Free movie rental from redbox

I always thought it was weird when I’d see people at those redbox movie rental kiosks in front of Walgreens or McDonalds. For whatever reason, picking a movie from a vending machine-like contraption seemed odd. Maybe I’d just been conditioned by Blockbuster to think renting a movie had to involve walking down endless aisles and ogling check-out displays filled with candy and popcorn.

But after my first redbox rental experience, I can honestly say I won’t ever miss the brick-and-mortar rental store again (okay, maybe I’ll miss the candy and popcorn).

I decided to try out redbox when I found a free rental coupon code on Monday via another blog I read. The entire experience was super-easy and although I ended up hating the movie and feeling like I’d wasted two hours of my life, that didn’t dampen my newfound affection for redbox.

[For the curious, the movie was Rachel Getting Married, starring Anne Hathaway. I should have known when it was nominated for an Oscar that it would be one of those artsy movies not typically enjoyed by the general public.]

Anyway, here are a few of my favorite things about redbox:

1) It’s convenient – there are more than 12,000 redbox locations, including one literally right down the street at my local Walgreens.

2) It’s easy – I was able to search online for available inventory at my selected redbox location so the rental process literally took less than 2 minutes. You can even reserve titles online.

3) It’s current – Most of the movies have just been released so unlike some discount movie rental companies, you’re not limited to the “unwanted” movies that have been out for weeks.

4) It’s cheap – as mentioned above, my rental was free thanks to a coupon code, but even if you don’t have one of these the total cost is $1 per night – with generous terms that allow you to return the DVD by 9pm the next night. That said, there seem to be an inordinate amount of free coupon code days (for example, today’s is MMM325) so do a search online and you might get lucky.

5) They have a blog – gotta love a company that embraces social media. Also, this is where they’re rumored to post a free coupon code every Wednesday.

6) It makes random acts of kindness easy to do – After renting my free movie on Monday, I turned around and a woman was just walking up to rent her own movie. Don’t hate me redbox, but I handed her my Post-it note with the coupon code and made her day.

So why not try it out tonight for free? I promise you’ll never think those people are weird again…at least not related to their movie rental preferences.

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