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Encyclopedia > DVD rental

A rental shop is a store where a consumer can borrow reusable products for a fee for a certain period of time before returning them.


Typically, a customer must sign up for an account with the shop and give billing information like a credit card number. If items are returned late, the shop usually charges late fees, which typically accumulate day by day. Some shops now have policies where instead of late fees, they will treat overdue items as a sale after a certain date, and charge a price equivalent to a standard sale of that object (with appropriate deductions for the rental fee already paid and for its pre-opened condition).


The most common type of rental shop are video rental outlets, offering primarily movies. Many such shops also offer music or computer games as well.


Many motion pictures that do not perform well in theaters depend on the rental market for success, and some movies are released direct-to-video.


Blockbuster Video is the largest and most popular video rental shop in the United States.


External links

  • Dvd and Video Game Online Rentals Review (http://mhservices.biz/), Popular DVD rental and video game rental services reviewed. User comments and ratings.
  • Renting DVDs Online (http://www.rentingdvdsonline.com/), a site composed of online DVD rental provider reviews.
  • DVD Rental Services (http://www.dvdrentalservices.co.uk), more reviews of DVD rental companies.

See also: Netflix


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DVD Rental Review - by post reviews of US, UK (294 words)
DVD Rental by post allows you to select from a bigger range of dvd titles, keep the films longer with no due dates or late fees, and return discs simply by popping them into the provided prepaid envelope - no more fighting about who has to drive to the video shop to return them.
DVD's are then sent to you Freepost, you watch the movies at your leisure and and return them in the prepaid mailers whenever you want.
For instance, with 3 DVD's allowed out at a time you may expect to get around 10-12 rentals a month with such a plan.
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