A company called screenclick have been renting out DVD movies by post at 1c per rental this last while as a trial to see if they can drum up custom.
You register on their site, pick a "wishlist" of movies you want to see and they post them to you one at a time and you can hang onto the film as long as you like.
They go subscription in January (15 bucks a month) and you've to call a dublin phone number to opt out of the service and return all movies by december 20th.
Here's the rub... their phoneline is a dead end. I've been calling it for a week and all I get is "the customers messagebox is full".
Anyone else having this problem? Anyone else manage to cancel?
The service isn't worth it by the way. There's no saving in it as, with the best will and planning in the world -it still takes about a week to turn a film around so you're highly unlikely to top four rentals per month if you even manage that.
I'd say if I was a paraplegic movie buff who lived miles from the nearest Xtravision and that particular Xtravision had no wheelchair access ramp I might find the service uselful -but as it is -no thanks.
