Renting games?

[JRod]

Re: Renting games?

Go to gamefly. I think blockbuster has a similar deal where for $20 bucks you get to rent so many games for a month. Problem with them is if a game isn't in, tough luck.

Problem with gamefly is it takes about a 9 days from the time you send your game in to the time you receive the next one. So if there's a new release you want make sure to send back a game soon enough. Still though for games that you won't play alot, if you buy three games that get barely 3 weeks of gametime that's $150 versus $20. When I rent non-sports games it allows me to beat the game and send it back without losing my wallet. For sports games it's a great rental system. I rented Top Spin, Links, Rivals all to see if I wanted to buy them. The old me would have spent $150 bucks on all three games and be out $50 by selling it on ebay. This way I only lose $20 a month and the time it takes for them to process my game order.

Great service!!!!

[jmw1137]

Re: Renting games?

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JRod said:
Go to gamefly. I think blockbuster has a similar deal where for $20 bucks you get to rent so many games for a month. Problem with them is if a game isn't in, tough luck.

Problem with gamefly is it takes about a 9 days from the time you send your game in to the time you receive the next one. So if there's a new release you want make sure to send back a game soon enough. Still though for games that you won't play alot, if you buy three games that get barely 3 weeks of gametime that's $150 versus $20. When I rent non-sports games it allows me to beat the game and send it back without losing my wallet. For sports games it's a great rental system. I rented Top Spin, Links, Rivals all to see if I wanted to buy them. The old me would have spent $150 bucks on all three games and be out $50 by selling it on ebay. This way I only lose $20 a month and the time it takes for them to process my game order.

Great service!!!!

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I wish that Netflix would start doing games. I have Netflix and it literally takes 2 days from the time I send something in before I get my new movie. I'm lucky because one of their warehouses is a town away from me, but regardless, tehy have very fast service. I get most brand new movies the day they come out and I get any movie I want within a couple of days.

If they did it as a separate service or offered it as a discounted add-on to their movie service, I would definitely do it.

[jmw1137]

Re: Renting games?

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JRod said:
Go to gamefly. I think blockbuster has a similar deal where for $20 bucks you get to rent so many games for a month. Problem with them is if a game isn't in, tough luck.

Problem with gamefly is it takes about a 9 days from the time you send your game in to the time you receive the next one. So if there's a new release you want make sure to send back a game soon enough. Still though for games that you won't play alot, if you buy three games that get barely 3 weeks of gametime that's $150 versus $20. When I rent non-sports games it allows me to beat the game and send it back without losing my wallet. For sports games it's a great rental system. I rented Top Spin, Links, Rivals all to see if I wanted to buy them. The old me would have spent $150 bucks on all three games and be out $50 by selling it on ebay. This way I only lose $20 a month and the time it takes for them to process my game order.

Great service!!!!

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I wish that Netflix would start doing games. I have Netflix and it literally takes 2 days from the time I send something in before I get my new movie. I'm lucky because one of their warehouses is a town away from me, but regardless, tehy have very fast service. I get most brand new movies the day they come out and I get any movie I want within a couple of days.

If they did it as a separate service or offered it as a discounted add-on to their movie service, I would definitely do it.

[jmw1137]

Re: Renting games?

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JRod said:
Go to gamefly. I think blockbuster has a similar deal where for $20 bucks you get to rent so many games for a month. Problem with them is if a game isn't in, tough luck.

Problem with gamefly is it takes about a 9 days from the time you send your game in to the time you receive the next one. So if there's a new release you want make sure to send back a game soon enough. Still though for games that you won't play alot, if you buy three games that get barely 3 weeks of gametime that's $150 versus $20. When I rent non-sports games it allows me to beat the game and send it back without losing my wallet. For sports games it's a great rental system. I rented Top Spin, Links, Rivals all to see if I wanted to buy them. The old me would have spent $150 bucks on all three games and be out $50 by selling it on ebay. This way I only lose $20 a month and the time it takes for them to process my game order.

Great service!!!!

<hr /></blockquote><font class="post">

I wish that Netflix would start doing games. I have Netflix and it literally takes 2 days from the time I send something in before I get my new movie. I'm lucky because one of their warehouses is a town away from me, but regardless, tehy have very fast service. I get most brand new movies the day they come out and I get any movie I want within a couple of days.

If they did it as a separate service or offered it as a discounted add-on to their movie service, I would definitely do it.