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Iowa
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Rip off!
May 21, 2019

Charged me 30 dollars for a late fee for a movie that was made in the 80's waste of money. I would rather just use Amazon prime never again am I using Redbox. Also they have a terrible movie selection

Date of experience: May 21, 2019
Texas
1 review
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Do not rent anything from them I got 1 movie and I had to keep it for 3 more nights extra getting charged $8.00 + taxes per night because NONE OF THEIR STATIONS WHERE WORKING. The third night I had to drive to 3 different locations (12 miles in total and 2 hours of my time) to return the movie. DO NOT RENT FROM THEM

Date of experience: February 11, 2024
New York
10 reviews
50 helpful votes
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Sorry Red box, but you're not ready for On demand streaming services. I started to watch a free movie that I was given due to another Red Box on demand glitch, and 1/2 through the movie it started to buffer and freeze. This went on for about 1/2 hour until I gave up. Then I called the On Demand problem number and after 10 minutes, I was disconnected. Red box is not ready to compete with other streaming services who have figured out the process.

Date of experience: August 25, 2018
Tennessee
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I rented 2 movies from Redbox, I returned them the very next day. I received an email stating that only one of my movies were returned and I will be charged until the second movie is returned back to Redbox. I called customer service to figure out what the problem is because I already returned both of my movies. I called customer service a total of three times, and every time I would try and speak to them about my issue they would hang up the phone. Very disappointed and I will not be renting from Redbox again

Date of experience: February 9, 2022
Canada
1 review
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Write your review to help others learn about this Movies are not available when advertised and are old by the time they do come out, very old. Don't trust all kiosks to have the movie you want to rent, it's a waste of the drive to the box.

Date of experience: October 23, 2014
Tennessee
1 review
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Free movie scam
April 12, 2023

Give it 2 stars simply because movie opinions are fine but the fact that it says you get a free movie when signing up is BS plus customer service sucks! Said he couldn't even find my account after I have already rented movies off the website and got up more points and all for nothing

Date of experience: April 12, 2023
South Carolina
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Movies are poor quality
August 17, 2023

We rented a movie online. Was given no info on how to get the movie from the machine. I had to google it. Ended up being very easy. Then went to play the movie, it would not work after the first 5 minutes. We got a new promo code for another movie. But was inconvenient. So today we rented another movie. The movie was horrible quality! Very grainy, with several pauses. It also did not fill our whole TV screen. I did try to adjust that. Didn't work. Not impressed. They need better quality control!

Date of experience: August 16, 2023
Mississippi
20 reviews
69 helpful votes
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I've used Redbox many times, and I've watched lots of good movies from it. I wish that they had a better selection of older movies, but I can understand the demand for new titles. It doesn't cost too much and sometimes there are coupons, so I'd say it's definitely worth using. I haven't had much trouble with dvds being scratched or damaged. I don't think Redbox is as good as Blockbuster, but since there are no Blockbuster's around anymore, Redbox works well enough.

Date of experience: February 21, 2016
Washington
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I am becoming disenchanted with Redbox --- they took out one that was just a few blocks away and now I have to go. 5 miles from my home. And Redbox increased their prices by 25% --- so I'm paying more and getting less.

And it seems fewer users are inclined to reserve movies online so there's invariably a long line of folks at the kiosk as people wade through the extra-bad search tool at the kiosk. They need to figure out a way to let folks who have reserved online get their disks at the same time other folks are browsing.

Date of experience: December 27, 2014
Illinois
1 review
7 helpful votes
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Great customer service
October 9, 2015

I have had a few discs not play on occasion, but just email them or call and they give you a free rental code to make up for it. I love using Redbox to preview movies I'm on the fence about buying for my home collection. I'll be continuing to use them.

Typed as I watch this weeks rental.

Date of experience: October 9, 2015
California
91 reviews
225 helpful votes
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I love redbox
April 21, 2014

I love redbox. Great idea. For about $1 a night you can rent a video. Their machines are everywhere, so very convenient. I also love that nearly every weekend I get a coupon for 50 cents off. I think they make their money by banking you won't return it the next day so they can charge you for a few more days, but I always do! They used to also give me a free movie on my birthday, but no more - sad.

