GameFly Free Trial for One Month

GameFly normally only gives you a 10-day trial of their service before you have to start paying, but they just sent me a link that will give you an entire month for free. If you've been on the fence, you owe it to yourself to give GameFly a try. It's a better value than Netflix when you consider how expensive it can be to buy new games.

The offer expires on 7/31/2007, so get in while the getting is good!

Crazy Business Idea ...

Game shops like EB Games and GameStop largely traffic in used game. Even new releases tend to come back within a week as a used copy, which the company then resells, making close to a 100% margin or more on some games. They have massive inventories of these games and easily a national distribution network already in place by virtue of their retail locations.

So why hasn't one of these players (pun somewhat intended) gotten into renting games. They're used already, right? Copy the GameFly/Netflix model right down to a T, but build your inventory from games that people turn in, rather than buying new copies.

Seems like a no-brainer. What am I missing?