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Question: Do any of you gamers rent video games through the mail?

(Posted by: new_mama4 on 2009-06-21 20:48:09)

Was wondering how it worked out for you and if you receive the games quickly and do they get back quickly. really i want to know if you get your money's worth out of the monthly rental rate. i live in canada and would appreciate canadian answers ( with a recommended site to use) but i wouldn't mind hearing from others about their experience with these type of sites thanks in advance

Posted by: Wheels on 2009-06-21, 21:28:47

Well I'm not in Canada and do not know if Gamefly ships to Canada but I can tell you that I love the service. It cost about 23USD each month and it takes about 5-7 days which is slower than some of my friends across the country from the time I send it to the time I get the next one. I use it because I typically beat a 10-15 hour game in 10hrs-3days, I know I play too much but its all I do. I think it is great cause I get 2 games at a time for the 23USD so 4-6 games a month. The same from Blockbuster Video would cost me 32-48USD. So yes I recommend them for people who play a lot but not to people who plan to keep each game a week or two. Don't know how old you are USD= United States Dollar

Posted by: steve on 2009-06-21, 22:45:38

I also have gamefly and I have mixed feelings on it. While it is nice that they send you the game in the mail and keep it until you are done I have a major problem with it. If you pick a game that is popular then good like trying to get it. I had a list of three games I wanted to try. I took all the other games off the list so that they would not try to ship me one of those instead(because if the first game on your list is not in they skip it). So I had three newer and popular games on my list and then I decided to keep the one I currently had from them. So they should have just sent me the next game and my case for the game I bought from them. I got the case but it took maybe 2-3 weeks before the next game came in. Needless to say I was pissed and they still have not responded to my email. I am currently looking for a different place to get games.