- Monthly rental plans starting as low as 9,99 EUR - with no delivery fees or late fees or required return dates
- Great availability and fast shipping: Customers get their favorite films and new releases within shortest time
- Customers who subscribe now enjoy an extra 5% off retail DVDs
Munich, June, 23nd, 2005 - Starting today, movie fans in Germany can rent DVDs online at Amazon.de: For monthly rental plans starting as low as 9,99 EUR Amazon.de sends films to their homes free-of-charge and customers can keep the DVDs for an unlimited time without late fees. In addition, Amazon.de offers customers who subscribe now will receive an extra 5% off DVD purchases. The new DVD rental service is fully integrated in Amazon.de's existing DVD-shop, where customers can now rent and buy DVDs at one place.
Amazon.de offers customers in Germany three different monthly rental plans depending on the number of DVDs customers want to keep at home and the number of DVDs they want to rent a month: From an offer starting as low as 9,99 EUR up to a monthly rental plan of 18,99 EUR for 6 DVDs a month.
| DVDs at home at-a-time | DVDs per month | Monthly fee | Additional costs (deposit, late fees, shipping costs) | Discount on retail DVDs for customers that subscribe now |
| 1 | 3 | 9,99 EUR | -- | 5% |
| 2 | 4 | 13,99 EUR | -- | 5% |
| 3 | 6 | 18,99 EUR | -- | 5% |
"Amazon.de is determined to be the best place to rent and buy DVDs," says Ralf Kleber, Amazon.de managing director. "We're excited to offer our customers a unique combination of low monthly fees, no shipping costs, no late fees, great selection and availability. And millions of existing Amazon.de customers can register with just a few clicks for the new DVD rental service."
Selection and availability
Amazon.de offers a great selection of thousands of DVDs - from new releases, blockbusters, classics, DVD box-sets, independent films to documentaries. And as importantly, Amazon.de offers a great availability both for new DVD releases as well as particular films. As soon as customers have watched a film, they can send back DVDs separately and thus do not risk not having DVDs at home. Once Amazon.de gets DVDs back from customers the online retailer immediately sends new DVDs, which the customer can expect to receive within one to two days. Amazon.de provides detailed information on the availability on each detail page of the DVD.
"It's very important for film lovers to find and get their film at exactly the time they want to watch it. With our years of DVD retail and E-commerce experience we can make sure that our customers get the most current as well as less sought after films on top of their rental lists quickly," said Amazon.de managing director Ralf Kleber.
Customers can rent for example new films like Alexander, Aviator, Constantine and Ray and Die Unglaublichen up to independent movies like Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel, Die Kinder des Monsieur Mathieu, Das Mädchen mit dem Perlohrring, Die Blumen des Koran and classics like Ben Hur, Frühstück bei Tiffany or Paris Texas at Amazon.de.
How does DVD rental at Amazon.de work?
Existing Amazon.de customers can register with just a few clicks for the new service. To use DVD rental, customers simply create a list of DVDs they would like to rent and select one of the monthly rental plans available. The DVDs will be delivered free-of-charge via postal mail. Rental members can keep the DVDs for as long as they want, as there are no late fees or required return dates. After viewing the DVD, rental members simply need to post them back to Amazon.de in the pre-paid return envelope provided. Amazon.de will then immediately send a new DVD from the rental member's list. The monthly fee is paid via credit card or bank collection. DVD rental is only available for customers in Germany and also through the Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.de), a subsidiary of Amazon.com. Customers can cancel their DVD rental subscription any time once a month.
Amazon.de features and services
Amazon.de's unique search, similarities and recommendation technologies - alongside sales rankings and editors and customers reviews - will provide DVD rental customers with a familiar and easy way to find specific titles they are looking to rent, as well as discover new films. Film fans get additional information like editor and customer reviews, listmania and Amazon.de DVD charts. All at one place: With the new DVD rental service movie fans can now conveniently buy new and used DVDs (from Amazon.de and from third party sellers at Amazon.de marketplace) and rent DVDs at one place.
For more information on Amazon.de DVD rental service, log on to www.amazon.de/dvdverleih.
About Amazon.de
Amazon.de opened its virtual doors in October 1998. Amazon strives to be the world's most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online. Amazon.de and sellers list millions of new and used items in categories such as books, CDs, videos and DVDs as well as products for home and garden, consumer electronics and photos, toys, PC and video games, software and computer supplies. Through Amazon Marketplace, zShops and Auctions, any business or individual can sell virtually anything to Amazon.de's millions of customers. Amazon.de offers its customers payment by invoice, a secure credit card payment option, personalized recommendations, and a time saving ordering process using 1-ClickTM technology. Through Amazon Mobil, Amazon.de is accessible via WAP technology at www.amazon.de/mobil. Austrian customers can access the full range of products via www.amazon.at.
www.amazon.de is one of seven websites operated by Amazon affiliates; the others are www.amazon.com, www.amazon.co.uk, www.amazon.co.jp, www.amazon.fr, www.amazon.ca and www.joyo.com. Amazon.de is the trading name for Amazon.com Int'l Sales, Inc., and Amazon.com International Auctions, Inc., which are both wholly owned subsidiaries of global online retailer Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) located in Seattle, Wash.
Forward Looking Statement
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