Monday, October 22, 2012

My Second Wonderful Redbox Idea

I had a great idea for Redbox.com a while ago and I think they used it, although I have no way of knowing or proving it. I loved using Redbox, but felt limited by the fact that they only ever had brand new movies. So I suggested to them they carry some of the old classics. A short time later I saw "Redbox Replay" appearing in my local machines. Now I think they just say the movie is "Here Again." So this time, before I send them my idea, I want to have some evidence that I came up with it. So here it is, I call it the "Red List" or the "Red-y List." I like on Hulu and other places how I have a Queue. I want the same thing at Redbox.com. I mainly rent from Redbox online, but it would be useful for the walk up customers too. Here's how I see it working. You login, and browse movies. If you are interested in something, you add it to your List. Now you can search local Redboxes for the movies in your list (and it would save me that head-scratching every time saying, "What was that movie that sounded good to me last time?") or you can walk up to a Redbox and swipe your card that is associated with your account and it will tell you if any of the movies on your list are in that machine. So there you have it! Look for it in a Redbox near you soon! (I mean, they used my last idea, right?)

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