no, it doesn't work that way. Blockbuster got chewed out and lost a class action lawsuit over their rental policy. So to prevent that from happening again they changed it to the following.

$$ for 5 day movie/game rental

No late fees ever.

Some stores (not all) charge a $2 restocking fee if it is >7 days(??) after the due date.

If you have the game out for 31 days after (i think) the 10th day, then you buy it.

So you can have a game/movie out for 12 days and only pay the original rental fee.

You can have it out for ~40 for only original fee + $2 (depending on store)

nordlead:

Really? That... sounds easily, deliciously exploitable.

It is. I rented the Godfather, and beat all but the last family house before I returned it 2 weeks after I got it (don't like paying the $2 restock fee)

You just have to mark down a nice reminder that you can't possibly miss so you aren't overcharged and forced to buy the game.

Go family video I think its like 5 bucks for 7 days there

UMM, 14.95 a month for 2 games at a time through Gamefly, or 36 a month for 2 games with a possibility of late charges if returned late and the need to return and re-rent if wanting to keep it past a week.

I was shocked when I went to rent a game and it shot up from 7 to 9. I thought 7 was bad enough, but 9.........that just gives me no reason to go there any longer. Netflix is cheaper and actually has BD movies and Gamefly while slow at times is way cheaper.

It is $6.50 where I live, but I haven't rented a game from Blockbuster since around May, so the price may have changed since then.

Family video rocks. They have free movies at mine, you just take 'em. No charge. Bad...ass. Or rent 2 or 3 movies for a dollar....A DOLLAR.

i remembered the days i use to rent snes games at bb for 3$ i quess the price went up cause they let u keep em longer the no pay late fee good thing i don't rent games at bb anymore i have a secret way of renting games that's free

Yup.  I've kept out some games that are good for multiplayer but I didn't want buy for myself (Red Steel, Mario Party 8, Mario & Sonic, MoH: Vanguard, etc.) for a little over a month so I could invite people over multiple times without having to re-rent them.  No real limits on how many you can get out at once, and no waiting for stuff to arrive in the mail.

With something like Gamefly I always feel pressured to play as fast as possible so I can make the most out of the monthly fee.  Blockbuster is always ~$9 for ~12 days or ~$11 for 6 weeks so I don't get stressed out over it.

Movies have a similar thing, we often get out 8 or so movies at a time and watch them over a couple of weeks whenever we feel like it, can't do that with Netflix limits.

Of course the real way to "rent" games is to buy used from GameStop and then return the game for a full refund a couple weeks later, free rental. ;>

Doesn't sound like TOO bad of a deal....