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11-05-2012, 07:28 PM
|  | Raising woofs and making basses growl. | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | It's getting harder to rent from Redbox
My last 3 rentals from Redbox have been scams. Here is the one from today. The one before that was the sticky label from the inside ring of the disc stuck to a blank DVD R for another video game. The one before that was also a photocopy or a scam and that was a movie, the Avengers...
I don't know if I'm gonna give up but its been very frustrating, and having to call to get credited, not to mention the massive waste of time... 
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11-05-2012, 07:32 PM
| | | | Wow, that's really low. At least, I hope, they retained the previous renter's info...so they can recoup the cost of their disc while refunding your money...
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11-05-2012, 07:35 PM
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Endorsing Artist: Genz Benz Amplification | | Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Nashville | | | Might be time to start avoiding certain locations. |
11-05-2012, 07:36 PM
| | Raising woofs and making basses growl. | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | Quote:
Originally Posted by hover  Wow, that's really low. At least, I hope, they retained the previous renter's info...so they can recoup the cost of their disc while refunding your money... | That's just it...they can't. If someone rents a legitimate disc and returns it this way, it is registered as a return. There are no red flags yet. So lets say I come along and am the next one to rent...It could have been me who did it and they have no way to prove it is the previous renter. And to stop this, they would have to change their entire inventory system and probably the hardware inside the machine as well I'm guessing. Some anti fraud reader? Dunno, but seems very hard to stop.
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11-05-2012, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by lowfreq33 Might be time to start avoiding certain locations. | The last 3 were 3 different locations.
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11-05-2012, 07:37 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Your location can be this long | | | I recently disavowed Netflix after all the stupidity they put us through, and switched to Redbox.
Recently, I've been considering giving them up too.
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11-05-2012, 07:40 PM
|  | Everybody Wang Chung Tonight | | Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Houston Tx | | | I have never had this happen, and I have rented tons of movies through Redbox. I have had a couple movies so scratched up that they were unreadable.
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11-05-2012, 07:40 PM
|  | Don't feed the troll, folks. | | Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Camarillo, CA | | | The crap, man! That's just some incredibly juvenile d-baggery right there. It's a freakin dollar! Blockbuster it is, then...
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11-05-2012, 07:42 PM
| | Raising woofs and making basses growl. | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | Quote: |
Originally Posted by Hobobob The crap, man! That's just some incredibly juvenile d-baggery right there. Like hover said, I hope Redbox keeps records, so these morons learn the hard way how stupid this is. It's a freakin dollar! | The xbox games cost $60 new.
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11-05-2012, 07:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | Ridiculous, but I haven't seen that yet!
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11-05-2012, 09:53 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | Along comes the morons and idiots to ruin a good thing for everyone else. Bring back Hollywood Video!!! 
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11-05-2012, 09:55 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | I am really digging Netflix still.
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11-05-2012, 10:35 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Waco, TX | | | I mostly stream rentals online these days from Amazon, etc..
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11-05-2012, 10:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Hopkins I have never had this happen, and I have rented tons of movies through Redbox. I have had a couple movies so scratched up that they were unreadable. | Me neither.. I guess the thing to do is check it at the store. |
11-05-2012, 10:49 PM
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Originally Posted by tastybasslines That's just it...they can't. If someone rents a legitimate disc and returns it this way, it is registered as a return. | Of course they can; problem is they don't (going by what you posted). If that's the case, that is a ridiculous business model. When I sense ridiculousness, I go elsewhere.
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11-05-2012, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound I am really digging Netflix still.
lowsound | And we don't even have the selection of those Americans complaining  !
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11-06-2012, 04:37 AM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound I am really digging Netflix still.
lowsound | Me as well.
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11-06-2012, 04:52 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Minnesota | | | Still happy with netflix.......but......Just recently I had bought a bluray disc player so swithced my account to recieve bluray discs..I totally see the difference in pic quality rented the huinger games on both reg dvd and bluray. One thing I have noticed though and it has happen a few times is when watching a br disc Hunger games for example when an exciting part is coming up it starts skipping and messing up it has happen with breaking bad and game of thorones and it only seems to happen when a keep your eyes glued to the screen scene is about to happen. It does not happen on every disc but just seems kinda bizzare that it happens on a cant miss part. I noticed the br discs seem to be alot thinner so mabey other customers are rewatching those certain scenes and wearing that part of the disc out. thoughts? |
11-06-2012, 04:59 AM
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Originally Posted by JacoLesFlea Still happy with netflix.......but......Just recently I had bought a bluray disc player so swithced my account to recieve bluray discs..I totally see the difference in pic quality rented the huinger games on both reg dvd and bluray. One thing I have noticed though and it has happen a few times is when watching a br disc Hunger games for example when an exciting part is coming up it starts skipping and messing up it has happen with breaking bad and game of thorones and it only seems to happen when a keep your eyes glued to the screen scene is about to happen. It does not happen on every disc but just seems kinda bizzare that it happens on a cant miss part. I noticed the br discs seem to be alot thinner so mabey other customers are rewatching those certain scenes and wearing that part of the disc out. thoughts? | Its just a coincidence. And annoying.
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11-06-2012, 05:24 AM
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Originally Posted by JacoLesFlea Still happy with netflix.......but......Just recently I had bought a bluray disc player so swithced my account to recieve bluray discs..I totally see the difference in pic quality rented the huinger games on both reg dvd and bluray. One thing I have noticed though and it has happen a few times is when watching a br disc Hunger games for example when an exciting part is coming up it starts skipping and messing up it has happen with breaking bad and game of thorones and it only seems to happen when a keep your eyes glued to the screen scene is about to happen. It does not happen on every disc but just seems kinda bizzare that it happens on a cant miss part. I noticed the br discs seem to be alot thinner so mabey other customers are rewatching those certain scenes and wearing that part of the disc out. thoughts? | No, there's no contact with the disc as it plays. The only way any optical disc gets "worn out" is when the disc gets scratched.
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