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		<title>Gamerang Vs. Gamefly</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[So after having a Gamefly account for several months I got fed up. Turnaround times are slow and they never have what I want when I want it. So I researched their competitors and signed up for a Gamerang account. I&#8217;m going to make my game queues on both services identical and return the discs [...]]]></description>
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<p>So after having a Gamefly account for several months I got fed up. Turnaround times are slow and they never have what I want when I want it. So I researched their competitors and signed up for a Gamerang account. I&#8217;m going to make my game queues on both services identical and return the discs at exactly the same time. I&#8217;ll post my results here and keep it updated. For starters here is what the services charged my credit card and my first return date. I&#8217;m not including the special introductory offers and long term bonuses they offer. A couple months of slightly reduced costs and/or special offers to buy used games are just marketing. I want quick turnaround times and the game I want not a substitute I only kinda want. Here we go:<br />
Monthly costs:</p>
<ul>
<li>Gamerang &#8211; $17.95</li>
<li>Gamefly &#8211; $19.52</li>
</ul>
<hr /><strong>2/22/10:</strong></p>
<p>Game queue on both services and discs from both services were put in the mail:</p>
<ol>
<li>Mass Effect 2</li>
<li>Dantes Inferno</li>
<li>Darksiders</li>
<li>Assassins Creed 2</li>
<li>Bayonetta</li>
</ol>
<hr /><strong>3/2/10:</strong></p>
<p>Gamefly: Received &#8220;Mass Effect 2&#8243;. The number 1 selection in my queue (first time this has EVER happened).</p>
<p>Gamerang: Received &#8220;Darksiders&#8221;. The number 3 selection in my queue.</p>
<p><strong>Winner:</strong> Gamefly. Both companies took 10 days (?!) to cycle discs but for the first time Gamefly sent me what I wanted the most.</p>
<hr /><strong>4/5/10:</strong></p>
<p>Game queue on both services and discs from both services were put in the mail:</p>
<ol>
<li>Final Fantasy 13</li>
<li>Dantes Inferno</li>
<li>Assassins Creed 2</li>
<li>Bayonetta</li>
<li>Borderlands</li>
</ol>
<hr /><strong>4/12/10:</strong></p>
<p>Gamefly: Received &#8220;Assassins Creed 2&#8243;. The number 3 selection in my queue.</p>
<p>Gamerang: Received &#8220;Assassins Creed 2&#8243;. The number 3 selection in my queue.</p>
<p><strong>Winner:</strong> Neither, an exact tie. Both companies took 7 days (3 days faster  than last time) and both companies sent my number 3 selection.</p>
<hr /><strong>6/25/10:</strong></p>
<p>Assassins Creed 2 was taking me a long time to finish and I wanted to try Red Dead Redemption while still playing AC2 so I sent the copy of AC2 I had from Gamerang back and put RDR in my Gamerang queue all by itself. It took Gamerang over two weeks to send me RDR and when I got the mailer it was empty, no game disc. I called Gamerang and they stated they would send out my next game and there would be no charges or penalties. I once again had only RDR in my Gamerang queue. It&#8217;s been over a week since I called Gamerang and RDR is still in my queue. Due to my recent dissatisfaction with Gamerang shipping me an empty mailer and taking over a week to send me my current game selection I canceled my account with them.</p>
<p><strong>Final Verdict:</strong> Gamefly. It still takes around 10 days to get a new game. I wish that was shorter but Gamerang had shipping errors, sent me games lower down on my queue and had longer turnaround times.</p>
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