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GameFly

So I'm giving GameFly a trial run. It's a rental company with a business model not unlike NetFlix -- you keep a queue of titles that you want online, and they mail them out to you, and you mail them back once you're done with them. But instead of movies, they're sending video games.

It's a business that makes a lot of sense, since only a small fraction of the games available for sale are truly worth buying. And the cost of buying them -- even pre-owned -- then selling them back is really prohibitive.

The difference between GameFly and NetFlix is that GameFly is a bit more expensive, and that price only nets you two rentals at a time. Games are a bit more time-consuming than movies are, however, so I guess that makes sense. A cornerstone of GameFly's service seems to be involved in selling used games, too.

Anyway, we'll see how it works out. Anyone have experience with GameFly they'd like to share?

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