Happy Friday: How One Reader Never Pays for Movie Rentals

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   Sisi Chavez May 27, 2016 at 6:17 pm MST

   Awesome idea!! Thanks for sharing!!

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  Collin (Mrs. Hip) May 29, 2016 at 11:12 am MST

  You’re so welonlinee!

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   kathryn May 27, 2016 at 6:18 pm MST

   We do this too! Hello library, goodbye Netflix 🙂

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   Shaina May 27, 2016 at 6:25 pm MST

   You can also rent video games from the library and they have free video game nights for kids at the libraries near me.

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   Kay May 27, 2016 at 6:26 pm MST

   I did this for years until I had a baby and got so behind on watching movies. I still owe the library fines from that time period.

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  Erin May 27, 2016 at 8:33 pm MST

  Haha me too

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   Daisy May 27, 2016 at 6:27 pm MST

   My library used to have dvds to checkout for free, but now they charge 🙁

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  Melanie May 27, 2016 at 7:22 pm MST

  Mine too

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  Liz Ob May 27, 2016 at 11:14 pm MST

  You can try going to a different library in the area and asking if they fine according to another library.

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   syeo2013 May 27, 2016 at 6:28 pm MST

   Also, you can give them reonlinemendations of what movies you would like to have in the library. They would email me when they came in! 🙂

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   Sf May 27, 2016 at 6:29 pm MST

   I have been doing this for years. I do it for the adults and for the kid movies. It works out great.

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   Mary K May 27, 2016 at 6:30 pm MST

   We do this for lots of children’s movies. There are lots of classics and even disney movies at our library. Many aren’t available to rent at redbox so we would have to buy them if we wanted to see them.

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   Rachel May 27, 2016 at 6:31 pm MST

   My local library offers movies and they have video games too. It has saved us a lot of money! You can keep the games for a week so my son has actually finished a game in that time or realized he didn’t like it at all. Sure beats buying a game that can’t be returned or not played with much after it’s been onlinepleted. We do enjoy the movies too!

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    Just Me May 27, 2016 at 6:31 pm MST

    Do they just go to the library?

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  Jennine May 27, 2016 at 6:35 pm MST

  Yes 🙂

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  Just Me May 27, 2016 at 7:29 pm MST

  Lol I didn’t even have to read it! Who doesn’t know this?

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  Jennine May 27, 2016 at 8:30 pm MST

  🙂 Sarcasm is lost online for me 😉 enjoy the weekend!

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  Jennine May 27, 2016 at 6:36 pm MST

  Yea, if you don’t already have a card get one when you stop by. Then You can use the card through the online library catalogue and reserve what interests you. Some holds are longer than other. Supply and demand.

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  Rebe May 30, 2016 at 5:55 am MST

  And remember, when you go to the online catalog you can search the whole network your local libraries cover, NOT only your local library! I get movies and books in Spanish from towns I didnt even know exist!

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    Anna May 27, 2016 at 6:35 pm MST

    We do that too!

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    Bethany May 27, 2016 at 6:35 pm MST

    I do this too—–my library doesn’t have a limit on holds. Right now I’m approaching 100!

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    Heather C May 27, 2016 at 6:48 pm MST

    Genius!

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  Just Me May 27, 2016 at 7:28 pm MST

  Really? Who doesn’t know you can rent from the library for free?

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  Macy May 27, 2016 at 7:45 pm MST

  People who don’t normally go to the library most likely.

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    randa May 27, 2016 at 6:50 pm MST

    My library’s Dvds don’t work fine and are scratched moat of the time …but I get advantage of borrowing digital books , on mine I can even borrow Kinsale books for free for 3 weeks a time for free

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    Kate May 27, 2016 at 6:52 pm MST

    Check out hoopla to see if your library participates 🙂 you stream it 🙂

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  ThriftyNursingStudent May 27, 2016 at 7:25 pm MST

  What is hoopla? I went to hoopla.online, but don’t quite understand it lol

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  Just Me May 27, 2016 at 7:32 pm MST

  It’s a streaming service your library pays for. Mine has a limit of 10 per month. To sign up you need to see if you library is participating ( scroll through the list of libraries), you’ll need your library card # and the pin if your library uses one. Try your last four of your phone number if you didn’t set one up but your library uses a pin

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  Emulvey2001 May 28, 2016 at 3:52 am MST

  My library doesn’t do Hoopla, but they do Freegalmusic for music downloads / streaming. Each library pays for different amounts, but I get 5 free song downloads & 3 hrs of streaming a week. It’s not as current as iTunes, but you can find some real gems like the newest Adele album, Megan Trainor, etc! If you sign up with them (you’ll need yr library card number), they’ll even email you each week reminding you to get your songs! 🙂 I download them to my onlineputer. Pro tip: you can add the songs to your iTunes library by opening iTunes on the onlineputer you downloaded the songs & then pressing Ctrl & O (the letter, not zero)! ENJOY!!!

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  Just Me May 27, 2016 at 7:27 pm MST

  Yes I was going to mention Hoopla. They’re not new movie releases ( 2yrs old) but the music is new. You have to be on wifi though. It’s not downloaded to the device

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  Michelle W May 27, 2016 at 10:43 pm MST

  I love Hoopla. They have some awesome old Disney movies like Cat from Outerspace and Candleshoe and Apple Dumpling Gang

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  Karri May 28, 2016 at 8:16 am MST

  Thanks Kate did not now my library offered Hoopla.

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    Heather C. May 27, 2016 at 6:53 pm MST

    Up until recently my library only carried vhs tapes. 🙁 Haven’t checked lately though… Maybe I’ll do that soon.

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  Just Me May 27, 2016 at 7:26 pm MST

  Wow! Mine carried them but about 2 yrs ago got rid of them since new movies aren’t onlineing out in vhs

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    Emily May 27, 2016 at 7:00 pm MST

    We do this every week and it works perfectly because they have toddler time for my son once a week and the movies are out for a week at a time, so when we go for toddler time I pick up new ones and return or renew the old ones! We don’t have Netflix or cable or the Internet (except for on our phones) so between the library and free redbox codes we see everything for free! We love the library!!

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    Shell2016 May 27, 2016 at 7:17 pm MST

    I do the same thing too. Then buy popcorn and nachos and eat at home instead of going to the movies !!

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    Winter May 27, 2016 at 7:27 pm MST

    I rent movies through the library too. They have a lot of older movies that I haven’t seen or want to rewatch. I put some movies for summer on hold for the childrn yesterday: High School Musical, Freaky Friday and some of the old Herbie movies. I got Badlands to watch with my husband. We stream through Hoopla, especially audio books on long car trips.

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    Debby May 27, 2016 at 7:28 pm MST

    I have been doing this for years!😊
    I always have a running list of bestseller books I want to read as well as all new music albums…..
    I am always amazed at how many people do not use their local library!!! The library rocks!!!📚📚📖

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    Natalia May 27, 2016 at 7:29 pm MST

    The library is a gem! I’ve also heard of being able to check out other odd items to try like knitting needles. Probably varies a lot by location.

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  CrescentCityCurly May 27, 2016 at 10:30 pm MST

  “Just me” is either drunk or just immature. Either way you’re annoying and not funny.

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  Kristen May 28, 2016 at 5:59 am MST

  I was thinking the same thing…lol definitely not funny- just rude 😕

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  Just Me May 28, 2016 at 1:31 pm MST

  I was / am neither drunk nor immature. And I wasn’t trying to be funny. Just surprised ppl don’t value/ know what they’re library have to offer especially since this is a frugal crowd app.

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  Kristy May 28, 2016 at 2:30 pm MST

  Rude is definitely calling someone drunk/immature. I myself am surprised that more people don’t know about the public libraries and what they have to offer. No need for name calling, I thought this was supposed to be a friendly environment.

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    C May 27, 2016 at 7:42 pm MST

    The library is my greatest resource. I recently treated myself to buying a new book, but it had been at least a year since I had! I love my library.

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    Lexy May 27, 2016 at 7:45 pm MST

    That’s exactly what I do. My local library has an App so I just go on my app and search for the newest releases and waiting when it’s ready to pick up:)

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    Katie May 27, 2016 at 7:51 pm MST

    Wow my library doesn’t let me put more than four items on hold!!! That is awesome. Slowly but surely my family was able to watch the original star wars trilogy this way 🙂

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    nicole May 27, 2016 at 8:24 pm MST

    In Wyoming and the earliest movie our library has is from 1999!! 😂

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    Elaine May 27, 2016 at 9:10 pm MST

    My father is best friends with many of the librarians. They automatically put him on all the waitlists for the newest releases. He is retired and has seen more of the new movies than I have. It’s the best.

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    Dawn May 27, 2016 at 9:18 pm MST

    Another fun tip: if I go to the library on Tuesday, I very often can get the newest released dvd’s. The ones that were released that day!

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  Kristy May 28, 2016 at 2:39 pm MST

  Ha! You’re lucky, that would never work around me. Everything always has 100+ holds on it by the time the DVD is released.

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    Sarah Vargo May 27, 2016 at 9:20 pm MST

    My library gets new release movies the day they onlinee out. We also have Hoopla, Overdrive and new release video games. Not to mention all of the awesome free programs.

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    Rebecca May 27, 2016 at 9:59 pm MST

    I can’t be the only one who ends up paying more in late fees than the cost of the movie, can I? 😂😂 I only stream through Amazon so it’s automatically returned the next day. 😉

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    V May 27, 2016 at 10:02 pm MST

    My library charges $1 a day for movies. Kids movies are 15 cents. Having moved here two years ago, and being accustomed to a library who didn’t charge for DVDs, games, inter library loans…I sure do miss that luxury

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    Shanshan May 27, 2016 at 10:40 pm MST

    I should start borrowing movies from library. Used to, but stopped. I got carried away with all the Redbox free rental deals and usually end up paying at the end. Say if there’s a free Redbox code I almost forget to use, I hurry and reserve one movie from each of our two accounts right before midnight, at that moment it counts as the first/free night. And the next day we might pick it up late in the day, and if we don’t get to watch and finish them by 9pm, then I get charged rental on both movies. If on the following day we finally get to watch the 2nd movie but it ends right after 9pm, then that’s paying 2 days on both movies, so easily $6 + tax. Yes it’s dumb, that’s why I need to stop renting from Redbox, just doesn’t work well with our lifestyle since we always start a movie late at night.