Date of experience: April 21, 2014
Idaho
5 reviews
0 helpful votes
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I don't know where they get their bimetoprost but it simply does not work whatsoever. I've used Latisse in the past with great success but this has not grown a single eyelash.

Date of experience: June 20, 2024
Oklahoma
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Sea change Grrrr
June 12, 2018

It started off ok got alittle better turned out its a life time movie with no real ending or if theres another part but lucky it was free I wont watch again. What is life time movies doing at redbox come on not fair

Date of experience: June 12, 2018
Arizona
11 reviews
16 helpful votes
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First they told me I would get 3 credits for movies. I was able to use only 1 of them. The others disappeared. The last 5 movies I watched from RedBox have not played all the way through without freezing, having to stop and restart etc.
Not worth the trouble of finding a movie, holding, getting to not be able to watch is a joke.
Contacting redbox would only help if redbox cared.
Lack of customer service to me equals I will no longer be a customer of redbox.

Date of experience: May 31, 2016
Ohio
21 reviews
36 helpful votes
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This is a pretty good video rental source I have ever dealt with. There used to be quite alot of freebies but haven't seen too much lately. The reviews are interesting, it seems alot of people think movies are real and should be perfect all the time. I will continue to use Redbox for movie entertainment.

Date of experience: December 19, 2015
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Don't Bother
April 30, 2016

They are not too bad if you just rent a movie from the actual box for one night, but don't create an account online and don't utilize any "free" movie codes. If you take my advice you will save yourself from a lot of head aches having to deal with their horrible customer service and company policies. For example, things like being charged twice for a "free" movie when you shouldn't have been charged at all are the types of things that happen. They say the money goes back on in a week, but I can't find them on my bank account statement. $1.61 is not a lot of money but it adds up and it's the principle of the matter. If there was a half decent "box" competitor this company would get crushed.

Date of experience: April 30, 2016
Florida
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Worst customer service
September 24, 2017

Unplayable DVD with scratches, unable to get a refund.
I wish I could give them 0 stars. Customer service would not help resolve the matter, kept me on hold forever, I finally gave up over $ 1.60.
They didn't win since I will never use them again.
I would rather pay $5.99 on Xinity and download a movie.

Date of experience: September 24, 2017
Georgia
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I returned DVD's within the 24hr window and was charged $34 in my account a month later! Redbox had no account that my dvd was returned and I didn't even get my money back. They could only issue me 10 free movie rentals. Do you think I want my card to touch that machine again? I think not

Date of experience: March 29, 2015
Maryland
1 review
11 helpful votes
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Redbox charged me 6 times in one day... they took a purchase of $3.82 (two terrible movies) and then proceeded to charge me 3 more times of the same amount... then to top it off they charged another. 63 cents for no reason... all within an 8 hour period... called redbox's hotline and was not helped in no way shape or form... tried a conference call with my bank and redbox but... redbox hung up. I've spent almost 2.5 hours on this today... redbox is terrible. And I wouldn't go out of my way to make this comment of I didn't think it was worth it...

Date of experience: October 10, 2020
Nevada
7 reviews
35 helpful votes
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Meh.
April 12, 2018

I havenever really been a fan of redbox. Some sort of hybrid of blockbuster and an atm, I just don't see the value. They only have new movies which I can stream and no older hard to find ones that my local store has. Meh.

Date of experience: April 12, 2018

Overview

The overall reputation of the company reflects a significant divide in customer sentiment. On one hand, some customers appreciate the affordability and convenience of renting movies, highlighting positive experiences with customer service through chat. However, a dominant trend reveals widespread dissatisfaction, particularly regarding customer service responsiveness, billing issues, and the quality of rented movies. Many customers report feeling frustrated by unhelpful support, generic responses to complaints, and unexpected charges, leading to a perception of the company as unreliable and untrustworthy. This combination of strengths and weaknesses suggests a critical need for improved customer service and operational transparency.

This summary is generated by AI, based on text from customer reviews

service
48
value
47
shipping
17
returns
32
quality
37