[ale] OT: DVD Rental

[Christopher Fowler]

Here is the fine print on the game pass.  The section has been marked
below to speed up reading:

Membership and Use
You must be a BLOCKBUSTER member to purchase a Pass. The Pass membership
you purchase is your ?Pass Membership? and your regular BLOCKBUSTER
membership is your ?account? or your ?BLOCKBUSTER account.? For a
monthly Pass Membership fee (plus applicable taxes), you can rent up to
a certain number of games at any one time (as explained below). The
amount of the Pass Membership fee will vary depending on the number of
rentals you select when you purchase the Pass Membership, and may also
be different from store to store and may be changed from time to time.
<!-- Your Pass Membership can only be used at the participating
BLOCKBUSTER store where you purchased the Pass Membership. --> Your Pass
Membership can only be used on one BLOCKBUSTER account, and is
nontransferable. Your Pass Membership starts on the day you buy it, and
automatically renews every month (as explained below) until you cancel
or until we can no longer charge the monthly Pass Membership fee to the
credit card or check card (the ?Payment Card?) you?ve given us (the
?Pass Membership Term?). By using your Pass Membership, you acknowledge
that we?ve given you a copy of these Terms and Conditions and that
you?ve read and agree to them.

On Sat, 2004-10-30 at 14:10, Megan Golding wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 30, 2004 at 01:13:37PM -0400, Christopher Fowler wrote:
> > I want to sign up for an online service but I 
> > want to make sure the distribution center is located on the east coast
> > or even Atlanta so I do not have to wait many days for a return and a 
> > new rental.  Does anyone here have any suggestions?
> 
> Possibly something you already know, but Netflix has a distribution center in Duluth, GA. Turnaround for me (in Decatur) is about two days -- I drop a movie in the mail on Monday and have something new on Wednesday.
> 
> Netflix' selection is great. Only drawback that Blockbuster beats you on is impulse rentals. I can't get a movie same day.
> 
> Probably in response to Blockbuster prices, Netflix just lowered their unlimited monthly rental fee to $17.99.
> 
> Megan Golding, happy with Netflix for nearly 3 years