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  Elvira May 27, 2016 at 11:33 pm MST

  That’s exactly what redbox is banking on when they release those free codes. That people forget or don’t return on time and they get money in their pocket in the end.

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    Caroline May 27, 2016 at 11:25 pm MST

    As a librarian it fills my heart to know that so many use and value thier library 🙂

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    Carla May 28, 2016 at 3:13 am MST

    I Didn’t know libraries had movies (ones for entertainment) I thought only educational. Also never heard of putting a “hold” on a library item. This sounds like a good idea but for me, way too inconvenient to drive out of the way to the local library and do this when redbox is down the street and everywhere

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  JODI P May 30, 2016 at 5:36 am MST

  USE your local library! You are probably paying for your local library though your property taxes…..you can call your local tax office and find out how much you’re paying to the library each year. I pay $80 (through property taxes through my rent), my sister is paying $140!

  So to be a truly frugal person…..USE what you pay for!

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  Rebe May 30, 2016 at 7:05 am MST

  I dont know other libraries, but mine brings the items to my local library and they notify when it is ready to pick up.

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    Gerta May 28, 2016 at 6:15 am MST

    I get soooo many free Redbox movie rental codes here on Hip2Save so I’m always current on the latest movies (without spending a fortune at the box office!)

    Thank you Collin and team 🙂

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  Collin (Mrs. Hip) May 29, 2016 at 11:15 am MST

  You’re so welonlinee! 😉

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    Jay May 28, 2016 at 6:51 am MST

    This is going to make me sound SO lazy but our library even has a drive thru so that you don’t even need to get out of the car to pick up the items you have put on hold!!! I totally love it!!!

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    Jenn May 28, 2016 at 7:47 am MST

    Netflix is reasonable. For me it isn’t worth the time to reserve and run back and forth.

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  Melinda May 28, 2016 at 12:48 pm MST

  Also, many times dvds from the library are so scratched up that they don’t play well.

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    Gretchen May 28, 2016 at 9:15 am MST

    My kids and I spend 3-4 days a week at the library. We’ve been blessed to live by libraries with incredible resources for families. Our current one offers a free educational Web service for kids ( it’s like ABCmouse, but free). Plus all the story times and Summer activities, it’s helped us make friends in new cities. I would suggest to anyone who uses the library to get to know the Librarian and ask about what services they offer. Every library is different, but for example, mine let’s your kids have a library card too. So instead of having only 10 holds and 50 checkouts, I could have 40 holds and 200 checkouts ( not that I would need that!)

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    eyez1998 May 28, 2016 at 10:14 am MST

    I check out e books from my library online and read them on my Kindle. Love it since i don’t have to actually go to the library

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    Yellowfan May 28, 2016 at 11:30 am MST

    I moved to a city with more than 17,000 some populations . It’s surround by 4 different much bigger cities , wired right! There is no local library . I owned 4 different library cards at one time. Kept my 2 old ones from where I used to live and 2 new ones where I live now. Because I am not a resident of any of those cities , they are all nice enough to let me have a library cards but I can’t hold on any of those DVDs . I used to take my chance drive 5-10 miles one way and found nothing I want to watch and I finally gave up onlinepletely.

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  Grey May 28, 2016 at 11:36 am MST

  I am so sorry to hear that. The last 2 places I lived, the libraries formed partners with all the surrounding counties, so you could have 1 card and request holds from any library in any of the counties. They would deliver them to the library of your choice and you could return anything to any library. Hopefully, yours will get up to date soon.

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    Mindy May 28, 2016 at 12:04 pm MST

    I used to do this when our children were little. Haven’t been to the theater for a long time or rent any movie ever since Block Buster went out of business. Recently, I borrowed 5 seasons of Dowton Abbey to watch from the beginning because I missed so many episodes. When Mathew died, I stop watching it.

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    Leslie R May 28, 2016 at 1:31 pm MST

    I do the same thing but unfortunately I’m terrible at getting then returned on time and then I can’t put a new one on hold until I pay the fine. Ugg. Lol. It does save money though even with fines. 😉

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    Lori May 28, 2016 at 4:27 pm MST

    Our library is awesome..we get movies, music, games, all kinds, and they even started this new program where you can check out park passes. You get it for a week and it’s available in almost all parka in Indiana 🙂

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    Misty May 28, 2016 at 9:15 pm MST

    Thank you for the information. I’m going to look this up.

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  Collin (Mrs. Hip) May 29, 2016 at 11:15 am MST

  Perfect! You’re welonlinee Misty!

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    Poppy May 29, 2016 at 6:20 am MST

    This is smart and I also like the library print ..

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