Peerflix Is Shutting Down

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Is anyone surprised that Peerflix is shutting down? I mean, it was a really cool idea…but did anyone actually use it? How many of you did?

Users who still have money stored in their Peerflix account have until April 30th to request a cash-out check, but, annoyingly, the old terms of service regarding cash-outs apply: there's a $10 charge to get your money out. Unclaimed stored value will be forfeited.
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I haven't even heard of it till now :)
 
I had heard of it. I just never really trusted it. I myself just never trusted the idea of me sending out my movies to somebody else in hopes that 1) i get them back 2) I get them back in good condition

I've had enough trouble lending games and movies to family members let alone some stranger.

In addition to hoping that my movies come back in good condition I also would have to hope that others are sending out movies that are in good condition.

I decided to stick with Netflix as I have not had any trouble with them during the time that I have had them.

Peerflix sounded good for some obsure old movie that nobody cares, but for mainstream movies I couldn't see any reason to leave netflix for them.
 
I never heard of this company till today either, but I have to agree I'd never would have used this service. If you've ever rented you know that almost no one ever takes even halfway decent care of the stuff they rent.
 
Never heard of them, but kinda scary. How easy would it be to insert a virus on the discs? No thanks. And $10 to get your money back? Good riddance.
 
LurkerLito said:
I never heard of this company till today either, but I have to agree I'd never would have used this service. If you've ever rented you know that almost no one ever takes even halfway decent care of the stuff they rent.
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QFT. In the last 3 months I've had to take 3 movies and 2 games back to Blockbuster because the discs were fucked up and wouldn't play. Sometimes I luck out and they work, though.
 
yep this is news to me. I guess it deserved to fail cause they had crappy marketing
 
Haven't seen this many internet savvy people clueless this on anything with peer or flix in the title in...guess this is the first time ever. Add me to the list of "Peerflix?"
 
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