Comments on: Frugal Friday Week 15 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-15/ Financial Commentary For The Average Joe Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:46:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: *lynne* http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-15/comment-page-1/#comment-8032 *lynne* Fri, 28 Aug 2009 19:46:42 +0000 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/?p=1756#comment-8032 My hubby and I currently use a mix of all three resources :) We've occasionally used RedBox during the 1st Monday of the month free (and there were some other 1-day free promotions a while back) promotions -- we have yet to pay to use this service :) I find it useful for getting the recently-released DVDs which on Netflix might take a long while before there's a change in the "Very Long Wait" availability message: Watchmen, for example, we watched soon after its release courtesy of RedBox. Netflix has that delivered to your mailbox convenience... but both require a special trip out in the end -- whether to the grocery store or a postbox. We've cut down our subscription to 1-at-a-time-unlimited. We no longer need the 3-at-a-time what with library rentals and Comcast's On Demand :) We've noticed that the library's drawback is majorly-damaged discs! :( My hubby and I currently use a mix of all three resources :)

We’ve occasionally used RedBox during the 1st Monday of the month free (and there were some other 1-day free promotions a while back) promotions — we have yet to pay to use this service :) I find it useful for getting the recently-released DVDs which on Netflix might take a long while before there’s a change in the “Very Long Wait” availability message: Watchmen, for example, we watched soon after its release courtesy of RedBox.

Netflix has that delivered to your mailbox convenience… but both require a special trip out in the end — whether to the grocery store or a postbox. We’ve cut down our subscription to 1-at-a-time-unlimited. We no longer need the 3-at-a-time what with library rentals and Comcast’s On Demand :)

We’ve noticed that the library’s drawback is majorly-damaged discs! :(

]]> By: Andy Hough http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-15/comment-page-1/#comment-8031 Andy Hough Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:37:47 +0000 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/?p=1756#comment-8031 We use both. I like Netflix because it has a much wider variety of movies and TV series. Redbox is great because I'm able to rent the movies for free by using promo codes. I haven't paid for a Redbox rental in months and I usually rent two or three movies a month from them. We also live less than a five minute walk from the nearest Redbox which makes rental and return very convenient. Between these two movie services we have all the movies we care to watch. We use both. I like Netflix because it has a much wider variety of movies and TV series. Redbox is great because I’m able to rent the movies for free by using promo codes. I haven’t paid for a Redbox rental in months and I usually rent two or three movies a month from them. We also live less than a five minute walk from the nearest Redbox which makes rental and return very convenient. Between these two movie services we have all the movies we care to watch.

]]> By: Mom http://www.joetaxpayer.com/frugal-friday-week-15/comment-page-1/#comment-8027 Mom Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:20:24 +0000 http://www.joetaxpayer.com/?p=1756#comment-8027 I love Redbox. When we move to Colorado I will have to find new Redbox locations. I hope it isn't too difficult. As for cable - we've been without TV reception for almost 7 years now. We don't miss it at all. I have a DVD / VCR player for the kids. They only get to watch whatever I happen to buy or rent. It's really useful for controlling what they are exposed to. I love Redbox. When we move to Colorado I will have to find new Redbox locations. I hope it isn’t too difficult.

As for cable – we’ve been without TV reception for almost 7 years now. We don’t miss it at all. I have a DVD / VCR player for the kids. They only get to watch whatever I happen to buy or rent. It’s really useful for controlling what they are exposed to.

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