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Gamefly Reviews Summary

The company generally enjoys a positive reputation for its diverse game library and affordable rental options, appealing particularly to those interested in older titles. However, significant concerns arise regarding shipping delays, with many customers reporting lengthy wait times for both receiving and returning games. The customer service experience is frequently criticized, with reports of inadequate support and frustrating communication. Overall, while the service offers valuable opportunities for game trial and rental, persistent issues with shipping efficiency and customer assistance detract from overall satisfaction, suggesting a need for improvement in these areas.

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New York
10 reviews
19 helpful votes
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This website is nice! I can rent video games and movies for not too much. I love their promotions that if you haven't used their services for a while now, you can sign up for real cheap. I can use this service to try out games before buying them (if they don't have an online demo).

However, it can take a while for the disc to get here in NYC after being shipped. If you don't receive it after seven days, you can report it as lost and they can send in another of the same game or something else on your queue. Sometimes the discs DO genuinely go missing. Also, the self-return thing is quite nice. Even if you won't send back the game on the same day, you can use this thing. They must receive the disc fourteen days after you mark it as self-return. This gives you time to play it some more. After you do mark it as self-returned, they will send you the next disc when they ship it out next.

I took off a star because the shipping can take too long and that the service at regular price is a tad too expensive for me.

Date of experience: January 10, 2025
Alabama
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I won't use game fly again I ordered 2 games I received My first game after waiting 2 1/2 weeks after requesting it. I returned the game to get the second game title it never came at all but gamefly said I received it so I reported the game lost/stolen and they tried to charge me for the game so I canceled my account I am very unsatisfied with how they ship the games and the customer service is awful

Date of experience: March 5, 2024
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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These people are outright thieves and con artists. I am an online seller who makes a living shipping out 100 or more packages a week. For almost two years I have played whack a mole with this company. I considered it a success if a game arrived in 10 days. They are coming from one state away so it should arrive in two days via first class mail. I KNOW how long it takes. All too often they never arrive and I have to report them lost. Or I send them out amongst my other packages and gamefly claims they never arrive. Yet ALL of the packages I send and receive through my business arrive as expected. They seem quick to accept my report of them not arriving and always send another game (at least 15 times this has happened). Which tells me they KNOW what they are doing. When you are setup for 2 rentals and you spend 3 weeks per month dealing with the "loss" of a disc, it is just too much. These people hate their customers. Do NOT use them. If you do after reading this, you deserve what you get. You would think considering all games are turning toward online downloads, they would be fighting to stay relevant by taking care of their customers. They act as though they are supporters of abandoning discs and want to make using discs as miserable as possible. It's quite strange actually.

Date of experience: February 19, 2024
Kansas
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Terrible
February 12, 2024

They only got one star cause it made me. They deserve no stars. Started a free trial for 30 days after cancelling years ago took almost 8 days to get my first game. Kept that for a couple weeks it's been in the mail for 8 days and they still have not got it (witch I know is a USPS problem) there shipping partners are destroying the good thing. I also seen some ads of gameflys on facebook so I was telling people the way it really works not the crap some random worker posts and got blocked. So all in all gamefly is not worth any amount of money waiting for them to get my game so I can cancel cause they will charge you if they don't have game and you cancel.

Date of experience: February 12, 2024
Tennessee
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Need way more games..
February 2, 2024

I was just now considering going back to Gamefly cause I use to have a subscription way back when they first started but I immediately changed my mind cause I'll give anyone a heads up that's considering they have imo way to small of a selection of games! It was actually shocking to me to see how little amount of games they had for each system! Yea would have to have tons I mean TONS of more game to pick thru before id consider resubscribing

Date of experience: February 2, 2024
California
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I locked a game to guarantee I received it when it comes out. How it works is you have to return a game before the new game comes out so they can ensure it can be sent to you. However the last time I sent a game back it took them over four days to confirm it with fast return only for it to fall into the time period of the locked game and now I've received no game until the new game comes out a week from then and of course three days after the game had came out already I had still not received it. I pay almost $30 for two games at a time and always have problems with the return even with fast return and game lock only ensures that I don't have a game for 1/3 of the month. The poor service and bad business would have ended them a long time ago if they had any rival in their industry.

Date of experience: October 16, 2023
Florida
22 reviews
25 helpful votes
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Best to leave it alone. Loved it as a kid. Now that it is getting all these bad reviews maybe it is a good thing that video stores closed forever.

