Oct 12 2008
How to Save Money on Movie Rentals
I’ve written an article before about saving money and building savings fund fast. One of the things I have mentioned is to watch movies at home instead of going to a movie theater. Here are some tips on how to save money on movie rentals or even get them free:
1. Sign up for Movie Rental Programs. Movie rental stores offer programs like “Movie Value Pass” for example at Hollywood Video. Their “Movie Value Pass Basic” lets you rent 3 movies out at one time for a certain monthly fee but due in 5 days. The “Movie Value Pass Premium” lets you take 2 or 3 movies out at one time for a higher monthly fee with no due dates. I’ve signed up for the Premium program last year. It seems like I’ve seen the majority of the movies they have and I am not a big fan of seeing movies for the second time, I am thinking of switching to another rental place where I can save more money.
2. Netflix - I’m still debating whether to sign up with Netflix or go with my option #3 below. Netflix has different plans. You can pay as little as $4.99 a month depending on how many DVDs you want out each month. You rent online, Netflix delvers to you free, keep the movie as long as you want and return DVD using their prepaid return envelopes.
3. Movie Kiosks - Last week, I noticed 3 or 4 people in line to rent a movie from a kiosk outside Lucky grocery store. I thought this was a better option for me as I can actually kill two birds with one stone. it would be very convenient for me as I’m already out doing my grocery shopping so why not rent a movie for a buck! Saves me money and gas! What’s more? No late fees! I also found out that Safeway supermarkets have DVD kiosks as well.
4. Another way of saving money on movie rentals is to trade movies with your friends or co-workers. My friends, co-workers and I trade movies that we own or rent.
5. Go to the library to get free movie rentals. My sister and my co-workers get their movies at the library. Although the movies being rented out are not the latest films, your local library carries a lot of older movies that are worth seeing.
6. Some people prefer video-on-demand through their cable provider, Netflix or Amazon.
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I’ve seen those video kiosks at Publix, in my state. There is no late fee, but you pay $1.00 a day. If you watch and return the video right away, it can be very cheap. If you hold onto it, or forget to return it, you could pay a lot.
Thank you for letting me know. I should find out more about DVD kiosks’ Terms and Policies before I cancel my subscription with Hollywood.