OnlineDVDRentalGuide.ca

Got a free trial offer from them. Anyone tried them before?

Sent to my yahoo email address. Though, I see an offer right on their home page.

Good prices too. Their unlimited 3-out plan is $19.98, compared to Cinemail at $23.98 and Zip at $24.95.

How come all these websites use red? They all look like zip!

Funny....their sign-up web form doesn't work in Firefox!

Sigh...just when things were consolidating.

northerngirl wrote:How come all these websites use red? They all look like zip!

I think the original chromatic influence lies further south - a little company called Netflix...

If memory serves, they started by selling movie posters and such. I know I've heard of them before, but I can't remember why....

Morgan wrote:If memory serves, they started by selling movie posters and such. I know I've heard of them before, but I can't remember why....

I had the same deja-vu moment when I looked up their domain registration - I'm sure someone somewhere mentioned this before, although perhaps not as a rental company.

Despite a FAQ section, it is easier to discover out who their web-designer is, or the fact the domain owner apparently was previously involved with a long-standing family trucking firm, than any good indication of the range of their stock. On quick perusal they do have a couple improbable things ("Oscar and Lucinda", "The Beales of Grey Gardens") - but it doesn't seem to be a huge stock - only two titles in "Anime", and searching for "Season" doesn't bring up huge amounts of TV stuff.

paul61 wrote:Funny....their sign-up web form doesn't work in Firefox!

Well, they were very responsive when I mentioned this problem to them in an email. Roger got things fixed right away. Perhaps this is indicative of their level of customer service?

YKdvd wrote:On quick perusal they do have a couple improbable things ("Oscar and Lucinda", "The Beales of Grey Gardens") - but it doesn't seem to be a huge stock - only two titles in "Anime", and searching for "Season" doesn't bring up huge amounts of TV stuff.

The titles you can browse without becoming a member are the ones they have for sale, which are probably different than the ones they rent. Maybe someone who has actually joined can confirm this?

paul61 wrote:

YKdvd wrote:On quick perusal they do have a couple improbable things ("Oscar and Lucinda", "The Beales of Grey Gardens") - but it doesn't seem to be a huge stock - only two titles in "Anime", and searching for "Season" doesn't bring up huge amounts of TV stuff.

The titles you can browse without becoming a member are the ones they have for sale, which are probably different than the ones they rent. Maybe someone who has actually joined can confirm this?

The rental FAQ says "What if a DVD title is marked as "backordered" or "discontinued"? These messages are generally for the sale of new DVDs. If there is a "Rent" button on the page, we have the title available for rental." I can't remember seeing an example that didn't have a big "RENT" button - if some of these are not actually available for rent (or at least as virtual inventory) that would be rather egregious. "Backordered/Discontinued" titles may just be fairly rare, and that they are willing to rent anything that might also be "for sale-used"?

[Later] - I did find at least one non-rent title here. The "All" category comes back at 4290, but presumably the rental number would be less whatever number of "non-rent" items their are, and plus the multiple disc set factor.