Why pay $4.00 to rent a movie?

Though its been around for a while, REDBOX has finally made its way to Orlando. I rented Meet The Robinsons earlier this week and paid $4.26 for a 2 night rental. I could have rented the same movie for $1.00 a night at REDBOX. As you can see from above, its completely automated, I believe each kiosk can hold about 700 dvd's. The only real pain is having to endure the guy in front of you that takes 30 minutes to pick his movie out and another 30 minutes to try and pay by credit card. Most kiosks are located in McDonald's restaurants and Wal-Mart stores.

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Wal Mart sells Italian Road Bikes?

About a year ago I briefly looked at Wal Mart's meager road bike selection. For around $200, you get a heavy aluminum frame with drop style handlebars and sub-Sora level components. So I was quite surprised that they have since added some "Italian" made bikes by Corsa.



Pictued above is their $1,898 FC Lightweight Full Carbon. Made with a complete Ultegra drivetrain and 105 components, "assembled by the hands of skilled Italian mechanics". In addition, Corsa also offers 2 other road bikes priced at around $1,370 and $970.

If any of you have ever been to some high-end botique bike shops, you would know its not uncommon to see bikes in the $5000 to $10,000 range and beyond. Maybe this bike is really a rebadged $6,000 Bianchi?

Black Friday 2007

Hmmm, my first entry, must be another boring Friday night. I just browsed through the Best Buy and Circuit City ads for "Black Friday". I must say that I'm not very impressed.

The kind salesman at Best Buy warned me that most HDTVs advertised for that day will more than likely be older/special order models.



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