All Hail the Mighty Redbox

Aside from the iPod and Chi hair straighteners, Redbox is my favorite invention of the past decade.  “$1/ day movies?!  Don’t mind if I do…”  I watch a ton of movies – always have.  My Blockbuster Rewards card is so old that it doesn’t even scan in the stores anymore.  And frankly, I’m kind of proud of that.  Over the years, I’ve gladly spent a small fortune at movie theaters, Blockbuster and paying On Demand fees.  That was until Redbox came into my life.  (It’s like it was invented specifically for little ‘ol me.)  I still go to see movies in the theater, of course – there’s nothing else like it.  But, now I save $4 or so on average on every rental or would-have-been On Demand movie.  Thank you, Redbox!  Grab a bottle of Two Buck Chuck and a Redbox movie (boyfriend optional) and you’ve got yourself a splendid $5 recessionista date on your hands!

Over the past two weeks, I Redboxed all four of these movies for the price of renting only one of them at Blockbuster:

Star Trek (Great!)

District 9 (Fair at best...)

Inglorious Basterds (Very Clever)

January is usually a pretty slow month as we transition from focusing on the holidays to beginning a new year.  If you are looking for something to do to pass the long winter nights – check out a Redbox near you. 

There are 19,000 Redbox locations across the U.S.:  www.redbox.com.