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Wow I'm surprised that you didn't know about RedBox. I have seen their kiosks in almost every major supermarket for years.

NKCSS 9y ago
I'm not from the states :) (.nl here)
- whoisjuan 9y ago
  Ohh! Gotcha. That makes sense.
Buge 9y ago
I've heard of Redbox, but didn't hear about these codes.
- adventured 9y ago
  Same here. I occasionally rent movies from Redbox and I wasn't aware of the codes. They're typically far cheaper than renting from Amazon. Sometimes I'll find a relatively newly released movie that I want to watch, and Amazon will want $5.99 to rent it (eg Blade Runner), versus ~$2.12 for the blu ray from Redbox. Amazon's digital rental prices are semi obnoxious at times; Alien Covenant is an ok movie that has been out on disc for a while, Amazon still wants $5.99 to rent it, you can buy the used blu ray from Redbox for $4.23 or rent it for half that. I have a box not far from my house, so I'll just grab the disc while out doing something else.
  - aidenn0 9y ago
    Also it's very common that getting the CD from amazon is cheaper than the $9.99 that they charge for albums. This is double crazy when you realize that buying many (most?) CDs on amazon cause the MP3s to be added to your amazon account as well.
  - edpazu 9y ago
    Your local library might have those for free.
  - sib 9y ago
    As a note, it's not Amazon deciding to make the rental price "obnoxious" to take high margins - it's driven by the wholesale prices that they are charged by content licensors for digital rentals. (I know, this fact doesn't make the digital rental any cheaper...)
    - mcguire 9y ago
      Do you have a source? Either RedBox is losing money on each rental, or....
      - jonmb 9y ago
        Redbox is a physical rental, not a digital.
      - sib 9y ago
        I used to work at Amazon (in a different area, but collaborated with people in the video business) and I now work for a company that competes with Amazon's transactional video service. The world of physical rental - at least in the US, not commenting globally - can rely on the First Sale Doctrine, which dramatically alters the economics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

NKCSS 9y ago

I'm not from the states :) (.nl here)

whoisjuan 9y ago
Ohh! Gotcha. That makes sense.

Buge 9y ago

I've heard of Redbox, but didn't hear about these codes.

adventured 9y ago
Same here. I occasionally rent movies from Redbox and I wasn't aware of the codes. They're typically far cheaper than renting from Amazon. Sometimes I'll find a relatively newly released movie that I want to watch, and Amazon will want $5.99 to rent it (eg Blade Runner), versus ~$2.12 for the blu ray from Redbox. Amazon's digital rental prices are semi obnoxious at times; Alien Covenant is an ok movie that has been out on disc for a while, Amazon still wants $5.99 to rent it, you can buy the used blu ray from Redbox for $4.23 or rent it for half that. I have a box not far from my house, so I'll just grab the disc while out doing something else.
- aidenn0 9y ago
  Also it's very common that getting the CD from amazon is cheaper than the $9.99 that they charge for albums. This is double crazy when you realize that buying many (most?) CDs on amazon cause the MP3s to be added to your amazon account as well.
- edpazu 9y ago
  Your local library might have those for free.
- sib 9y ago
  As a note, it's not Amazon deciding to make the rental price "obnoxious" to take high margins - it's driven by the wholesale prices that they are charged by content licensors for digital rentals. (I know, this fact doesn't make the digital rental any cheaper...)
  - mcguire 9y ago
    Do you have a source? Either RedBox is losing money on each rental, or....
    - jonmb 9y ago
      Redbox is a physical rental, not a digital.
    - sib 9y ago
      I used to work at Amazon (in a different area, but collaborated with people in the video business) and I now work for a company that competes with Amazon's transactional video service. The world of physical rental - at least in the US, not commenting globally - can rely on the First Sale Doctrine, which dramatically alters the economics. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine