Comments on: DVD Rentals By Mail: Comparing Canada’s Netflix Alternatives

By: Granite

Granite — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 17:40:00 +0000

I’ve had dvdlink for about 18 months. One dvd did go missing when I returned it. I contacted their support and they forgave it because I had been a long time customer. The bonus for me having a PS3 is that they do 3D movies and games. I’ve had an overall good experience with them but clearly other people have had other experiences. I got an Email from them last week asking for feedback and it sounds like they are going to be doing an large overhaul of their website and service. Hopefully this will mean positive changes. If a dvd is sent to me on Monday I get it Thursday or Friday in Ontario. They do have the option to click when you return. I’m at the 4 at a time rentals and I’m able to get over 20 in a month if I get through all 4 on the weekend. I would definately recommend them. They are a bit cheaper than other places and they do games and 3d movies which is something I’m looking for as well.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 17:54:28 +0000

I found a professional podcast that reviews movies on Netflix (Canada and the US). There are a bunch of podcasts out there talking about Netflix movies, but this is the only one I can find that discusses movies available in Canada. If anyone wants to check out the link, you can find it here: http://netpixpodcast.wordpress.com/

If anyone finds any other decent ones, can you let me know?

By: KING TUT

KING TUT — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 03:05:07 +0000

DO NOT RENT FROM DVDLINK.CA Gursewak Sran pays his employees to go on message boards and refer his half assed business!

By: Mike N

Mike N — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 03:33:15 +0000

Glad for the info regarding mail order rentals. Sorry for the off thread comments re Canada and the U.S. I know friendly and unfriendly people from both. The political rhetoric from the politicians in both makes me sick. No one likes to pay taxes or user fees but we all want the services.The most important thing in my life is not watching movies but I do like to get the most bang for my Buck. I recently subscribed to Videomatica out of Vancouver. Great selection but a little more steeply priced. Waiting to see how the turn around time sets the price per DVD I watch. I’m pretty sure that is mostly a Canada Post issue and the fact I live in a small northern town. Price I pay to happily live away from the city. Can’t have your cake and eat it too.

By: ramsay

ramsay — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 21:44:02 +0000

ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW.ZIP is owned by Rogers Cable.They canceled me due to tomany stolen dvd,s.I DO NOT BELIEVE.VISA has never in 24yrs missed my bill???Its that same old MOMOPOLY,there stopping NetFlix at all costes eg. blocking new releases.They did same thing with MAGIC jack,spent millions trying to not make happen,witch in end i have to pay extra $10 month compared to US.Canadians will continue to get srewed as long as Rich Rogers keeps blocking competition.

By: fred

fred — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 21:05:56 +0000

why do you all watch television so much?
Don’t you have anything else to do?

amazing.

I’m going to the ukelele jam at the dominion.
sure hope there won’t be any americans there.

By: Sandi

Sandi — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:26:34 +0000

I completely agree with post #70!! They just did the same thing to me! They are not even following their own policies of advising you when they tack additional charges to your credit card WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION! Had I read the above, I would have chosen another service as there seem to be a few more out there. What a complete rip off!! Their call center is non-existent; some backoffice re-routed answering machine. And they do NOT respond to you. RIDICULOUS CUSTOMER SERVICE! I hope more people read this and sign up with someone else. DVDLink.ca SUCKS!!

By: Joey

Joey — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 01:56:58 +0000

If you are not talking about mail order dvd’s shut the hell up go join a why my country is better forum ….dvdlink is ok if you are on the west coast I am in central Ontario and I wait up to 2 weeks for a movie most are within 9 business days . I would not want to be on the east coast and order from them !

By: ivan karanovic

ivan karanovic — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 20:45:52 +0000

why do you people leave comments regarding netflix? There’s no netflix in Canada, so all your comments regarding Netflix are therefore useless.

By: Flora Korkis

Flora Korkis — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 06:25:45 +0000

Sacre bleu! This thread made me sick.

Yours truly,
A Fellow Canadian

By: DVDLink.ca Sucks

DVDLink.ca Sucks — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:47:14 +0000

I see that DVDLink.ca has been posting here. I just quit there service, I’ve been with many before netflick, canflix and zip. All three are great.
DVDLink.ca sucks, they don’t repond to your emails and charge any way they can. When I quit there service there was a missing disc and since it was missing they charged me a full months rental because it wasn’t back on time. When it showed up to them as return to sender (since it never shown up here) they wouldn’t refund me my money. They would email me to tell me if it didn’t show up I had to pay for it and the months rental, but when I asked for a refund for the months rental they ignored my emails. From all the emails I sent them they only answered 1 or 2. There excuse was when I emailed them 5 times about an error on there behalf (2 disc set they only sent disc 2) that my emails must of been in there junk mail. Not a valid excuse for a company. After 3 1/2 weeks without any response they to send it back because they didn’t have disc one. Didn’t try to pay me back for wasting 1 of my slots for a month.
Stay away from DVDLink!!!! they are the worst service out there.

By: Jon

Jon — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:20:02 +0000

Incredible. My mom in Canada says my brother there rents movies just about every night. So I do a Google search of Netflix alternatives available in Canada.

The article is informative, if dated. Then, I look down to the comments…

How did an article about Netflix alternatives turn into a Canada-USA back-and-forth debate?