gamefly or blockbuster by mail

[ralaw]

When I first signed up for GF I was excited so I put a bunch of games in my gameq, but I never received the newer games at the top of my list. So, taking the advice from someone on the forum I only keep one game in the gameq and that is the game I want. Since I’ve been doing that I’ve never had a problem getting a new release game.

[Prodigal Son]

i currently use gamefly. my only complaint/drawback, i dont understand their availability system. it will show a game stock as low/med/high/available now. if you have it in stock then ship it. if its out then say no in stock. cause you either have it or you dont. unless they hold a few back for lost or damaged discs.

The low/med/high just means how quickly they are to get the game back in stock and send it to you.

[tigstah]

the assassins creed brotherhood disc was damaged. they are sending me a replacement disc. before i sent the damaged one to them. i was shocked by this, yet happy.

[St. Francisco]

Blockbuster went bankrupt but dish network bought them out. There were two stores in my town, now there's only one but I assume it plans to be there for awhile.

Yeah, I was gonna come in and say this...BB will be downsizing, but I can't see Dish buying them just to completely shut it down.

BB is a better offer. Talk to the BB associates in your area, see if they've heard anything. Maybe they'll tell you if they plan on sticking around. If they are, then I'd go with BB.

[DoubleDeuce]

Blockbuster went bankrupt? There's three in my city, and I live in a relatively small town.

[CCBrink]

Redbox will be offering game nationwide starting next Friday, so I would just use that for newer games.

[tigstah]

Redbox will be offering game nationwide starting next Friday, so I would just use that for newer games.

imagine the line at the kiosks.
i wonder how many copies of a new game will be in the kiosk.

[Garrett67]

I"m thinking about trying GF again. Its been a couple of years and I really don't care if I get new games necessarily.

EDIT: Nevermind, $15.95 for one game/month. Screw that!

[tigstah]

went to a redbox, infamous 2, brink, lego pirates of the caribbean were all available.

[Twigg4075]

went to a redbox, infamous 2, brink, lego pirates of the caribbean were all available.

That's pretty damn awesome. How much?

[Leftwich]

That's pretty damn awesome. How much?

2 Bucks a night...

[Twigg4075]

2 Bucks a night...

I guess that isn't too shabby at all.

[Maynard]

thats a rip off. 10 days and your up to $20. at least with BB u could rent for $9 and keep it for 2 weeks

[Twigg4075]

thats a rip off. 10 days and your up to $20. at least with BB u could rent for $9 and keep it for 2 weeks

And Blockbuster is basically out of business. There are Red Boxes everywhere. I live in the sticks and there is a Red Box at the grocery store down the street. Most people rent games planning on plowing through them. So if you get a game, like Portal for instance, you could easily beat that in a few days. Four or six dollars is a great deal.

[Bmore]

I have a love/hate relation with GF.

I had the 2 game deal and would always keep 1 game and put future releases on my gameQ. So when a new game came out they would send it to me. I would then send the other game back, before the next future release was about to come out. So I never had a problem getting the game I wanted.

However, Gamefly is to expensive for my taste. If you are like me and only keep future releases on your list. You'll come to times where there are no new games (games I actually want to play) and will be sitting here with 1 or no disc. So I'm paying almost $30 a month for "outages". Sure that's not there fault, but I can't afford to do that.

GF does delivery quite quickly, there is 1 day between when they send it out and when I get it. So if they send it out Monday, I get it Wednesday. (I'm in Kansas, distribution is in Austin.)

Overall if you can afford it, go with GF. It's superior and for the most part they don't make many mistakes. (Never gotten a bad disc and never not gotten a game.)