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New rental price increase from Redbox

It looks like Redbox is following the footsteps of Netflix in terms of price increase.  I just received an email from them stating the following:

Starting on Monday, October 31, the daily rental charge for DVDs will change to $1.20 a day.* The price change is due to rising operating expenses, including new increases in debit card fees. Daily rental charges for Blu-ray™ Discs and video games won’t change.** Additional-day charges for DVDs rented before 10/31 won’t be affected, either.
In order to make the transition easier, Redbox will discount the first day of all online DVD rentals to $1.00 from 10/31 through 11/30. Additional rental days will be $1.20.***
As a customer this price increase actually doesn’t bother me as much as when Netflix announced their price increase (Granted Netflix was essentially increasing by 100%).  In fact, I am actually feeling a little guilty with Redbox since they gave up so many free movies codes (I got a bunch from McDonald’s Monopoly recently) I rarely paid for the movies I rent from them.  Furthermore, while their selection is limited I like the fact that they usually have the latest DVD release.  Personally I see Redbox definitely doing something right if as a customer, I am not upset with a 20% price increase.

October baseball

As we reached October we are once again entering baseball playoff season.  I have to say I am really disappointed with SF Giant’s performance this year since winning the world series last year.  While I am following the baseball playoffs I really wish the media would stop putting focus on the Cubs and how they lost in 2003.  With the recent documentary by ESPN, Catching Hell, I am sure there will be a lot of attention on Bartman again.

I really wish that guy has been doing well.  He has suffered a lot for just being a baseball fan and I hope he left Chicago.  I honesty can’t say that I won’t go for the ball if I were in his shoes and I certainly won’t stay in Chicago afterward.

 

Still deciding whether or not I like the new boss

Guest post written by Julie Michaelson

Now, don’t get me wrong. I have loved Andy as a character on the show for such a long time now. But I have to say that I was really disappointed to find out that he was made the new regional manager on the show The Office. He just can not handle all of that pressure. Instead of just being funny to me, it’s more annoying. But that may be because I have had bosses in the past that just would let their employees walk all over them and get away with anything.

What I am really hoping for, though, is that Andy will finally get some guts and be a better boss. If not, I will not be able to stand to watch this season. I was online looking for some spoilers to see if he was going to be a little more brave and when I was doing that I ran across some info on internet companies. After I saw that, I decided to change over my home internet service.

But maybe there is hope yet for Andy as the new boss.

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