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This is how I saved £447.35 with LoveFilm in 5 months:
I’ve got a huge collection of DVDs and Blu-ray discs that I buy on Amazon with my Prime account, meaning that postage is free.
But on 25th January 2011 I signed up with LoveFilm for a free one month trial, that I’ve continued with ever since, and I suspect will continue for some time to come. In that time I’ve bought less than a handful of DVDs and Blu-Rays.
How have I figured out my £447.35 saving?
The simple maths is that I have paid £13.27 a month for my two discs at a time plan, meaning that on 25th May 2011 I will have spent a total of £53.08.
In that time we have rented 23 discs or box sets that I have listed in full below. To buy these on Amazon would have cost £205.94
And we have watched 64 films and TV programs online, on our PCs and on the PS3. To buy these on Amazon would have cost £294.49
Obviously what I didn’t do is spend all that money on discs, and in reality there is no way I would have spent £447.35 in five months. What it means is that I’ve watched far more films than I would have, had I bought them on Amazon. And the films that turned out to be duds have cost me next to nothing. For me, this is one of the big wins – I’ve got quite a few discs in my collection that I could barely sit through the first time, and that will never get watched again. And once you’ve bought a rubbish film I think it’s unlikely you can sell it to recoup your money – certainly you can’t get anything like the price you paid new if you sell a disc second hand.
If you want to try a one month free trial at LoveFilm visit their signup page – remember to use my reference code because both you and I benefit.
I suppose one of the benefits of buying discs is that if you really love the film you can watch it whenever you want. The only thing I have rented so far that I feel I would like to own is The Pacific. I figure that this is a really cost effective way of learning that all those other films I can live without actually owning, and if I want to see them again I’ll rent them.
Total spent:
25-Jan-11 £0
25-Feb-11 £13.27
25-Mar-11 £13.27
25-Apr-11 £13.27
25-May-11 £13.27
Total spent £53.08
Total discs rented:
All prices given below are Amazon Prime prices on 20th May 2011
How To Lose Friends And Alienate People Blu-ray £7.99
The Social Network – Blu-ray £9.99
Gangs Of New York – Blu-ray £6.29
Salt – Blu-ray £9.99
The Big Bang Theory – Season 2 £10.99
The Spy Who Came In From The Cold £3.49
The Last Airbender – Blu-ray £9.99
Rush – 2112 and Moving Pictures Blu-ray £11.99
The Big Bang Theory – Season 1 £8.47
Rush: Beyond The Lighted Stage £11.99
Inception – Blu-ray £14.93
The Russia House £3.49
Annie Hall £3.49
Manhattan £3.49
In Bruges £3.97
Star Trek – Feature – Blu-ray £12.47
The Expendables – Blu-ray £9.99
The Sure Thing £3.99
Knight and Day £5.00
Oklahoma! – Feature £6.29
The Pacific – Blu-ray £27.93
The Dark Knight – Disc 1 – Blu-ray £8.79
Morris – A Life With Bells On £10.93
Total discs rented £205.94
Total watched online:
Hell Ride £3.99
Sweeney Todd £4.48
Revolver £2.18
Two Weeks Notice £2.99
JCVD £3.79
Unbreakable £5.00
King Arthur £4.69
The Recruit £5.47
Pearl Harbor £4.97
Prime £3.97
Lethal Weapon 4 £4.89
Lethal Weapon £4.47
Air Force One £3.93
Jackie Chan and the Kung Fu Kid £3.69
Blazing Saddles £3.93
Red Planet £3.26
Cocktail £3.99
The In-laws £10.49
The Insider £3.49
16 Blocks £7.99
The Last Boy Scout £3.99
The Rock £4.49
austin powers the spy who shagged me £2.99
Team America £3.99
Wallander – 1 episode £4.00
Fists of fury £2.79
Robot Chicken – Star Wars £9.70
Hard To Kill £4.38
The Enforcer £11.10
Batman £2.50
Downfall £3.89
Just Friends £2.35
Falling Down £5.00
Lord of War £3.01
A Single Man £3.79
wmd. £14.99
Broken Flowers £2.99
The Accidental Husband £3.92
Up In Smoke £3.49
Laurel and Hardy – Flying Deuces £2.93
Arn – The Knight Templar £3.47
Protection £-
The Bridge £3.44
The Proposition £5.00
Commando – On The Front Line £5.99
Goodnight Mr Tom £4.67
Jeeves and Wooster £11.97
Mean Girls £3.44
Seven £3.90
Logans Run £4.97
Secretary £5.00
A Soap £-
attack force z £4.49
Top Secret £3.49
Kes £3.49
Cracker – 3 episodes £8.00
Cashback £5.00
Firewall £4.47
all quiet on the western front £3.99
Showtime £3.99
2001 – A Space Odyssey £6.29
Cats and Dogs £2.99
Edge of Darkness £3.49
Joy Division £5.00
Total watched online £294.49