Inside Blockbuster Express

Mizzou just announced the availability of a Blockbuster Express Kiosk in the Student Union (located next to the ATM). Like the University of Hartford which announced availability earlier this year, the University of Missouri hopes to both generate some additional revenue as well as provide some additional resources for student life.

Visit the kiosk today and try out one of our promo codes to see how it works! Follow @insidebbexpress on twitter to get updates when new promo codes are released!

Blockbuster Express has released a new Rent 1 Get 1 code – Use code GW12B2 – Valid until 2/15/2010

They have also extended another code which was originally supposed to expire on 1/31/2010 but now shows to expire on 2/28/2010. Free Rental with code GT9SA – Valid until 2/28/2010.

Remember, you can use each code once per credit card. If you have used it before it doesn’t appear to work again with the same credit card even if they renew the code!

NCR Corp., which operates the Blockbuster Express kiosks, announced that it has made a deal with and rolled out more than 100 kiosks at Food City and Bashas’ supermarkets across Arizona.

Bashas’ which operates 153 stores under several different names; Bashas’, Food City, AJ’s Fine Foods, and Dine Markets across Arizona serves many different “demographic neighborhoods” with its different concepts. The Blockbuster Express kiosks will fit in perfectly with these concepts that are well targeted.

Look for one at your local store and grab one of our Promo Codes to try out the kiosk!

A new promo code has just shown up.

Free rental use code GA12A2 expires 2/19/2010

NCR has an agreement in place with Brookshire Grocery Stores to install its Blockbuster Express DVD rental kiosks in its more than 150 stores across Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi within the first quarter of 2010.

Last year, NCR acquired The New Release (TNR), the number 2 player in the DVD rental kiosk business, based in Houston, TX. TNR’s primary market was in the grocery market. This continues with those roots as well as being in a Texas grocery chain.

Don Gaynier, Brookshire Grocery Company said, “We considered many of the leading DVD kiosk providers, and we were most impressed with NCR’s rapid growth in the space.”

NCR began deploying Blockbuster Express kiosks in Brookshire Grocery in 2009, with about 100 kiosks installed at the chain at the end of the year.

According to Gaynier, “For more than 80 years, Brookshire Grocery has strived to give our customers a great shopping experience. Through our new relationship with NCR, we are able to give our customers the convenience and savings associated with Blockbuster Express DVD rentals.”

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The Blockbuster Express rental locations near to me are both at Sonic Drive-Ins. A particular thing to note about a drive-in location is the fact that the kiosk must be outdoor. So after some testing at these locations, NCR has officially launched the NCR SelfServ Entertainment 2381.

Able to hold as many as 950 DVDs, this weather-protected outdoor kiosk is the most secure and highest-capacity outdoor DVD-rental kiosk in the industry. This will now allow NCR to launch Blockbuster Express kiosks through many more 24-hour smaller footprint locations.

One of the key things that Redbox has been able to do to get a great foothold in the industry is to place the kiosks at key locations outdoors. Now they have 24 hour access and are even more convenient. Its one thing to go to a kiosk where you had to park a 3-4 minute walk away from the doors to get inside your favorite grocery or Wal-Mart, but if you can drive right up in the parking lot right by the kiosk and get out and grab and go, that makes usability much higher.

The kiosk is very similar in design to the kiosks seen in the indoor placements. With a 19″ touch screen display and an optional 26″ LCD signage display on top. Holding nearly 50% more DVD’s than Redbox the kiosks will provide a greater selection for customers renting from a DVD kiosk.

There are a couple R1G1 codes that are good for early February right now. Get them while they are hot!

Rent 1 Get 1 for free with code 211B2 – Valid until 2/05/2010
Rent 1 Get 1 for free with code GW12B1 – Valid until 2/8/10

First off, I’m not sure why to have a promo code that only works on Wednesdays but there is one out. What I expected was to have some Monday only codes. That way you come get movies the day before new releases come out. You might find rent something that’s not moving so well. Then Tuesday when you return the movie you get hit with the Tuesday New Releases!

But anyway, here is the code that just showed up thanks to a couple of folks posting over on our Community Forums (http://insideblockbusterexpress.com/community/topic/new-wednesday-only-free-promo-code?replies=3#post-14)

Free Rental with code W212A1 – Good only on Wednesdays 2/3/10, 2/10/10, and 2/17/10.

The first Blockbuster Express kiosk was just placed at the University of Hartford’s Gengras Student Union. According to Thomas Perra the University’s Associate Vice President and Treasurer, “Besides treasury, investments…I’m always looking for opportunities for non-tuition revenue.” According to Perra, about 5-10% of the rental revenue from the machine would go to the school in the form of “Auxiliary Revenues.”

NCR, which operates Blockbuster Express, is even promoting the facility with rent one/get one free deals and having Friday rentals not due back for the whole weekend until Monday.

Perra and NCR are currently researching other locations on campus where at least one more machine can be placed.

New blockbuster express free rental code! Use G211A2 for a free rental – Expires 1/29/10. Complete list of codes at http://insideblockbusterexpress.com/promo-codes