DVD Wars: Slash The Cost Of Rental/MSE Discussion

ellouise_2

I have been using amazon rental for about 18 months, and they have been really good. I have changed my package up and down over the this time and it has not been a problem. I also love the recommendations facility, I have watched some obscure films that I would never have known about and they have been excellent. I have had one film go astray when I returned it and they did not quibble and I was not charged for it. The have a free phone helpline during office hours and they are always very helpful. I have had a couple of discs that have jumped etc, amazon have sent replacements without hassle in a couple of days. I would totally recommend them, and they have quite a choice of packages now and of course you do get 10% off of films that you purchase even on the cheapest package of £4.99 a month, this 10% has been very useful to me especially at christmas.

p5x

http://www.blockbuster.co.uk/

enter code "XZTP56" for 2 Months free trial

Taken from http://www.dvdtrials.co.uk/The_News/Articles/Blockbuster_dvd_rental/

p5x

Ignore, it comes up with "Sorry, the coupon code you entered is no longer available."

dcasey

I have just rang Lovefilm to cancel my membership and they offered me 3 months for the price of 1.

Tadger

Somehting I've just though of that might stop the companies from billing you once the trail has expired ...

Would a cahoot webcard (virtual card number and expiry date for a single use) work ?? Do the companies actually try and pre-authoirze an amount against the card ?? Cos if not you could create a cahoot webcard with £1 value and sign up with that.... if the company keeps trying to take money even if you cancelled within the T&C's then the most they would get would be £1 ????

stphnstevey

What is it that stops you going back to the same company and doing a free trial again?

Can you sign up with a different email address to get another free trial?
Can you sign up with a different postal address to get another free trial?

Blockbuster openly says in there T+C's that you can sign up again after a month.

stphnstevey

p5x wrote:

http://www.blockbuster.co.uk/

enter code "XZTP56" for 2 Months free trial

Taken from http://www.dvdtrials.co.uk/The_News/Articles/Blockbuster_dvd_rental/

I signed up via this - how do I know it's worked, as on the accounts page it doesn't tell you how long your free period is for?

fano

Yes it works perfectly.
I've been doing this for the last 2 years opening a new Lovefilm account every month using a different number each month.
Just vary the address slightly and it works.

Tadger wrote:

Somehting I've just though of that might stop the companies from billing you once the trail has expired ...

Would a cahoot webcard (virtual card number and expiry date for a single use) work ?? Do the companies actually try and pre-authoirze an amount against the card ?? Cos if not you could create a cahoot webcard with £1 value and sign up with that.... if the company keeps trying to take money even if you cancelled within the T&C's then the most they would get would be £1 ????

stphnstevey

fano wrote:

Yes it works perfectly.
I've been doing this for the last 2 years opening a new Lovefilm account every month using a different number each month.
Just vary the address slightly and it works.

Do these companies go by your
a) credit card details
b) Home address
c) Email address

to stop you renewing?

fano

stphnstevey wrote:

Do these companies go by your
a) credit card details
b) Home address
c) Email address

to stop you renewing?

They go by email address,postcode and credit card details.
I generate a new credit card number ,use a different email address and modify my address slightly each time I open a new account.
It works.