Merchant Spotlight - GameFly.com - Video Game Rental By Mail
Some of the best ideas are not necessarily new ideas, but rather a different take on an already existing idea. Game Fly fits this description perfectly. Although they were not the first to offer rentals by mail they took a different approach. Instead of entering the already saturated market of movie rentals by mail, GameFly offers video game rentals by mail.
If you are a gamer you can relate to the next scenario. A brand new game comes out for your video game system of choice. You rush out and pay $50+ the game. You pop it into your system and after a few hours you either decide the game isn’t for you or isn’t as great as you thought it would be. Often times if a video game is great you still don’t play it forever and instead opt to spend your time on the newest, coolest video game that is released. GameFly has the solution. Instead of BUYING video games just rent them. A major problem with the old video game rental model that companies Blockbuster & Hollywood Video introduced was that video game rentals had a short time limit just like movie rentals. With a movie you probably will only be watching the movie once and will then return it the store. Video games are a different media. With video games you may want to play the game for a few weeks before returning it. If you did this at a traditional video rental store it could cost you almost as much to rent the video game for a few weeks as it would just to buy it. GameFly took a page from NetFlix and offered unlimited video game rentals by mail for a small monthly fee.
GameFly works just like Netflix. You pay your monthly fee (plans vary and are described below) , add video games to your queue and GameFly ships you a game. You play it for as long as you want and when you don’t want to play the game anymore you send it back and they send you then next game on your list. GameFly pays postage both ways so it is an extremely efficient and cost effective service for the consumer. If you like a game you can always put it back on your queue and have it resent at a later time.
GameFly offers four different membership plans for your convenience:
2-Game Plan (our most popular plan) - Two games out at a time $22.95/month + applicable tax
1-Game Plan - One game out at a time $15.95/month + applicable tax
3-Game Plan (requires an active account in good standing for at least 60 days) - Three games out at a time $29.95/month + applicable tax
4-Game Plan (requires an active account in good standing for at least 60 days) - Four games out at a time $36.95/month + applicable tax
If you are a gamer, GameFly is an absolute no-brainer. With new video games costing $50 or more you can get brand new games to play for just about any system starting at $15.95/month. You can get all new releases shipped right to your door. Stop buying games and start renting them.
Video Game Systems Supported: Sony Playstation 3, Sony Playstation 2, Sony PSP, Microsoft XBOX 360, Microsoft XBOX, Nintendo WII, Nintendo Game Cube, Nintendo DS, Nintendoo Gameboy Advance.
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