subject: Online Dvd Rental For Dummies [print this page] So you want to go for online DVD rental do you? Read on to find out more and avoid the pitfalls in this five step plan for absolute beginners to DVD rental.
Step one, is signing up. To do this you'll have to first decide which deal is right for you. This can be found out using the reviews on a price comparison site or - if price is your only marker - just by looking at a best buy table to find the cheapest deal.
After that you can sign up for DVD rental online using a form.
This will typically ask you first for your home address where the DVDs will be delivered and then for your credit card billing address and credit card details.
This will be the case even when you're just going for an online DVD rental free trial and aren't expecting to be billed - this is so that if you do decide to continue you won't have to enter the details again.
Note that some DVD rental companies will take a pound out of your account and put it back to verify it so do use a legitimate account.
Step two, is getting the most for your money. You can do this either by getting out as many discs as you can or by going for higher priced items when you rent - since they're all covered by the same monthly price.
For example, blu ray rental is typically more expensive when you're buying or renting one disc but not with online DVD rental.
Step three, is making sure that you keep using your online DVD rental service.
This is a subject close to my heart since as I write I can see a DVD which has been waiting to go back for - oh - about three weeks.
I know that I should cancel my account, I'm losing money, and that feeling of guilt in the pit of my stomach is unpleasant.
As with so many things in life use it or lose it goes for online DVD rental as well.
As a forth and final point, there are fairly few online DVD rental services in the UK to choose from.
Lovefilm is the biggest, Blockbuster is the second biggest and the only one that also has high street stores and then there are a few more which are independent Cinema Paradiso and Outnow entertainment limited, which also carries a number of re-sold services.
