The Online DVD Rental Process
If you have not heard, online dvd rentals are taking over the traditional down the street video rental stores. While some may contend that this shift in video rentals is due to consumer internet spending some will say that’s it’s due to sheer convenience and affordability. These rentals are much cheaper than their competitor prices; especially when you throw in the free movie rentals that alot of these services provide.
This article attempts to shed some light on how these online video outlets works. Although there are more and more companies vying for your dvd rental business, they all follow a basic process as to how they provide their services.
Before receiving your first online rental you of course will have to sign up for service from the video company of your choice. This is your time to take advantage of the free trial period that some of these companies offer. During your trial period you get the advantage of receiving free movie rentals while deciding whether or not the service is for you. After the trial period, if the service is to your liking you will choose a membership package. The price of this membership varies in price according to the amount of DVDs you’ll like to have out at a time. The larger companies have thousands of selection to choose from but to make your selection process easier you have the option of choosing several movies and place them in the order in which you which to receive them.
After placing your selections in the order you wish to receive them your job is done. Sit back and in a day or two your first selections will arrive in the mail. Here’s the big difference between online and brick and mortar video stores. There are no late fees, at least with the bigger companies such as Netflix. You’ve read that right. After your free trial period is over you can keep your selections for as long as you wish. Of course to take advantage of your membership package you will want to watch your movies as soon as possible so you can return them and get more movies in their place but it’s good to know that you will never be charged a late fee.
Once you return your selections in the provide pre-paid postage envelope the next selections on your list will be mailed to you as soon as the returned movies are posted to your account. This process from the time you mail back your rentals to the rental service company posting the movies to your account and mailing the next movies on your list only takes a couple of days. For example, if you’re the kind of person who mainly watches movies on the weekend you can watch your selections and mail them back on Wednesday and have you next selections ready to watch by Friday or Saturday. These are for the selections that you have on your list. With a large video rental provider such as Netflix you have the option of downloading free movie rentals from their available selections to your computer or game console at anytime.
