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Old 10-12-2004, 09:43   #11
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Re: Amazon to offer DVD's to Rent at a Reasonable Price

I'm currently with:-

www.globalerental.co.uk

very cheap - £13 a month for 3 disks and they have good stock - so when a released or recently released film is at the top of my queue, I have so far always got it. (they also offer 4 disks for £16 and 5 disk for £19)

another plus point is that they answer emails! unlike blockbuster. and they have a good web site.

they also offer a full month's trial.

and you dont have this problem with them - "My only whinge about Screenselect is on their box set delivery they will send you more than one disk from a box at a time, so if you return 3 disks and have a box set selected, they may send you disk 3, 4 and 5 from the box, great, I have to watch these in order and have no choice of selection from you."
- we global you select the individual disks from the box set as and when you wish to view them.


the negatives are - turnaround is slow - they only work mon-fri so if they receive a DVD on a sat it is registered as arrived on the following monday. they also send your next disk the day after receiving a disk. This probably doesnt affect the casual user but is a real pain for someone who's a keen film fan.

Also I'm suspicious about the speed they receive post - I posted a DVD last sat evening and another on sunday evening - both arrived at their end on thursday - but when they send me DVDs it never takes this long.

Another negative is you can not change your subscription level unless it's 2 or more weeks before your next payment is due! This is in the small print of course! So I wanted to upgrade to 5 disks at a time for crimbo but when I tried to it wouldnt let me cos it was the week before billing.


I've trialled loads of companies - moviechoices, cd-wow, blockbuster etc


dvd385 were the last people - they were ok for the first month or so but then started to send me items low down on my queue - stuff that had been released in the last few weeks were never available. they had a fast turn around - brilliant in fact but that's useless when you cant get the film you want to see. I got to the point where I was receiving disks and immediately sending them back - that lasted a couple of weeks and then I cancelled. when I cancelled their computer offered me 2 free extra weeks which I took and continued to get disks I wanted to see which I kept putting back in the post!!!
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