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What a disappointment Peerflix continues to be
In my continual experimental role with Peerflix I've purposely left my account with 3 Peerbux, a credit balance of $1.98, and a single request for a movie costing 2 Peerbux and which is marked available. Should be fillable, right? After waiting now 2 1/2 months the request has not been filled.
At this point it seems clear to me that Peerflix doesn't let you use up your credits, I suppose out of fear that customers will go away when our credits are down to 0. I know I can get the $1.98 back (big deal) if I close my account, but you cannot get the Peerbux back in any form so it seemed interesting to see how the company treats you in this case.
I currently have 248 movies in their system and requests to send 105. Probably if I sent one or two movies Peerflix would send me one pretty much immediately and I'd be more in the hole. What a joke this system is. It's really just a scam to get movies out of your control. Fortunately I traded all the dogs early and am left with a pretty good collection. Out of the 105 mailing requests there are 4-5 I wouldn't mind getting rid of, but what's the point if you get nothing in return.
Scam, scam, scam....
Mark