I have been seeing people talking about Redbox for a long time but never paid much attention to it since I always got movies from a friend. I also used Netflix for a little while but did not really watch that many movies.
I got rid of my cable a long time ago and have just been using Hulu to watch shows or I would also get them from various sites. I decided that I really wanted to see a few movies over the weekend so I decided to try out Redbox since there was one in the store where I was doing my grocery shopping.
There are no instructions on the Redbox kiosk!!!!
I stood there for a few minutes trying to figure out where I would get my DVDs. I saw on the screen that I could pick movies but only saw a little slot to swipe my card and could not find the opening where the movies would come out. I looked around the side of the machine and still could not figure it out so after about a minute of clicking the screen to look like I knew what I was doing I decided to check out and maybe I would see where the movies would come out.
Turns out there was another vending machine on the right side that had something obstructing the slot where the DVDs would come out but I did not think to look there because that was a toy machine. It was badly placed so it was confusing for me but I finally got my two DVDs. Luckily there was not anyone around to see me!!!!
Sounds similar to my first experience, lol. I always had problems returning them–I’d put them in the wrong way and they would spit them back out at me. Practice makes perfect. I use the RedBox all the time! It’s much cheaper than the Blockbuster Box and you can reserve movies online or through the RedBox app.
I used RedBox sometimes when there’s a movie that I want to see and I don’t want to wait for netflix to send it to me. The only problem is that I ALWAYS forget to return it the next day!
Haha, that sounds like a pretty adventurous first experience with Redbox. Congrats on getting the movies!
I love Redbox! I’m always finding coupons online each month for free movie codes also; helps to have freebies once a month! 🙂
I have only done three rentals so far. The thing is I want to return the movie the next day so that I don’t get an additional charge. Even though the closest drop box is about a mile away from home I end up thinking it is an unnecessary trip. I can pick up the movie on the day I get groceries…but when I go to return it I am making that trip JUST to return a movie so it gets a bit annoying.