Poll of the Day > Anyone have any experience with Gamefly?

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I'm thinking of trying it out. Any opinions?
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Like 10 years ago.
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It's okay. Ended up being a waste for me because of how long it takes to play the games I got. And because of how often it sends you random games off your list, not the thing you actually wanted next.
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Veedrock- posted...

Like 10 years ago.

This.

I would never get new releases, so they'd always send me something else on my list, so I'd end up buying the new releases. The whole reason I started up with Gamefly was to try out new games before buying them, and in over a year of using the service never once did I get a new release near the release window. I'm sure someone out there gets new releases, just not me. Cancelled after 14 months or so.
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The games dont fly they just lie there like anything else and customer service couldnt care less I want my money back
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Mail-order rentals seem like the kind of thing people who use checks at the grocery store would do...
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Hold on. How exactly does it work? I only see the commercials, but from this conversation, it sounds very different...
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LinkPizza posted...

Hold on. How exactly does it work? I only see the commercials, but from this conversation, it sounds very different...

You sign up for a monthly fee depending on how many games you want to have out at a time. You browse their library of games and add what you want to your "queue". They send you games. But it's not really a queue, because they don't send you games based on the order in your list. They supposedly try to give you the first ones on your list, but it almost never happened for me. And it's not like they seem to like, try to give you the second game when the first game is out. They'll send you like your 14th game. Rarely got what I was in the mood for.

People suggest having nothing on your list but what you want, but that can lead to long periods of getting zero games.
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LinkPizza posted...

Hold on. How exactly does it work? I only see the commercials, but from this conversation, it sounds very different...

They send you games from a list you make for a fee per month. You play said game, send it back and they send out another from the list. The problem is they don't stock much of new games so this means you more than likely won't receive them so are paying a fee per month to play games you could outright buy for the price they want per month. In the end it's pointless. I used a service like this a few years ago and cancelled after a month because it was shit.
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Yeah. It sould crappy. Like it kinda sounds like a waste...
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