Gamemine Review — Video Game Rentals Comparison (2012)

Game Mine is a service that allows you to purchase or rent games as well as letting you trade in your old games for cash or credit in their store. Game Mine offers free shipping on any game you buy from them if you live in the United States of America.  As well as having the opportunity to buy games, you can rent them as well because Game Mine has rental subscription plans that allow you to rent as many games as you’d like in one month as long as you only have only a certain amount games at a time. They offer you the chance to play games you have played because of their wide selection of games which include all of the most popular games. You can trade, buy, or rent games from all the most popular systems including Xbox 360, PS3, Wii, Xbox, PS2, PSP, Nintendo DS, 3D DS and GameCube.

Game Mine has a well-designed website that is easy to navigate in order to access all of their services. Some of the types of services that are listed on their website are:

• Buy
• Rent
• Trade

Game Mine is most beneficial if you live within the United States as you have free shipping available for any game you purchase. With Game Mine you have two rental subscription choices, both let you rent an unlimited amount of games with the key difference being how many games you can have out at a time with the two choice either being one or two. Game Mine is a trusted and verified site and is a buySAFE Guaranteed merchant and a 3-in-1 Guarantee is automatically included with your purchase, and provides you with:

• A $10,000 identity theft protection
• A full third party guarantee of your purchase, up to $1,000
• A $100 lowest price guarantee   

2xSPEED - Is a feature offered by Game Mine that enables the customer to receive their games quicker than the normal course of delivery.  To receive the next game on your list, it is required that a game be returned before the next one is shipped. However using the 2xSPEED feature which is facilitated through Game Mine’s partnership with USPS Confirm Service permits you to receive the next game on your Rent List as soon as it is confirmed you’ve have shipped their game back to Game Mine.

GameFly is another online video game rental company which offers the same services as Game Mine. GameFly has the largest game selection which makes it better then Game Mine if you are looking for games that aren’t popular.  GameFly also has the least expensive four-game plan and a user-friendly website which is better than GameMine’s website. Some bad things about GameFly are that hey don't support classic console configurations like NES or the original PlayStation which neither does GameMine. The lowest monthly price is 7.95$ compared to GameMine’s 8.99$.

Gamerang is another alternate video game rental serive that operates online. They have the second largest library of titles and offer detailed search option and their website has a nice ease of use. They do not have parental control features and they don’t offer free trials. Gamerang also has a four tier price option with their lowest monthly price being 14.95$ which is quite high compared to GameMine’s 8.99$.

You can purchase games for retail price or even cheaper if you are okay with playing used games. You can get around 20% or more discount on all games if you buy them used. In terms to getting big bucks on all your trades, you shouldn’t expect to see a lot for old games as they have no more value as no one wants to play them anymore. Their rental service costs about 7 dollars the first month and 14 dollars after if you want to only have one game out at a time. If you want to have 2 games then you can expect to pay 11 dollars for the first month but 21 dollars after. In terms of getting the best price you might be able to get a deal from a rental store closer by to your house which allows cuts down on the time where you don’t have a game because of shipping as well as not having to pay any shipping charges regardless

There is mixed reviews around the internet whether or not to use GameMine with a lot of reviews being negative with some people being satisfied with GameMine. Here is what people around the internet have to say about GameMine:

The customer gave a positive review of GameMine saying they loved it:

"I have a GameMine account and I have no complaints! I have got all my games on time and with no issues. I also had 6 of my friends sign up and they all also love the service. I don’t see why anyone would compare pricing to netflix, thats just stupid! you can’t do that, this is video games that cost $30-$60 average and a movie cost $10-$25. So when you do the math, it doesnt even compare! Get real people and just know that the service they provide is more personalized, with other game rental sites they just look at you as a number. I LOVE GAMEMINE!!!!" 

The customer gave a negative review of GameMine saying they service:

"Okay, I'm fairly level headed bloke, with many online services that I subscribe to, but something is up with these guys (gamemine). Everything isnt as it seems. It takes a week to get your games. Just in case your still smiling...I just said a week. Now, if the corners of your mouth havnt turned down yet. Wait for my story... I was sent a broken game after waiting a week for it. I immediately did what they said to do. I emailed the company the details and sent the cracked disc back to them. A two days later they charged me $50.00 to compensate for the broke game "they" sent me! They sent me out another one which arrived a week later, but the funds never came back"