There’s just no stopping the madness. From Hooters restaurants to businesses selling books for homeschooled children to the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council, everyone seems to be pursuing a marketing tie-in to March Madness, a.k.a. the NCAA basketball tournament.
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Hot Freebie List: Free ATMs, Free Lunch, Free Museums, Free Beer & More
Over the next few days, you’ll be able to grab a coffee, visit a museum, enjoy lunch out at a restaurant, rent some DVDs, and even throw back a bottle of beer for free. You’ll also be able to avoid paying fees while using an ATM …
For Netflix Users, “Catch-Up” TV Viewing Has a Catch
For the last two weeks, I’ve been what Netflix likes to describe as a binge viewer, watching two, sometimes three episodes a night of the acclaimed AMC adult drama Breaking Bad.
But now that I’m completely hooked, I’ve …
Why Disney Is Fighting with Redbox and Netflix Over a Movie No One Wanted to See
“John Carter” was one of the biggest film flops of all time. The special-effects-heavy sci-fi epic set on Mars turned out to be an epic box office failure in the U.S. for Disney, leading to a shakeup of company executives. Even …
Save Hundreds on These 10 Essential Household Goods
Free Video Games, Free Movie Rentals This Week at Redbox
Redbox, the DVD and video game rental kiosk service with nearly 30,000 locations around the U.S., has extended a free video game rental offer through Thursday, March 8. That same Thursday is also the day that Redbox is offering a free DVD rental to all customers.
Ready to Get Rid of Your DVD Collection? The Cloud Is the Answer
Entertainment executives are envisioning a transition coming in the near future, in which consumers convert all of their DVDs to digital files that are stored in a virtual “cloud”—and that can be viewed on any device you want. …
Free Video Game Rentals This Week at Redbox
Out of the blue (err, red, I suppose), the ubiquitous DVD- and video game-rental kiosk service Redbox has announced five days in a row of free video game rentals.
As Netflix Becomes More Like Pay TV, a Pay TV Giant Looks More Like Netflix
A just-announced joint venture between Verizon and Redbox will soon offer a service combining video streaming and physical DVD rentals. Now wait just a sec. Isn’t there some company that already does both of those things?
The Wait Time for Movies from Redbox and Netflix Just Doubled
It’s fairly standard practice today for movies to become available for sale on one day, and only become available for rent after several more weeks have passed. For four or so weeks, the only way fans can see the movie is to buy …
Cheapskate Tip: How to Keep Getting $1 DVD Rentals at Redbox
Starting on Monday, October 31, Redbox is raising its DVD rental prices from $1 to $1.20 per day. While a 20% increase is significant, we’re only talking about a price hike of a mere two dimes daily. Still, wouldn’t you rather …
As Netflix and Redbox Raise Prices, Blockbuster Boldly Tries to Steal Away Customers
Blockbuster has had a miserable couple of years, closing thousands of movie rental stores, entering bankruptcy, and generally serving as one of the recession era’s biggest business flop stories. Now, though, as Netflix and
