GILBERT, AZ -- Video games are big business, creating a billion dollar yearly industry. Parents often find themselves in the financially straining position of purchasing a video game console for their kids, then having to purchase games to support that console at $50-$60 each. The average teenager will only play a game for a week or two before wanting to move on to the next game. In order to avoid the cost of buying new games, consumers often visit local video rental stores to rent video games, typically priced around $9 for a 5 day rental period. Unfortunately, this visit to a local outlet can be a frustrating experience due to lack of game availability and exorbitant penalties for late fees.
Enter the world of online video game rentals. This process has been made popular by movie rental company Netflix®, an excellent alternative to local video stores that provides customers with the ease of renting movies over a website, having the movie shipped to them, and shipping it back at their convenience. There are relatively few options for renting video games online, but companies that provide this service do exist.
When considering a company to use for online video game rentals, there are a few key elements to consider:
Availability: are most of the titles on the site available, or do they have a "short wait" or "long wait" message next to them?
Price: is the company competitively priced, and how many plans are available?
Delivery time: how long does it take the game(s) to arrive, and are there options available to decrease the delivery time?
Customer Service: do you feel like you are dealing with an individual, or with a big business? Are the personal touches that you expect present?
Two Arizona State University graduates understand this problem all too well. Matt and Jackie Behm are proud parents of a 9-year-old "gamer," and a 1 year old future gamer as well. Having spent many frustrating hours at local rental stores, they created Get Your Gamez (www.getyourgamez.com) in June of 2007 as an alternative. Get Your Gamez is an online video game rental site that prides itself on a personal touch (all new customers are contacted directly by one of the owners, all email inquiries receive a personal response within 24 hours) and excellent customer service. Availability and pricing are both exceptional, and delivery time is typically one day throughout Arizona and 3 days to the east coast. "Our customers are very satisfied; we had one customer email us asking how we were able to get his game to him in South Florida by Monday when he signed up on Friday." Jackie remarked, "Even I was surprised by that kind of turn-around; normally we see 3 day ship time to Florida!"
Get Your Gamez Inc. rents games for the Nintendo Wii, XBOX 360, Playstation 3, Playstation Portable, Playstation 2, XBOX, and GameCube consoles.
For additional information, visit www.getyourgamez.com.
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