New redbox code 8/03/09

Never done this, so can you tell me how this works? I've seen the vending machines. Do you just pick out the DVD you want and then they will ask if you have a code? Then you enter the code and the DVD comes out of the slot? Must be returned the next day, right? Does it have to go back to the same machine? Thanks.
 
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Pat 137 said:
Never done this, so can you tell me how this works? I've seen the vending machines. Do you just pick out the DVD you want and then they will ask if you have a code? Then you enter the code and the DVD comes out of the slot? Must be returned the next day, right? Does it have to go back to the same machine? Thanks.
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You can return the dvd on other machine as long as it is redbox kiosk. Thank you.
 
In a nutshell, you must have a debit/credit card and an e-mail address. You can keep it for as many days as you wish for a $1 a night charge plus tax. If you use these codes, you get only the first night free. The card must be swiped to verify who you are and if it isn't brought back within the next night. The e-mail is where your receipts will be sent. I love Redbox myself.
 
Dear Pat,
I found it much easier to go online...www.redbox.com and signed up on there. I registered my debit card thru them. Then, when I went to a redbox, all I had to do was swipe the credit card and put in my zip code for verification. The Kiosk walks you thru everything you need to do. You can return the DVD to any redbox location.
 
Good to know, but I don't want to give out my CC # (and don't bother using debit or ATM's--I know--old-fashioned!). I was just going to try this sometime when there was a free code....but, maybe you have to be signed up first? That I don't know. In other words, can I just walk up to any Redbox machine with a code and walk out with a DVD?
 
OK--my mistake. I missed cdavis' post last night. So, I do have to register and give them my CC # or I can't participate. Figured they'd need some way to track people so they didn't abscound with the goods. But I wasn't sure if there was something you did at the machine or ahead of time. So, I'll have to think about this. Besides, who has time to watch movies during August thanks to Allure? Now, when you bring the DVD back, does it just have to be before midnight the next day to avoid charges, or is it exactly a 24-hour deal?
 
Pat 137 said:
OK--my mistake. I missed cdavis' post last night. So, I do have to register and give them my CC # or I can't participate. Figured they'd need some way to track people so they didn't abscound with the goods. But I wasn't sure if there was something you did at the machine or ahead of time. So, I'll have to think about this. Besides, who has time to watch movies during August thanks to Allure? Now, when you bring the DVD back, does it just have to be before midnight the next day to avoid charges, or is it exactly a 24-hour deal?
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The Redbox location only stores the last four digits of your cc number. There was a time when people were putting skimmers on the machines, but all of them now have blockers. Also, each code is good once per credit card, not once per email address/person. If you have ten cards, you can use them all for each card. Codes that work once are breakroom and dvdonme. Go to www.insideredbox.com.

For credit card security: http://www.redbox.com/Help/Security.aspx

Customer credit card information is encrypted immediately after the card is swiped through our readers.
Further layers of encryption protect all data transfers.
Kiosks are actively monitored and regularly inspected both on-site and remotely.
Redbox never moves or stores unencrypted customer information. Credit card information can not be accessed by outsiders or even by redbox employees once the card is swiped at a kiosk.

Coming from someone who has worked with credit cards for 6 years and actively monitors credit card fraud, you are much more likely to have your card information stolen from a paper statement (still accounts for 80% of credit card theft), at a grocery store, or at a restaurant when the card leaves your presence. It's actually safer to use your card at a Redbox than it is at blockbuster.
 
Good info--funny that for the first time, when I went to pay at Legal Sea Foods the other night, they brought a machine right to the table. I had to do everything myself, but my CC never left my hand. That was a first for me at any restaurant, and my husband, who travels a lot, has never had that happen to him either. Card skimming is rampant in the rest. business, so I guess they have to do something. Signs of things to come.
 
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