They’re not just taking up store space. Retailers say the machines interfere with remodeling plans and expose them to potential safety hazards and liabilities. Some kiosks are hardwired into stores’ electrical systems. Outdoor machines are bolted into the concrete foundations and contain a coolant that is supposed to be disposed of in an environmentally safe manner
Capitalism never cleans up it’s own messes
We call those externalities, the taxpayers will handle them if we ignore them long enough that they become a crisis
This should have been settled in bankruptcy court as part of business wind down before anyone got a penny of assets divided proceeds. When it’s not then another legal battle is required to get the company to do what it should have. Such a waste of time and needless burden for society. Unfortunately, regulatory capture and representative funding capture is almost total so no laws will be passed to change it.
Cleaning thongs up doesnt make any money. :(
Maybe if you focus on strip-clubs and other target-rich environments.
On one hand, all they might have to do is tell people “if you want one, come and get it” and that problem would be sort of solved. But then for every one that gets turned into something useful, probably 20 of them will be left in a barn or something, not really solving the problem…
Being left in the barn means someone will buy a really cool old kiosk in 30-60 years.
A really cool kiosk full of dead rats that drank the coolant
Dinner AND a movie? Sign me up.
You telling me these boxes are basically free for the taking?
Theyve been hanging around almost long enough for dvd nostalgia to set in.
Maybe fill up a barn and sit on them for a few more years
Not many people know this, but the RedBoxes are free. You can just take them.
I have 291 RedBoxes in my yard.
I kinda want one of these. I could load it up with my collection. It’d be awesome. I can imagine my SO’s blood boiling already at the sight of “more useless junk”!
And what do you need an electrician for? Turn off power, open a panel, and disconnect the wires. Snip snip. Frankly, I’m surprised a dedicated switch/breaker for a 3rd party kiosk isn’t mandatory.
If only I had the space …
And what do you need an electrician for?
lol, OSHA compliance. WalMart can’t have Cletus from receiving just opening 110 boxes.
Cletus from receiving
You don’t need Cletus from receiving to do it. You just need to uh, suggest, to a certain portion of their clientele that a Redbox MIGHT have copper in it and boy it’d be a shame if it were to vanish, and I’m sure nature will take care of the rest.
That’s how you get a Redbox smashed into a million pieces all over your parking lot.
