Moviestar - 9.99 - But How

yop

Lads,
Looking @ http://www.moviestar.ie/

Is states from only 9.99 per month, but yet when you try to find this offer then it is not there!

Any ideas?

Thanks

ElNino

On this page they state that they have plans from 7.99 per month yet their cheapest plan at the bottom of the page is 13.99.
http://www.moviestar.ie/action/page/name/how_it_works/

Go figure

green123

they are increasing their prices
so some old prices may still be around in some places
they are still the best value and have the biggest selection

okidoki987

They used to have a 6 week free trial using the code METRO.
Not sure if it still works or not.

PRman

they said a months free trial when I signed up 2 weeks ago but once I submitted my credit card details this has suddenly shrank to two weeks and they must have any dvd's back a couple of days before the 14 days so effectively your getting 1 dvd as a free trial. they're jacking the price up 40% as well.....

billstraighten

moviestar is great ...i joined at the start of february(31 day trial first of course) ..and ive already recieved 12 dvd's ...im happy

Mailman

They say the reason for the price increase is the 12.5% increase in postage but that hardly equates to a 40% jump.
The price rises were announced in a "newsletter" mail which many customers would ignore.

" An Post has just announced at 12.5% increase in postage. Unfortunately, here at Moviestar we work extremely tight margins and as a result of this a new pricing structure will be introduced. This new pricing will come into effect on Monday 19th February 2007 for all new members joining up on or after that data."

At the moment I'm in two minds as to whether to continue renting from them. I'll probably work through my preference list and then stop using the service.

standbyme

Yeah i got the same email newsletter today as well!
As it says its only the 1st/3rd i cant remember too much about it,

Except for the part where the price increase 12.5% im no good at maths trying to figure it out (anyone else is welcome to tell us)

As they've been very good at sending out the dvd's almost 4 a week on the 2dvd plan & a lot better than the other ScreamAtClick.com company .

Here is the rest of the message from the newsletter on the prices:
(bear in mind they're now only (€1 cheaper than the other one i mentioned!)

As you are a current member we will delay these new prices for an additional 4 weeks, therefore not taking effect until 19th March 2007.

We hope this increase will not deter you from our service, and feel that Moviestar is amazing value for money when compared to all our competitors, Moviestar will still be the cheapest place in Ireland to rent movies, and still offers you the widest selection of movies in Ireland.

New price plans :eek:
MiniMove - €7.99 - Limited to 2 DVDs a month [ElNino is this the one you were looking for]
Movie 1 - €13.99 - Unlimited, 1 at a time
Movie 2 - €18.99 - Unlimited, 2 at a time
Movie 3 - €26.99 - Unlimited, 3 at a time

I'll just try it out for a further while to see how it gets on!

Dors1976

You get a 4 week trial if you use "pigsback" as your promotional code. Brilliant! Love it.

MisterAnarchy

Just received this email from them

We have made a change to our Terms and Conditions for Trial users and this is why I am writing to you.

Trial users can now only have 1 disk out at a time. This does not affect the Unlimited nature of our packages.

If you become a full member after your trial, the 1 disk at a time limit is removed.

They are cutting back in alot of areas,slowing down turnaround and increasing prices.

xebec

I'm going to be pulling my membership before my next payment period, €19 was reasonable but sticking it up to €27 is just crazy and not justified by increased mail prices.

They've got quite a large customer base now so they're moving out of the stage of attracting new customers, unfortunately they've moved to a stage of pushing current customers away...

yabadabado

when the started ty were great but think they have peaked now so the special offers will be cut back

yabadabado

i actually got a free dvd player from them when i joined

Murt10

yop wrote:

Lads,
Looking @ http://www.moviestar.ie/

Is states from only 9.99 per month, but yet when you try to find this offer then it is not there!

Any ideas?

Thanks

Read this article by Kieron Wood from the Sunday Business Post of 28 July 2006 about the two brothers behind Moviestar and you won't be too surprised what they get up to.

http://archives.tcm.ie/businesspost/2006/08/27/story16686.asp



Murt