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Back when Blockbuster offered the unlimited game plan rental in the store, it was great! Since the 3 stores that were close to me have shut down, I tried the mail rental thing twice and their selection of games is horrible. Forget getting anything new, you will have to wait months for that.

Originally Posted by matrix9280 Food in the garbage is free. Doesn't mean you go around eating it.

I've done it.

Hey to everyone who did a trial before with blockbuster like me just make a new account with a different email and use a different credit card, I got it working from that but I still haven't tried to use the same credit card that I used in the old trial, but give it try it's worth it for some free games.

Thanks, just signed up. Shows January 18, 2013 for me.

How do I sign up for this despite having used the free 2-month trial from before?

thanks OP! signed up...even though every game i want to rent is short wait or long wait..

Originally Posted by krashhole Back when Blockbuster offered the unlimited game plan rental in the store, it was great! Since the 3 stores that were close to me have shut down, I tried the mail rental thing twice and their selection of games is horrible. Forget getting anything new, you will have to wait months for that.

I have a couple of blockbusters close to me, what identification do I need to get the game over there.

didn't see a clear answer to someone's question earlier, but i have the same one. All the games online that I want to rent are Long Wait so I'm wondering if I can just go into the store since it says they have all of them in stock now. What's the deal with that? Can we just go in the store and get it or do we have to use the slow online service?

how do I go about walking in and picking up something new to play/watch? Do I have to have a disc shipped to me to start it?

Originally Posted by jigsaw918 didn't see a clear answer to someone's question earlier, but i have the same one. All the games online that I want to rent are Long Wait so I'm wondering if I can just go into the store since it says they have all of them in stock now. What's the deal with that? Can we just go in the store and get it or do we have to use the slow online service?

Well I just looked all over the site and it seems you can only do that for movies not games instore

Originally Posted by PancakesAreLove Well I just looked all over the site and it seems you can only do that for movies not games instore

Hmmm turns out it doesn't matter for me... There's no blockbuster's left in my area. I guess that last one on the other side of town finally closed.

I reactivated my account but it is only giving me a 30 day free trial.

Just signed up.

Signed up. Going to check out a few blurays. The trick, at least for me, in getting certain games was to have an available slot when the title you want is available for rent (ex: Prototype 2 is available 8/7, I believe). If you've got a slot, chances are you'll get it (I remember getting Elder Scrolls V the day it was available and holding on to it for a month).

Originally Posted by jigsaw918 didn't see a clear answer to someone's question earlier, but i have the same one. All the games online that I want to rent are Long Wait so I'm wondering if I can just go into the store since it says they have all of them in stock now. What's the deal with that? Can we just go in the store and get it or do we have to use the slow online service?

No you can't just go in and get it. It shows if a store has it (and I don't know if it's updated in real time or not) so you could go to the store and pay to rent the item. You have to take an online rental to a store to exchange it for a movie or .99 game.

Worked for me. I did a 1 or 2 free month trial a year or so ago and the whole thing was TERRIBLE but for 6 free months and low expectations, I'm in. Just had to make a new account with a new card. Done and done. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Brash_Attack Worked for me. I did a 1 or 2 free month trial a year or so ago and the whole thing was TERRIBLE but for 6 free months and low expectations, I'm in. Just had to make a new account with a new card. Done and done. Thanks.

I threw some games in there... hopefully I get one of them in this 6 month period but I'm not going to hold my breath. They're all "Very long wait"...

Originally Posted by jigsaw918 didn't see a clear answer to someone's question earlier, but i have the same one. All the games online that I want to rent are Long Wait so I'm wondering if I can just go into the store since it says they have all of them in stock now. What's the deal with that? Can we just go in the store and get it or do we have to use the slow online service?

Yes and know. you can't go to the store and pick up a game or movie if you're not returning one. If you are however returning something that you got through the mail then the packet acts like a coupon for a free rental. So what you need to do is have them sending you a movie or game in the mail then take that to the store and swap it for something you want that is in stock.

Originally Posted by ooga Yes and know. you can't go to the store and pick up a game or movie if you're not returning one. If you are however returning something that you got through the mail then the packet acts like a coupon for a free rental. So what you need to do is have them sending you a movie or game in the mail then take that to the store and swap it for something you want that is in stock.

Can you exchange it for a game? From what I read from the site it is only unlimited instore movie exchanges.

Originally Posted by Woocls I threw some games in there... hopefully I get one of them in this 6 month period but I'm not going to hold my breath. They're all "Very long wait"...

I'm thinking I'll do ok. Most of my queue is made up of older games since all the new/popular ones I already own. I'm just using this to get through some of those older titles I never played like Spider-Man Shattered Dimensions and Kane & Lynch 2. I added things like Dark Souls and Dead Rising 2: Off The Record but I'm not holding my breath on those.