Free DVD Rental and £11 ontop e: 23/11 [CLOSED]

MSE_Martin

Tesco's DVD rental loophole stikes back. Woo hoo! It's possible to get three months of free DVD rental and be paid £11 for doing so. Well that's the hype, but the reality is quite close. You pay £18.95 for DVD rental and then get £30 worth of days out/gifts for doing so!

What it is?

You can buy e-vouchers for Tesco's online DVD Rental service for 3, 6 or 12 months. This allows you to rent an unlimited amount of DVDs during that period, though you can only have one at a time.

What's the loophole?

Until 10am on 14th December, buying one of the 3, 6 or 12 months vouchers will also net you 750 Clubcard reward points (the one month trial doesn't get you the points).

Use these in-store and they'd be worth only £7.50. Yet use them on days out and other special deals (see Tescos full listing) then they can be worth up to 4 times as much! (Read my Full Explanation of this)

So what's the best way to do this?

Simply put, by spending £18.91 on the 3 month voucher, you can get the equivalent of £30 worth of Clubcard deals, meaning a profit of over £11.

There is no limit to how many of these you can purchase, and you can select a set date for the voucher to pop into someones email inbox, making them perfect for Christmas prezzies.

To get there, click this link to Tesco*, then once you're signed in click the "Tesco Home" tab along the top of the screen, then "DVDs to rent" (5th down in the left hand list), then the "Deal of the Day, Gift Subscription" Button on the Right Hand Side.


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tiff

Yes, have gone for this, did a gift subscription a week or so ago for extra points so have added this 3 months onto the expiry date of that one.

Gem+Dave+Kaci

Go via Quidco (https://www.quidco.co.uk - not an affiliate link) for an extra £4 on top of this!!

tiff

Lets you buy a gift subscription until 2010, therefore possible to buy 3 monthly gift subscriptions running concurrently. Total spend £378.20 for 15,000 points? Please check this as my maths may be out.

PeteM

tiff wrote:

Lets you buy a gift subscription until 2010, therefore possible to buy 3 monthly gift subscriptions running concurrently. Total spend £378.20 for 15,000 points? Please check this as my maths may be out.

Sorry to spoil your plans, but...

Tesco DVD Rental Gift Certificate Terms and Conditions state
Unused gift subscriptions will expire three months after the date of delivery

Addy

PeteM wrote:

Sorry to spoil your plans, but...

Tesco DVD Rental Gift Certificate Terms and Conditions state
Unused gift subscriptions will expire three months after the date of delivery

"Date of delivery" which can be presumably up to the year 2010.

jeppy

I bought a subscription for a month, only £7.97 (there or thereabouts) £7.50 in points and £4 quidco cashback!!!!

Thanks for this!!

averagepunter

jeppy wrote:

I bought a subscription for a month, only £7.97 (there or thereabouts) £7.50 in points and £4 quidco cashback!!!!

Thanks for this!!

As far as I can see you only get the 750 points with subscriptions of 3 months or more. check the terms and conditions.

FL

Hi
I have done this and there is an option to buy a one month's subscription and get the 750 points - so even better!

Or I have missed something?

Sorry saw earlier post but can;t see terms and conditions as it is asking me to sign up for free subscription for 14 days when I click on the link

lynnemcf

There is an option to purchase a one month subscription, but you only get the 750 points with three months or more.

tiff

Yes, definitely 3 months or more. Email them to cancel the subscription.