11.10.2024 19:36 Uhr, Quelle: Engadget

Do you want a giant Redbox machine? Now’s your chance

Redbox is as dead as disco, but that doesn’t mean it can’t (sorta) live on in your living room. Redbox’s parent company folded with hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid debts. It also left over 24,000 of its iconic red machines at various retail locations, as reported by The Wall Street Journal and spotted by Gizmodo. The machines are heavy, cumbersome and difficult to dispose of, with a former RedBox executive suggesting it costs $500 to remove one of the kiosks. This is compounded by the fact that some of the machines are actually embedded in concrete. The retailers plan on salvaging them for scrap, at a loss, which has led collectors to take the initiative to scoop some up before they hit the scrap heap. Redbox, the DVD vending machine pioneer, is out of business, sticking Walgreens, Walmart and other merchants with 24,000 abandoned big red machines https://t.co/OqpLHA4vB0 https://t.co/OqpLHA4vB0— The Wall Street Journal (@WSJ) October 10, 2024 Jacob Helton, a 19-year-old

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