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How does Redbox keep its supply balanced in each kiosk?

Asked by rojo (24179points) September 29th, 2015

Dropped off a DVD today to a Redbox kiosk. It was not the one I got it from. I would say that I return it to the same one I got it from about 70% of the time, the other 30% I drop it off at whichever one is the most convenient.
Would you say this is about average? Does Redbox take into account that people are going to return DVDs to different places when they assign certain quantities to each box? Does the number of people renting and returning to different kiosks balance out over time? Do they have to make a run every few days and readjust the numbers, taking some from A and dropping them back off at B and take that surplus to C and so on?

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