Lovefilm.de Online DVD rental service in Germany
I love watching movies. And as a foreigner living in Germany, watching a movie is a great way of learning a language. That is why I subscribe to Lovefilm.de service.
Lovefilm.de has a huge DVD library, and now they have a growing collection of Bluray discs, too. If you get a membership, they begin to send you discs by mail. When you are done with them, you can send them back using the same envelope they came in. It is just like Netflix in the US.
Since Germany mail system is quite reliable, most of the discs arrive safely, even though one set of discs went missing this year for the first time for me. I had to wait 5 days before I could report the missing set, and they promptly sent new set.
There are several kinds of memberships that you can get. For example, if you pay 17 euro per month, you can rent two discs at one time without limit. It means, you can always have two discs, and as soon as you return the disc, they will send you new ones. You do not have to make a long-term contract, so you can stop whenever you want, and if you are away for a while, you can suspend the service(up to two times a year).
The only complain that I have is that sometimes they do not send the next set of discs right away. I return mine, but they take some time before they send new ones. It happens more often when I am very quick with watching them and return them the next day. The other problem is there are quite a number of DVDs missing in their library, marked as “unavailable.” I would like them to make them available soon!
All in all, I think the service is a good option for movie lovers, and now there is even the option of watching the movie online(they use very simple technology. Basically, they stream the movie with flash, so you can watch it without problem on a mac, too). They accept credit card issued in a foreign country, and their customer service team speaks English. Usually, they provide a trial period, so you can try the service for free for a while before you get a full-membership.
