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Why is that cheaper?
In spite of the problems with peerflix, one thing that’s clear is that it’s much cheaper than the price you suggest for the low-volume user. Higher volume users might be more interested in a $4.95 fee or the higher fees of netflix etc.
The site is a bit hard to use to get details on how it works, but from what I can see it arranges trades, so that somebody has to have a DVD (or other thing) I want, and I also have to have what she wants to make it happen, and I have to enter a negotiation to complete the deal. (Ie. what if my DVD is much more expensive than hers?) That doesn’t sound like it would work, but perhaps if your web site answered these questions I would know more.