Coinstar: This vending business became a main competitor to Netflix when it bought Redbox – a movie rental kiosk company – from McDonald’s last year. It also owns arcade games, self serve coin changing machines and pre-paid card machines. … Wonder how Redbox can afford to offer DVD rentals for so cheap? If you’ve ever rented from Redbox you’ll notice the insane amount of previews and ads before you get to the DVD menu. But people are willing to put up with that for a …

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