Box Office Express video rental machine
General information concerning the
dvd / move / video / game / rental kiosk machine
that goes by the name of Box Office Express:
=- Machine originally marketed by American Entertainment Distributors (who are now out of business) -=
Please use the links to do your own research ...
Negative Press
DVD Vending Machine Scam Convictions
According to the RipOffReport.com website, the original company ripped off some would-be entrepreneurs and then went out of business or was shut down by the courts.
Apparently the FTC is after that company and has filed a court case
In some of these links, you may have to search the page for "American Entertainment Distributors" ...
MSNBC - Indecent (business) proposal
Mentioned on the Better Business Bureau site
CNN - Crackdown targets work-at-home scams
VOX magazine article - Rise of the machine
Weekly Albertan - DVD rentals fail to reel in students
Video Technology Magazine- Stay Away
Kiosk Marketplace - Will DVD kiosks take off?
People forget (or never noticed) that various incarnations of these
devices
have come and gone over the past 20+ years.
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