Harry Joystick Member
 740 Posts 8/02
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 10:58AMI've been checking out the prices for DVD's at XRentDVD and they look very reasonable. But it looks like the only shipping method that they use is USPS. I hate the the incompetent communist fuckers who run the U.S. postal system. A lot of the adult material I recieve in the mail has been opened by the time it's deliverred to my house. I usually do business with retailers that offer alternative shipping methods. I'd like to know what kind of packaging XRentDVD uses. and if their web sight says "in stock" for any particular item, does that mean it really is in stock? What are your overall impressions with this company? Thank you [Link] |
DenverDon Benevolent
Firmly Embedded in Depravity 5914 Posts 7/02
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 11:13AM
FF,Xrent uses the standard Mailer Box. I have had nothing but success and excellent service from Xrent in all the orders that I have placed, and each and every time I have placed an order with them, the items that they say are in stock have been in stock and have been shipped. Also, I have never had any of my packages opened by the Turkeys of the postal system. My overall impression? - Excellent! DenverDon  [Link] |
menace Member
Of all the fishes in the sea, the mermaid is the one for me! 410 Posts 6/02
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 11:16AM
Button--just do a search of shopping info forums for xrent & you'll see how good they are. As for shipping, you can order on a sat. eve. (in eastern time zone) & have your stuff monday! Or, of course, if they had UPS you could wait a week. (BTW-the commies don't run USPS anymore-it was privatized years ago) [Link] |
Drew Black broken crankshaft
8011 Posts 9/99
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 11:29AM
Xrent's stock status is real-time and very accurate.
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Speelie Senior Member
Fort Collins, CO 1191 Posts 5/01
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 1:29PM
I too have had great success using XRent, they are my company of choice at the moment because they have good prices, accurate in-stock status, rapid restocking, they ship same day, and keep you informed via e-mail at every stage of the order. They generally use delivery confirmation with the USPS shipments, and this makes it more unlikely that anyone will poke around in the packages. I have never had a shipment show signs of being opened, and I have never had any trouble at all with XRent. [Link] |
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bono-ONE  All-Star Member
SAMCRO 8571 Posts 8/00
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 3:31PM
Another vote in the affirmative for XRentdvd. Excellent prices and usually good availability. I may wait a little to get a popular dvd to rent but as for purchases they usually have what I want when I want it. [Link] |
Asmodeus Lord of Lust
az-mo-day-us 6338 Posts 10/01
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 6:39PM
I've been a regular customer of XRentDVD for quite some time now and they have never let me down. All the shipments I've ever got from them came via priority or first class mail and thats perfectly fine with me as UPS totally sucks in my area and I never use that service. The packages themselves came shipped firmly and securely wrapped with no interferance at all. As to their stock status, they really mean it - everything they have available in stock will ship out to you the very day your order is processed. Another thing I really like about them is their wonderful customer service ready to help out when a problem does happen to arise. And the best thing of all: you can actually rent any of their DVD's if you have a valid credit card! That way you can decide if you like the movie in question and may wish to purchase it later. I could gush on and on about them but I think you all get the picture, right? [Link] |
Clay Member
216 Posts 8/00
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 8:12PM
I have never had an item listed as in stock not ship immediately. Even when I order after 7:00 pm central time my orders reliably ship the same day. I would say that 80% of my orders arrive in 2 days with some arriving in only 1 day. I am not sure where they are located but they must be very near a major shipping hub. XRentDVD is definately my first choice for purchases. Their rental system is so solid I rarely buy anything anymore. [Link] |
Bill  All-Star Member
5334 Posts 6/00
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 9:28PM
The only word that I can use to describe my experience with X-Rent's shipping is amazing .Every order that I have made with them was shipped out the same day (even on Saturdays). I also wouldn't be surprised to learn that they are bypassing the local post office and delivering their packages directly to a USPS Sortation Facility. I say this because even taking the same day delivery into account, I always receive my order one day quicker than other stores located on the West Coast (I'm in NY)  [Link] |
Harry Joystick Member
740 Posts 8/02
| Posted - Aug 14 2002 : 10:41PM
Thanks for all your responses. I plan on doing business with XRentDVD when I make my next purchase. [Link] |
lotr13 Member
Las Vegas 20 Posts 4/02
| Posted - Aug 15 2002 : 12:07AM
When you ship via priority mail, they send it out of a standard postal priority mail envelope, the type they give out free at any post office. You can't tell if it's DVDs inside or papers being filed by your wife saying she wants a divorce! That's another story. There would be no reason why any post office employee would want to checkout the contents.I've got similar experiences with XRentdvd as everyone else The shipping time is nothing less than phenomenal. I too am curious if they are near a major postal distribution center which may account for their speed. Is this their secret Curious was I so looking at my mailer that I just received from them the envelope was postmarked out of Santa Ana, CA. Checking out the USPS website using their return zipcode 92799, I find that indeed, as Bill Broderick and Clay mentioned, this post office is a main postal distribution hub. Mystery solved! Regarding everything else about XRent, BIG selection for rental, reasonable prices on both sales & rentals, very responsive customer service. One criticism though... new popular titles (less than a month old) seem to be chronically out of stock. That's not to say that there isn't anything to rent, titles 2-3 months ago that I had a hard time getting are now more readily available, but damnit I want my Flesh Hunter #3! Might have to breakdown and just buy it. This is no doubt the nature of the rental business, so perhaps call this more of an observation than a criticism.  [Link] |
SaucyJack Member
Squatney 49 Posts 2/02
| Posted - Aug 15 2002 : 12:16AM
One more word of praise for X-rent that hasn't been mentioned. The envelopes they ship in (only the discs are shipped, not the cases) are sized so they can fit in the kind of locking mailboxes used by most apartment complexes. No signing for your package. No picking it up from the management office. The advantage of the "commie" USPS is they can drop this right in your mailbox. [Link] |
PornManiac Deactivated User
aka Steve K 325 Posts 7/02
| Posted - Aug 15 2002 : 7:24AM
XRentDVD is about the best retailer out there. Nice Customer Service & as said before real-time stock. [Link] |