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Ok, I hate having to rent DVDs from shops like Blockbuster. All that fuss of getting it back to the shop and the stupid amount they charge for, well, everything.
So it was with some joy that I stumbled across the idea of internet DVD rental a while ago. Rent DVDs, keep them for as long as you want and send them back to get 3 more.
Ok, so the cost (around £17 a month for 3 DVDs) is a bit high, but here's the thing, you can do it for free!
No, it's not some strange internet scheme that involves putting £3000 in a russian bank. This involves the wonderful free trial system from pretty much all the rental places online at the moment.
There are many places to rent DVDs online and most offer a 14 day trial where you rent the DVDs for 14 days, returning them every time you watch one. I've cancelled mine within 3 days (sending discs back the day before and clearing my list of requested DVDs before that) and, so far, all have been cancelled fine without me paying a penny.
So, where are these websites?
Well, the full list can be found at the very useful website www.dvdtrials.co.uk
The bonus here is that you can also find links to extend the 14 days of free rental to a much more useful 30. With all the DVD rental places around now, by the time you've finished, you could be looking at nearly a years free rental.
Now that's a great way to catch up on all those films you may have missed at the cinema!
Oh, and, as I said before, I've already tried 4 of them out and can vouch for their not taking any money out if you cancel in time. However, you do need to be careful to return the DVDs and ALWAYS clear your list of wanted DVDs before you send the last ones back. That way, they can't send any more out to you and when they confirm they have the last ones back from you, you can cancel straight away.
So it was with some joy that I stumbled across the idea of internet DVD rental a while ago. Rent DVDs, keep them for as long as you want and send them back to get 3 more.
Ok, so the cost (around £17 a month for 3 DVDs) is a bit high, but here's the thing, you can do it for free!
No, it's not some strange internet scheme that involves putting £3000 in a russian bank. This involves the wonderful free trial system from pretty much all the rental places online at the moment.
There are many places to rent DVDs online and most offer a 14 day trial where you rent the DVDs for 14 days, returning them every time you watch one. I've cancelled mine within 3 days (sending discs back the day before and clearing my list of requested DVDs before that) and, so far, all have been cancelled fine without me paying a penny.
So, where are these websites?
Well, the full list can be found at the very useful website www.dvdtrials.co.uk
The bonus here is that you can also find links to extend the 14 days of free rental to a much more useful 30. With all the DVD rental places around now, by the time you've finished, you could be looking at nearly a years free rental.
Now that's a great way to catch up on all those films you may have missed at the cinema!
Oh, and, as I said before, I've already tried 4 of them out and can vouch for their not taking any money out if you cancel in time. However, you do need to be careful to return the DVDs and ALWAYS clear your list of wanted DVDs before you send the last ones back. That way, they can't send any more out to you and when they confirm they have the last ones back from you, you can cancel straight away.
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Mr Snuggly wrote:
> Oh, and the first month is free. And if you recommend someone to
> join, you get another free month when they pay their first bill.
And ahaha if you try and cancel, they offer you another 2 weeks extra for free.
> Oh, and the first month is free. And if you recommend someone to
> join, you get another free month when they pay their first bill.
And ahaha if you try and cancel, they offer you another 2 weeks extra for free.
We're all loving lovefilm at the moment at SR.
www.lovefilm.com is awesome. 3 DVDs at once for £14.99 a month, big selection, free 1st class postage, based in Harlow (takes about a day to get to my house) and they arrive in little padded envelopes - just take the DVD out, do what you will with it, put it back in the envelope, seal it and stick it in the post box. I'm getting about 6 DVDs a week at the moment.
Oh, and the first month is free. And if you recommend someone to join, you get another free month when they pay their first bill.
Oh, and the first month is free. And if you recommend someone to join, you get another free month when they pay their first bill.
Man, i posted a similar scheme ages ago and it got very little response.
Ive exploited blockbuster, qflicks, lovefilm, liquid disk exchange and dvds365. Throw a dvd burner into the mix and you can appreciate that my dvd collection has grown quite considerably at little cost.
Ive exploited blockbuster, qflicks, lovefilm, liquid disk exchange and dvds365. Throw a dvd burner into the mix and you can appreciate that my dvd collection has grown quite considerably at little cost.
pb wrote:
> Of course, if I were less scrupulous I may suggest that you could get
> your DVD burner ready...
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Whereas this tactic is obviously full of scruples :)
> Of course, if I were less scrupulous I may suggest that you could get
> your DVD burner ready...
--
Whereas this tactic is obviously full of scruples :)
ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> "oh I want to watch a film ... ok then, if I select them now, I
> can be watching them by the end of the week". sod that, I'd
> rather just fly down to leyland and pick it up within 20 minutes.
> The only place this would be useful is if you live about 50 miles
> from the nearest blockbuster, which would be quite rare I would have
> thought.
You almost make it sound as though Blockbuster rental stores are as common as MacDonalds. It's an hours bus journey for me to Preston for the nearest blockbuster while other rental stores are about a half an hours car journey away. The post box however, is only a five minute walk away.
It's just added convieneince of not having to get up and drive to the closes rental place, perfect for lazy gits like me.
> "oh I want to watch a film ... ok then, if I select them now, I
> can be watching them by the end of the week". sod that, I'd
> rather just fly down to leyland and pick it up within 20 minutes.
> The only place this would be useful is if you live about 50 miles
> from the nearest blockbuster, which would be quite rare I would have
> thought.
You almost make it sound as though Blockbuster rental stores are as common as MacDonalds. It's an hours bus journey for me to Preston for the nearest blockbuster while other rental stores are about a half an hours car journey away. The post box however, is only a five minute walk away.
It's just added convieneince of not having to get up and drive to the closes rental place, perfect for lazy gits like me.
True, it is awkward when a mate comes over and you want to watch a certain film, but for just catching up it's great.
Of course, if I were less scrupulous I may suggest that you could get your DVD burner ready...
Of course, if I were less scrupulous I may suggest that you could get your DVD burner ready...
We usually just post them back when my mum goes to work (at 6am), as there's a postbox en route.
ßora† §agdiyeV wrote:
> sounds good.
>
> on a sidenote, the idea of posting DVD's back and forth seems a lot
> more hassle than simply getting off your @rse and going to
> blockbuster.
Heh, my local Post Office is right next to the videoshop. :D
and you'd only have to post them back, actually saving you a trip to go and select a dvd in the first place.
> sounds good.
>
> on a sidenote, the idea of posting DVD's back and forth seems a lot
> more hassle than simply getting off your @rse and going to
> blockbuster.
Heh, my local Post Office is right next to the videoshop. :D
and you'd only have to post them back, actually saving you a trip to go and select a dvd in the first place.
Thing is though it's a hell of a lot cheaper than getting them from Blockbuster. There's no date you have to return them by and you can pretty much have 3 films rented out at all times for about £16-£20 a month and there's no limit to how many films you watch.
You just slap them in an envelope and wait for them to send you more films, couldn't be easier.
You just slap them in an envelope and wait for them to send you more films, couldn't be easier.
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