERAGE PERSON TO PAY THEIR WAY, GOD FORBID THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO AFFORD ANY LUXURIES.

A correction for D Fisk..BBI never purchased Hollywood Video. Having worked for MOVI for the last 4 years we had the heavy burden of having to reel in the debts that came with that acquisition. To date those that sunk Hollywood previously are back at it again.

I also had a major problem with Redbox the VERY same type that San had. a large number of my neighbors also have had the same problem.
What I did was to look up what movies were available at the local outlet here at our Walgreens store. I found one that I wanted so I ran over and rented it using my Visa. A week later I rented another movie but this one would not play so i called them and they told me they would credit my credit card for the rental. I then got my bill and found out that I had been charged for that movie plus a damage charge to it of $15.00 plus I was also double charged for the first movie plus a reservation fee. Yep you are darnned right I called them up and raised a little heck about all the charges and they apoligized and were to credit my card once again. Next credit card bill I found that instead of the credit they had charged me and not credited my account.
Long story short it took 4 months to finally resolve the total bill and many many 30+ min phone calls to finally solve the problem. I mentioned this to my neighbor and lo and behold he and two others on my block had the same problem with the same ripp-off company.
My advise would be to stay as far away from these thieves as possiable. Netflix is a WHOLE LOT easier to deal with and they have people that don't call you a lier and don't yell back at you or hang up on you when you have a problem with their lack of care or concern.

Oh *I* get it...it's okay for the Hollywood elite to make a profit and DAMNIT...they should get all that and a bag-of-baked-chips, too! I am so sick of these people and the people who support them. Only the beautiful people; the movie people; the "other side" people should make a profit. And by gawd...who are we people of free thought and speech to stand in their way of taking that from the rest?

I have used redbox several times, never had any trouble with it, and like it. It is $1 per night I think, not just a flat $1 charge. It is still dirt cheap, just like Netflix. I recently began using netflix again. If you watch a lot of movies and have internet access and can afford up to $18.00 per month, Netflix is the best overall value. For $18.76 per month, I can have 3 dvd's out at a time, watch unlimited instant movies online, and I when I want to return them, I just walk out to the mailbox and send them off. There are also cheaper plans and they start at around $5 per month. And I don't have the hassle of returning movies, getting in the car and wasting time and gas or spending $10-$20 like I would if I went to the movie theater. And if I ever get a damaged disk, all I do is return it and I don't get cherged or anything. Nothing beats Netflix! And they have virtually every movie you could want, plus new releases... And I generally watch at least 1 movie/day, which is about .63 cents per movie. And there movies arrive the next day after they are sent off, so it is super-fast, too. Netflix is the best.

No way am I renting a movie with ads in it, thats the reason I no longer watch television or listen to FM radio. Its audio pollution.

Hollywood is stuck on selfish, like Detroit. ALL dvd sales are GRAVY to Hollywood, who once had NO sales other than theaters.The greedy basterds have become used to $100million+ movie production costs. That's OBSCENE in this world of need. Shit paying an ACTOR ! $25. million for a MOVIE! Hello America..wake up and smell the insanity. Oversized kids get paid $25 million for play acting...next ridiculous thing they'll probably pay overgrown kids $25 million to play baseball or basketball....then we'll REALLY have a country with immoral priorities.

Right now Hollywood may think a $1.00 dollar is too cheap, however later on the road when everyone around the globe finds ways to PIRATE all their movies and download them for FREE; Hollywood will then consider and will be begging to return and settle for the original RedBox $1-Dollar deal. LOL!!!

I certainly understand all the arguments for RedBox in light of this economy and even the excesses of Hollywood payouts in the millions per movie. However, a few things to note here. 1) The number of actors making million dollar paydays per movie is very, very, tiny. At least maybe the top A list actors who make up 99% of the headline news in Tinseltown. That's at best, only 1/2 of 1 percent of all the actors there are. The majority of actors you see on screen you don't even know or hear about, and even if you do, they're "middle class/upper middle class" in pay. Then there are the "extras", who are the bottom rung. Standard pay for an actor (SAG union) is $645 a day up to 8 hours, then extra beyond that. Acting, despite looking easy, really is not. It can be long, arduous, and insanely repetitive. Not to mention you having to be convincing all those times in a scene. So, yess..while the studios have been greedy at times, some actors as well, there is a more serious danger in continual deflation of prices to gain market share. That's loss of jobs, and the economic ramifications of that long term. It's low wages that lured most of America's Blue Collar jobs of our middle class...the same jobs that made America the most advanced nation on earth...overseas for slave wages. Most of it imported back here, with little of the savings passed on to the consumer. A consumer who, having been "downsized" from career to career, was falling behind in earnings. This forced them to borrow to keep up his/her lifestyle, which in turn eats up more future income due to interest. Do this for two to three decades, and suddenly, you have a nation run by 70% retail/service economy, people way in debt beyond hope, housing and stock bubbles supported by criminal loan sharks that defy the rules of mathmatics in order to get people qualified for loans they never should've. Now, we have a vastly underpaid, underemployed, and now underdeveloped tax base pulling from too little gross income to support the country anymore. Forcing the country to go into debt, and now that the world knows we're too underemployed and broke to pay that back, we're down to the Federal Reserve printing money with NO value of goods/industry/precious medals to back it up out of thin air. That's what this nation's economic system of excess has gotten us. Now, we're reduced to shopping at WalMart, because we can't afford anywhere else...which in turn fuels more low paying job growth with little to no benefits, which gives us more poverty level working families, which in turn fuels more need of "RedBox" like entities to push the remainder of the middle class service sector out of business. Meanwhile, the politicians of both parties, and the corporate crowd continue to build and sit on more accumilated wealth...in fewer hands, expecting this to continue somehow....

Well I have news for you. It can't..the math doesn't hold up. Remember:---Never take more than you give, the circle of life--"The Lion King"

Scar(The govt), and the Hyenas(Corporatations/Bankers) have taken over the Pridelands(America), and it's rapidly falling into decay and desolation. Green jobs won't do it, especially as expensive and limited as they are. We need everything from clothes to appliances manufactured back here NOW!

If you actually pay for redbox, something is wrong. They put out free codes all the time and you can use the same codes over and over with a new CC #. You can get virtual card numbers from your CC company. And they tell you how to deal with a damaged disc immediately so that you are not blamed or charged for it. It is $1 a night, but if you get it back before 9PM (I've done it up to 9:30 and not been charged), you do not get charged for the next day. I have yet to pay for a redbox rental and with more and more popping up, it's so easy to get and return movies. My only regret is that I didn't think of it.