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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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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. I really can't see this new way of renting taking off in any serious way.
"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.
BTW I wasn't picking at your devious scheme, just the rather silly new rental methods they came up with.
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. I really can't see this new way of renting taking off in any serious way.
"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.
BTW I wasn't picking at your devious scheme, just the rather silly new rental methods they came up with.
LoveFilm.com is quite good - been with them a while now.
I signed up to one of these the other day, got my DVD's through this morning and have been pretty impressed so far.
www.videoisland.com
www.videoisland.com
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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