Re:Study: Redbox Will Destroy the Entertainment Industry
by me2i81 on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @08:40PM
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It has to pay the store well enough to cover the cost of the Safeway manager standing in front of the machine, scratching his head when it jams up.
Re:Study: Redbox Will Destroy the Entertainment Industry
by philwelch on Tuesday December 08, 2009 @11:01PM
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Really?
Vending machines, pay phones, and coin-op laundry machines are all the same business model, and typically, that business model involves the owner of wherever the thing is installed calling the owner/operator of the machine when it breaks down instead of fixing it yourself. My landlord knows nothing about fixing the washer and dryer in my apartment building, that much is for sure.
All the head-scratching should probably boil down to "put an out of order sign on it and call Coinstar" at worst.
Coinstar makes machines you dump your change into and, for a percent of the transaction, prints out paper bills.
Free money! You build the machine, give the store a percent of the cut, and every (non-premium) store will let you put one of those up front.
They're in every Safeway I've ever been in. I'd expect to see them in Wal-Marts, Targets, etc. too.