GameFly is a Los Angeles based video game rental company offering console game rentals across all the popular platforms. Rent unlimited games from GameFly starting at just $14.95 per month.
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The GameFly online video game rental service works just like renting games from your local video store but without the hassles. You can rent out up to 4 games at a time here, chosing from a catalogue of over 3,500 titles, have them delivered directly to your door, keep them for as long as you like AND pay LESS than you do for video store rentals!
GameFly works on the same principal as the likes of the online movie rental company Netflix (now I know you've heard of them!) but in this case, it's game console titles you rent as opposed to movies. Of course, if you want to rent games AND movies then you've either got to take out a subscription to both, or check out a combined service like the one offered by Intelliflix
or DVD Avenue
. But anyway...
You make a list of all the games you'd like to rent and GameFly will send you your first couple of available selections that same day. Games ship from Los Angeles, California with a projected arrival time at your home of between 2 to 4 days although of course, this varies dependant on your location, shipping routes etc. You keep the games for as long as you like and then return them in the pre-paid envelope provided where, upon receipt, they will send your next available choices from your rental queue.
Postage is 100% free in either direction and there are no due dates. All you pay for this door-to-door rental service is a single monthly subscription fee starting at just $14.95 a month which can be cancelled at any time you choose.
It doesn't take a genius to work out how much money you can save by online rental and the hassle-free convenience of it all just makes it a real winner.
Gamefly also offers a like it, keep it policy for their games, where if you like a game you have rented so much you want to keep it then they will let you buy it at a discounted pre-owned price with savings up to 30% off the retail price.
Although GameFly is not alone in providing online video game rental by mail services, we have found their site and services to be one of the most pleasant to use. Their catalogue of over 3,500 games should keep any game player happy and our customer support requests were answered promptly and efficiently. GameFly also operates a customer loyalty program offering you GameFly Rewards during your membership which increase in value the longer you stay a member. The top award give you $5 GameFly dollars every 3 months plus an extra 10% off of game purchases.
In addition, we look at what we like to term 'beyond the call' features when evaluating a rental company - things which they do not really need to do, but it adds something to the user experience. GameFly has beyond the call features by the bucketload. Many game rental companies have just a simple website with a list of games to choose from and not a lot else. GameFly's website is packed with professional and customer reviews, screenshots, demo downloads, cheatcodes, easter egges, hints and tips, game instructions, walkthroughs and more to get the most out of your gaming experience.
In all, we were impressed by what GameFly has to offer.
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What We Like About GameFly
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Our experience of GameFly showed they have a good selection of games, are competitively priced, have a feature packed website and offers fast turn-around with great customer service. Can't ask for an awful lot more than that!
What We Dislike About GameFly
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No PSX or Dreamcast games. 10 day trial period really doesn't give enough time to seriously evaluate the services offered although many of their competitors do not even offer this. The single distribution center in California may make other services closer to your location more appealing as you'll get your game titles faster if they ship from closer to you.
