philmitchell:
Sign up online and get rentals for free from blockbuster/love film and others
£10 for rentals
Yep you are absolutely right, on your way home from work you can drop into the internet and sign up for a free trial which will allow you to choose any 5 movies there and then (unaffected by the postal strike) and walk home with them on the day. Except you can't can you, show me the person who can sign up for a Loveflm deal (assuming they have not already) and be watching "Drag Me to Hell" tonight and I will say this deal sucks. But I guess you can't can you?
Online rental is a good deal, as someone who has used Lovefilm and Blockbusted in the past can testify, but the ability to drop into a shop and choose the films you want on the day rather than wait for it to be selected from your list at some point in the future is still a very useful and entertaining service.