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Positive Experience with Peerflix Canada
I joined Peerflix 5 months ago, initially to trade some gift DVD's that I didn't plan on watching again. Since then I've made 15 trades, and my experience with Peerflix Canada has been very positive.
Peerlix's response to my early queries was exceptional (once in less than an hour), as was their follow-up on 'auto-confirm' claims. I've had two of the latter ... in the first case, the sender had changed their mind after committing to send (my account was immediately credited by Peerflix) ... in the second, the sender had delayed sending without updating the mailing status (I received a stutus update the next day, and the DVD arrived the following day).
One thing to be aware of - 'Available Now' appears to mean that there's at least one copy in the trading system that's not tagged as being on-hold, not that one will receive a copy shortly after adding it to one's 'DVDs I Want' list. There may be other members queued ahead to receive that title, and it may take some time (at least with Canada's smaller membership base) before one is next in line to receive the title.
To work around this and not let my 'Peerbux' total get too far out of line, I use the 'hold' feature to limit my 'DVDs available to trade' such that my 'Peerbux' are maintained at the 4-6 level, and at keep 10 +/- titles on my want list.