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Originally Posted by Devils'Advocate
It may not be a problem in Calgary, but here in Ottawa, delivery is horribly, horribly slow. I'll finish watching all 3 movies on the weekend and toss them in the mail on Sunday night. Two days to get to their warehouse, one day processing... and they are marked as returned on Wednesday. I get new ones sent to me on Thursday, meaning they arrive the next Monday. That's over a week to have a turn-around on my DVDs.
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Yeah, that is the one complaint I have also, although it's a minor one in my case. The "Zip refill" thing does help, like you say, but I swear they only focused on that with me for the first 4-6 weeks, and now it doesn't do a heckuva lot of difference.
But for me and my movie-watching/DVD rental habits, Zip is a godsend. I am a total dumbass when it comes to finding a movie I want at any of the chain rental stores. Either it's not available or out of print or already rented or I can't remember what I was looking for or I can't decide. It usually turns into an hour long ordeal and I get all stressed and my OCD kicks in and I just say "screw it, I don't care." lol
Now I just watch whatever shows up in my mailbox, and guess what, it was on my Ziplist so I must've wanted to see it. Heh. Saves me a lot of hassle that way. And I usually watch a couple movies during the week and not on weekends, and also one at a time, so the turnaround is not as bad for me. It seems I constantly have a new one arriving a couple of days after I send one out, and the queue just keeps on sliding up a notch.
It works best though for non-new release rentals though. If you want to check out the Coen bros. back catalogue, or some old Kurosawa films, or Super Troopers, and you don't care what order they come in, it's a perfect fit. But if you want to see There Will Be Blood during its first week on DVD, you're better off going to Blockbuster. It's not for everybody, but it seems to fit my lifestyle perfectly.