Originally posted by: Tomer
You can cancel whenever you want.
I have joined as a "new" member 4 times in 2 years. The issue you run into is that they (and NetFlix) start to
throttle you if you return movie quickly.
There are a lot of folks who work nights, they get their mail in the morning, watch the DVD then return it the same day. When this is done both NetFlix and Blockbuster impose intentional delays that limits their "unlimited' plans to an average of 12 DVD's per month on the 3 DVD out at a time plan. For instance, you send a DVD back and while it used to take 1 day for them to acknowledge they received, when they are throttling you it might take 3 then they might take 2 or 3 days before they send out the next discs. It is extremely frustrating.
Blockbuster also gives you 4 in-store coupons so they are a much better deal than NetFlix.
The only known way to beat the "throttling" is to either report a lot of discs as damaged, missing, whatever which can get you cancelled, or to simply sign up for a new free trial every few months.