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Thinking about closing out the ol' gamefly account.

By dubbfoolio 01-22-2009 03:17 PM
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The 10% off games discount is so dastardly of gamefly and until now has deterred me from closing out my longstanding account with my favorite online retailer. I remember the good ol' days of bright spot TV nickeling my monthly dues down to a mere $6. I have many fond memories of timing my returns just right to be sent a new release with the option of keeping it for a measley $40 (maybe I'll holdout for killzone). And the summer clearance sales were to die for.

But damnit to hell my backlog is enormous and there's just not enough room in my life for CAG, Goozex, and Gamefly. I'm killing myself to get each purchase/rental/trade's worth (and yes I've snuck in another CAG backlog blog into the already backlog infested waters of CAG blogs). Not only that but the future release schedule is immediately bleak. So gamefly....

Spread your wings and prepare to fly
For you have become a Gamefly
Fly abandonedly into the sun
If you should return to me
We truly were meant to be
So spread your wings and fly
Gamefly

(yeah, that's right. I'm closing out with a Mariah Carey reference, you're just going to have to deal with it.)
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Old dwhelan dwhelan is offline - 01-22-2009, 03:29 PM
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Yo me and gamefly, go back like babies and pacifers.

Sorry, couldn't resist. I am in the same position, moving back to the states, I thought about starting gamefly up again, but my backlog is killed and febuary has so crazy releases.
Old Renaissance 2K Renaissance 2K is offline - 01-22-2009, 04:09 PM
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I agree with your sentiment. Considering how easy it is to get games on the cheap these days, Gamefly just seems sort of redundant.

That, and in two months of paid service, I only received two games from them (each of which I only played for a day). The others conveniently were lost in the mail.
Old dubbfoolio dubbfoolio is offline - 01-22-2009, 05:00 PM
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I've been having difficulty targeting specific games and it feels like the turnaround time increased. before turnaround was about 3-4 days. Now it's about 5-6 days
Old Gnidlaps Gnidlaps is offline - 01-22-2009, 06:55 PM
I got rid of mine last week. Turnaround starting taking a week and I could not get any recent releases. Now I just buy discounted games.
Old RudyPants RudyPants is offline - 01-22-2009, 07:34 PM
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I've opened and closed my account so many times I've lost track for those reasons OP.

But now I'm back on the wagon with Gamefly, and used their recent $10 off $30 coupon and my $5 coupon to get Saints Row 2 for $25.

Every time I think about closing my account, they give me a reason to stick with them.
Old vlv723 vlv723 is offline - 01-22-2009, 07:46 PM
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I'm in the crossroads whether to close my GF account or stay. I have another $5 coupon on the way and considering the Feb game releases (SF4, FEAR 2) in addition to the March release of RE5, I'm going to stay until I can get what I want with the "Keep It" price which is lower than the MSRP and then close the account.
Old funkymonkey406 funkymonkey406 is offline - 01-22-2009, 10:47 PM
its hard to get rid of gamefly when theres no real great alternative to it>(
Old goomba478 goomba478 is offline - 01-23-2009, 12:03 AM
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I'm tempted to cancel sometimes considering how many games are in my backlog too, but I instead use it to leverage trading (with CAGs/Goozexers/etc.). Their sales are really good and getting the gift certificates and 10% makes a difference.

Also, if you are eligible to trade in games with them, sometimes you can flip some cheap games and get store credit with them. Then switch to one game out a time and you're good to go. I hardly ever rent games with them, but rather use their service to "keep" the good ones. Their prices are excellent for newer titles (if you can get them in your Q and mailed to you of course).

Best of luck fellow CAG!
Old dubbfoolio dubbfoolio is offline - 01-23-2009, 12:26 PM
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another consideration would be to buy in for a year so I'm at least paying less for it.
Old dubbfoolio dubbfoolio is offline - 03-06-2009, 03:10 PM
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I finally did the unthinkable. Closed my gamefly account. Hot tip that may even be worth posting in the deals section. They offered me a month for $9.95 as I closed it. Might be worth it to threaten to close your account to see if the offer pops up

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