"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:07:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:19:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>>>> We rent a one or two movies a year. Redbox is a couple of blocks
>>>>> away. No subscription fees. You order what you want on the 'Net, no
>>>>> different than you would if your wanted something from Netflix. You
>>>>> go to the box, press the pick up button, insert your credit card and
>>>>> your movie is ejected from the machine. Really easy and cheap. Recent
>>>>> prices here have risen from $1.00 to $1.25 per night.
>>>>> Janet US
>>>>
>>>>You don't have to go through all that. Just go to the machine and get
>>>>what
>>>>you want.
>>> why would I want to stand out in the weather, in a line with fidgeting
>>> people behind me, squinting, as I surf through the offerings? And
>>> then find out what I want is already rented out and not available. I
>>> am going to the machine and getting what I want the way I do it. If
>>> you can make your choice at home, why be rude and take up other
>>> people's time as you quibble about what to get? Besides which, I can
>>> find out what machines near me have what I want. I get free offers
>>> with computer ordering. I can set up a wish list. I can get notified
>>> when new releases are available.
>>> Janet US
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>>I don't know why you would have to squint through the offerings. You just
>>put in the name of the movie that you want. Took less than a minute.
>
> Why reply to just one thing to invalidate what I said? You are the
> queen of obfuscation.
> Janet US

Whatever that means. But you implied that it was rude to get the movie at
the machine. She knew what she wanted and it took less than a minute to
get. And not all people have computers. My friend who doesn't have one
often gets them for her grandson when he is staying with her.