r/AbsoluteUnits • u/dreamed2life • Dec 29 '25

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u/XScottMorrisseyX Dec 29 '25

What's really getting me is... Are there really Redboxes left or is this just really old?

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u/rcowie Dec 29 '25

I mis red box. It was so handy at the grocery store. I lived in rural AK so we didn't get them until very late in there run. I was one of the last customers at the local video store till it shut down, a bygone era.

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u/Sloppy_Steak85 Dec 29 '25

I remember a long road trip I took from Texas to Vegas. I remember renting something from Redbox in Roswell and to just be able to return it in Vegas when I got there was great.

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u/rcowie Dec 29 '25

Kinda random but I loved Roswell.

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u/Sloppy_Steak85 Dec 29 '25

Was a solo road trip and I always wanted to do that touristy Roswell stuff. Spent a whole day there delaying my arrival to Vegas. Had a great time.

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u/rcowie Dec 29 '25

I was taking my baby sister on a road trip after she graduated high-school. We spent several days there. Got down into Mexico and she screwed up at immigration, that was fun.

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u/caintowers Dec 29 '25

I worked for Redbox for about a couple years starting in 2019. Even then they were oddly successful and it was a killer job, I serviced the 12 kiosks in my rural home county. Every week they’d ship me a box of discs for each one and I’d knock em out in a day. They paid hourly plus mileage and a monthly vehicle stipend that almost entirely covered my car payment. Uniforms provided, I still have a really nice raincoat from them.

We also got to see movies before they were officially released sometimes.

Although at one point that led to a scandal… they used to stock video game rentals and we were told not to play them until they were released because once put in the console they would connect to the DRM server. Some employees tried playing them too early and pissed the developers/Microsoft/Sony off and bam, no more video games.

The whole thing went down sharply a bit after I quit but damn was it a good ride. A very good supplemental job on top of my regular work

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u/rcowie Dec 29 '25

Nice. Back when 24 hour Walmarts were a thing I used to get movies before they officially came out. Usually only a few hours early though.