Date of experience: October 1, 2023
Michigan
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Shipping sucks
August 24, 2023

I returned a game and a week later they still have not shipped anything to me. The answer I received is they are to busy to ship me one. But not to busy to keep taking payment for a service I am not receiving. The customer service sucks. Considering the customer service person agree with me that they have horrible service. Don't waste your times

Date of experience: August 24, 2023
Georgia
1 review
0 helpful votes
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I pre ordered an collectible in December and didn't hear a single thing about it since. Yesterday, March 19, I contacted gamefly about the item. They told me their manufacturer hadn't shipped it yet and I could cancel if I wanted. I responded that I didn't want to cancel, I just wanted information. Not five minutes later I get an email saying my order was canceled. I sent an email saying I did NOT want it canceled and they basically responded with the item was sold out and they couldn't replace my order. I'm inscensed. They mess up and I get punished. I wouldn't buy from this site.

Date of experience: March 20, 2023
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Horrible
December 21, 2022

None of the games work they are scratched when u decide to stop service they still charge you. Would not recommend to anyone. My unfortunate experience just sucked.

Date of experience: December 21, 2022
North Carolina
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Awful
November 4, 2022

This place is terrible, your games spend more time in transit and waiting for game-locked games to re-game-lock because they were taken off by the site. Now my account is sitting idle and I'm paying for not having games when I had game-locked games available. PlayStation has a similar model and it's way better for the money and time. What a shame.

Date of experience: November 4, 2022
New Jersey
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Was told my purchase was under review but they did not specify which purchase. Asked questions that weren't answered, like which order was an issue, and was not offered any help. Only received copy and paste answers. When I had a chance to call in to verify this order, I was placed on hold and then hung up on almost 10 minutes later. Worst customer service experience. Why do I have to jump through hoops to give a company my money. Will not be dealing with GameFly ever again.

Date of experience: October 6, 2022
Missouri
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Gamefly get 5 stars from me. They shipping took a while ( 5 or 6 days) but it was definitely worth it. I recommend this to anyone thats looking to rent or buy games in 2022. Thanks Gamefly

Date of experience: September 20, 2022
Indiana
1 review
0 helpful votes
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So not only does this service falsely advertise for free shipping, it's free shipping is locked to the rental service so if you want to buy anything expect a 20$ shipping fee. On top of that they don't take your order seriously whatsoever. 24-48 hours to ship the product not counting the time it takes to get to the shipping facility. They advertise their shipping as priority but the only priority they have is getting you to subscribe to their inefficient mail in service. I wouldnt recommend buying or renting anything from this site.

Date of experience: June 10, 2022
Ukraine
2 reviews
1 helpful vote
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Great
December 27, 2021

Hello, I would like to thank you for this service. I managed to play the game I used to play when I was younger. If to be more specific it was a Mafia game.

Date of experience: December 26, 2021
Indiana
1 review
1 helpful vote
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I tried to buy something because of how cheap the games were and I got an email stating that I needed to go through all this red tape to verify my purchase, and have my credit card company call them, but I didn't use a credit card. Customer support is terrible, just pay the extra $5.00 and buy from ebay or gamestop, hard lesson learned.

Date of experience: November 13, 2021
Texas
5 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Reasonable prices
October 6, 2021

This is my 2nd time using Gamefly and I think it is great. I have had no problems receiving games for Playstation 5 and Xbox Series X. I really like this agency, I thing their prices are reasonable. I will be using them for a long time!

Date of experience: October 6, 2021
Illinois
2 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Cool place
August 3, 2021

Large selection of video games for different gaming platforms. They work every day, seven days a week. Competent consultants. There is an order through the website and delivery.

Date of experience: August 2, 2021
California
12 reviews
12 helpful votes
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I subscribed for the 2 games and tried to play games with my spouse on Nintendo switch lites. I couldn't get the same game to play with her even though the game was old and they had a very high availability. I don't know what is the issue with that like I just subscribed and JUST canceled immediately. If I'm paying you money for a game that you have a lot of, why couldn't you arrange that as a service? Unless the game is at low availability then I would understand but such a high availability for an old game is just absurd.

Date of experience: June 8, 2021
India
8 reviews
0 helpful votes
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Good Service
May 18, 2021

It is unquestionably worth the cost. You create a gift list of games you like, and if they're available, they try to give you the ones at the top of your list.

Date of experience: May 17, 2021