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DVDNow: The Good, The Bad, The Other

August 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

I have been with DVDNow for several months now. Actually it was this time last year that I had my first contact with them. How have things gone since then? Any surprises about the company? What exactly is good about DVDNow, what is bad about DVDNow, and what surprises have I faced since signing up [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: Damaged RFID Tags

August 6th, 2008 · 5 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

Several times annually I must order a batch of RFID tags from DVDNow. The RFID tags are what we DVD Kiosks owners stick on the DVDs to make sure we get them back, instead of an empty DVD jewel case. What happens when you are sent a bad batch of RFID tags? Well, unfortunately I [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: Customer Complaints

July 14th, 2008 · 4 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

I own a DVD Rental Kiosk and never have to deal with a customer, right? Although it is not often I do have to deal with issues that arise. Most of the time these issues are very menial and can be dealt with by offering the customer something for their trouble. 
It seems like when I [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: A Typical Week

July 8th, 2008 · 7 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

Here is a typical week in the life of a DVD Rental Kiosk owner.

Friday: Receive and prepare new release DVDs. This includes placing RFID tags and ‘Insert this way’ stickers on the DVD.
Sunday: Load movies in one kiosk. Clean and maintain kiosk. You will not believe the greasy hand prints that are all over the [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: Advertising Update

July 7th, 2008 · 5 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

It has only been a week and a half since the advertising campaign really started. I know not to expect to much too early in the campaign. I know that an advertising or marketing plan can take weeks or even months to return positive results. I know that even if current results are looking promising [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: Frequently Asked Customer Questions

July 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

Anytime you deal with people you are going to be surprised. Even when you think you have heard it all, along comes another question. The same is true when you own a DVD Rental Kiosk. Very rarely do I have face to face contact with customers but when I do most of the time it [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: What the Store Owner Can Expect

July 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

Owning a DVD Rental Kiosk has been an adventure. I remember back when I was first talking to store owners about locating a DVD Kiosk in their place, I was repeatedly asked, “Will my employees have to mess with the Kiosk?” My typical answer was … “no, well I really don’t think so.” I had [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks: Purchasing Inventory

July 1st, 2008 · 7 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

In order to operate a DVD Rental Kiosk business I purchase movies about a month and a half in advance. Today is the only the first day of July and I have already ordered all my inventory half way through the month of August. Most everyone I have talked to orders as far out as [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks - My Marketing Strategy

June 25th, 2008 · 5 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

I need to increase profits in both of my kiosks and will share my plan with you. After playing around with all the numbers while writing the last set of DVD Rental Kiosk posts I realized things had to change. My kiosks were paying the bills but definitely not lining my pockets.
The two ways that [...]

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DVD Rental Kiosks Owners - Should I Send Stale Movies Back?

June 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments · DVD Rental Kiosks, Investing & Wealth

If a movie is still renting well and is approaching ninety days from the street date should I remove it from my DVD Rental Kiosks and send it back? This is a situation I run into with popular movies more often than not. For those of you not in the DVD rental business I will [...]

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