"Doris Night" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 19:33:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
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>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
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>>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 15:42:52 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>> > wrote:
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>>>>"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
>>>>>>news:gl4su9pp40ik7hsisn5klr8sv31fgfn78g@4ax. com...
>>>>>>> On Thu, 14 Aug 2014 21:19:30 -0700, "Julie Bove"
>>>>>>> > wrote:
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>>>>>>>>"Janet Bostwick" > wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:mjuqu9tqk76mahc697pmbjt9vdf8q2dsg4@4a x.com...
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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
>>>>>>
>>>>>>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.
>
> How many different movies do those things hold? How do you know if the
> red box has what you are looking for? What if you want to rent Little
> Miss Sunshine? Or Sweeny Todd? Do they keep movies that old in the red
> boxes?
>
> Doris

They apparently hold quite a lot. I do know that they don't have The
Turning Pointe. Nobody seems to and when available for sale, costs hundred
of dollars. The movies that we rented had just recently become available.
I haven't checked for any others.