After September twenty ninth, Netflix will now not hire DVDs by mail and can be winding down that a part of its enterprise altogether. Most individuals is perhaps shocked that the streaming large remains to be even renting DVDs, however in the event you’re certainly one of its subscribers who’ll be unhappy to see the service go, there’s now one other rent-by-mail possibility you need to use wherever you might be within the US. Scarecrow, the biggest impartial video retailer within the US, has launched its personal rent-by-mail service that may ship DVDs and Blu-ray discs straight to your door.
The shop first piloted the service again in 2019 earlier than it began engaged on making its library obtainable to individuals throughout the nation in the course of the pandemic. As The Seattle Instances studies, it launched a marketing campaign in 2021 to boost funds for an overhaul of its growing older web site, making it extra searchable and giving it a extra fashionable look. Now, Scarecrow’s rent-by-mail web site is dwell, with step-by-step directions on the right way to avail of the service and a searchable library divided by genres.
To have the ability to hire from Scarecrow, you will want to join an account, which should be verified and authorised by a workers member. After that, you can begin including DVDs to your cart. Titles are priced individually, however transport will value you $12 for as much as six discs. That is discs, not titles, which implies if one film has six discs, you’ll be able to’t add extra to the identical cargo. The rental window is 14 days, together with transport, after that you may both renew by telephone or pay late charges.
Scarecrow has 140,000 titles in its assortment — comparably, Netflix has round 5,000 titles in its US catalog, in line with CordCutting — most of which you’ll be able to hire by mail. There are exceptions, nonetheless, together with uncommon and out of print movies that require a safety deposit, newly launched films and grownup titles. It additionally does not mail VHS tapes and laser discs, so you will need to go elsewhere for these codecs.
