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"9.99 per month for three movies at home with a total of six DVD rentals a month.
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this is a really poor DVD rental deal and I suspect will be quickly improved.
a)it's poor because unlike 90% of the other online sites they dont offer a free trial - usually you get 2 weeks or a month.
b)the one I'm with at the moment offers 3 at a time for £13 a month with no limit to the number you can have although technically I'd expect not to be able to have more than around 15 per month due to the speed of post. much better value than amazon.
c)the online help/faq is crap. one major issue with some companies (especially blockbuster) is that when they get the DVD you have returned they wait until the next day before posting your next selection. Cant find any help on this in the FAQ. I believe screen select dont do this which is a tick in their box. Also worth noting that some work at the weekends while others only do mon - fri. If they work saturdays it's also means quicker turn around.
So before you jump in - always do it via a trial! or dont bother at all.
And look for a service which has plenty of stock - ie. when the latest release comes out has sufficient copies to be able to meet a reasonable amount of demand.
Note that ScreenSelect operate a very poor trial - any releases within the last 4 weeks are not available to trialists BUT this probably means paying customers get a better service than other sites that do 'fully featured' trials.
nb. when I tried a screen select trial only to find latest releases arent issued to trialists I phoned up to discuss and was passed to a man who said "I can help you with that - do you want me to fix it?" or words to that effect. After the call I checked my account and he had cancelled my trial and closed my account!