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On Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:07:31 -0700, "Julie Bove"
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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
...
>>>
>>>> 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.


Why reply to just one thing to invalidate what I said? You are the
queen of obfuscation.
Janet US
 
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