JBR wrote:
I think you should write back with "Yes!". Or "I have now!" Just that.
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 9:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Game renting. |
I got this with a game I bought. I am tempted to see how this works. |
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| Author: | JBR [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 13:01 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
I think you should write back with "Yes!". Or "I have now!" Just that. |
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 13:07 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
JBR wrote: I think you should write back with "Yes!". Or "I have now!" Just that.
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| Author: | GazChap [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 15:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Isn't that sort-of-but-not-quite what PS Now is? |
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| Author: | TheVision [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 15:53 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
There was a business like this a while ago that I can't remember the name of. It didn't last long though so there you go... Round these parts we call that a 'turkey tale' You can have that one for free. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 19:30 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
It reminds me a little of Playswap/goozex where you could swap games with each other if you spent credits, but that was also short lived |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 20:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
I had Goosex, but I seen to recall that and a dvd subscription service I had you has to choose several games and the latest ones were really difficult to get hold of because everyone wanted them. This might be done differently of course. |
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| Author: | DBSnappa [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 20:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
You know you’re going to get ragged for that typo! |
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| Author: | Goddess Jasmine [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 20:25 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Totally leaving that there. 
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| Author: | KovacsC [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 22:17 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Goddess Jasmine wrote: I had Goosex, but I seen to recall that and a dvd subscription service I had you has to choose several games and the latest ones were really difficult to get hold of because everyone wanted them. This might be done differently of course. Oh my 
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Mon Feb 21, 2022 23:09 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Do Switch games work in any region? Hijack.... ish.... I was thinking of a BEEX swap (I'd trade that hotwheels game for something else, and then when I'm done with that, trade it on again) |
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| Author: | zaphod79 [ Tue Feb 22, 2022 10:05 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Goddess Jasmine wrote: and a dvd subscription service In the PS3 / 360 era most of the DVD rental places also did games but as you mention hard to get the new ones - I remember renting games from both Lovefilm , and this really small company that no one will ever have heard of called Netflix |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 15:43 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
I can confirm that LoveFilm used to do games as well as DVDs. Let me show you how I know. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 15:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 15:47 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
I've had that since 23 Jun 2009. |
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| Author: | Mimi [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 16:19 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
The overdue fees must be enormous. |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 16:46 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Grim...'s bad debt is what caused them to fold. |
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| Author: | Malc [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 16:55 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
I wasn't aware that fold meant "be purchased by Amazon for £200M" |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 16:56 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
...and then closed in 2017, due to Grim... |
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| Author: | Malc [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 16:58 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Trooper wrote: ...and then closed in 2017, due to Grim... In the same way that Netflix is closed too? |
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| Author: | Trooper [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 17:11 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Sure |
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| Author: | Grim... [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 18:00 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
To add insult to injury, I never played it. |
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| Author: | Kern [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 18:02 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
This reminds me. I really should return that copy of Lemmings 2 I borrowed from a neighbour 30 or so years ago. |
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| Author: | Sir Taxalot [ Wed Feb 23, 2022 22:33 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
zaphod79 wrote: Goddess Jasmine wrote: and a dvd subscription service In the PS3 / 360 era most of the DVD rental places also did games but as you mention hard to get the new ones - I remember renting games from both Lovefilm , and this really small company that no one will ever have heard of called Netflix "Back in the days when your internet came in the mail" according to one meme I recently saw, an had a momentary flicker of amusement before scrolling through my listicles. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:51 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
I used to refer to Teletext and Ceefax as The Poor Man's Internet back when you paid a fee just to be online AND paid for the phonecall. |
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| Author: | Mr Russell [ Thu Feb 24, 2022 9:52 ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Game renting. |
Mr Russell wrote: I used to refer to Teletext and Ceefax as The Poor Man's Internet back when you paid a fee just to be online AND paid for the phonecall. FastText was a luxury only seen on a posh TV |
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