First of all, customer service is brilliant. If you ever have any kind of issue, message them and they'll sort it asap. I've managed to save hundreds of pounds using this service, especially when... See more
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First of all, customer service is brilliant. If you ever have any kind of issue, message them and they'll sort it asap. I've managed to save hundreds of pounds using this service, especially when... See more
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Customer service is typically very good and what's not to like about being able to rent games before you buy. Over the years it's saved me a lot of potentially wasted money. The reason for the 3 stars... See more
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Signed up because I wanted to play crimson desert, got the game after nearly 2 weeks, returned the same day because the game was not that good, upgraded to the £16.99 subscription to rent 2 games at t... See more
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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ I’ve been using Boomerang Games for game rentals and recently had an experience that really showed just how good their customer service is. I decided to keep one of my rentals, Ika... See more
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Leaving this review mainly because of a discrepancy I noticed at Christmas. I realised that the payback points you earn monthly and when they can't deliver the promised service were reduced (the latter occurring far more frequently during the pandemic - which wasn't an issue until I saw my points total reducing). I've been using the service for the past 5 years and have only suspended my account once during a time when there were very few games coming out that I wanted. However, a representative told me that the reason my points were reducing was because of a 12 month time limit they impose to use them. This does not incentivise repeated membership, as there has rarely been any bonus games or titles I have rented that I have ended up wanting to purchase. I wanted to save my points until such a time a game was out that I wanted to purchase. I have done that today with Horizon Forbidden West, mainly so that my points didn't reduce to nothing while I wait. As I mentioned to the representative, there is no reward for long-term membership and while I always expected there to be a limit on the amount of points you could use in one transaction, I never expected the time limit. Especially given the recent reductions in service. There have been obvious issues during the pandemic in delivering goods, which I was always understanding of; even when it meant that I only got 1 game that I pre-ordered within the release window out of around 10 titles across 2 years. I have always paid the extra for access to on-release games. Repeatedly there were issues in getting any game out in under a week and even if this was an issue with the delivery service, which I think is likely, that they were then taking rewards back from people because they hadn't used them in the time the company deemed acceptable is a joke. This is the first time in the 5 years that I have felt like stopping my service with the company, even when I was paying for a service they were unable to provide I saw the benefit, but now it has put a serious darkening on my opinion of their practises. Hopefully I'm not alone in my frustration as I dont think any comparable franchise (Cex, Game, Games Planet) has ever had a time limit on their given rewards, so I dont see why this company decided to start. Especially when such information is not readily accessible. On my points total for example, there was just a discrepancy in my current total and the amount I earned. It said nowhere as to why those points had been reduced.

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I have been using their services for a year or two and I have to say hey are excellent all around. Sometimes you have to wait a bit longer for the latest games but you eventually receive them.

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Been with them for very long time recommended it.
there is NO free trial, its all lies. soon as i signed up, the money went out of my account. and then the next month, the payment went out too.

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Brilliant service I’ve been using this service for a couple of years now and honestly I don’t know what I’d do without them! Plenty of options and I always get my new releases if there in my waiting list.
Excellent customer service being easy to contact I specially use the the web chat as I feel you get the quickest results.
I recommend this service to every gamer I meet as it has saved me an absolute fortune! specially with the prices of the PS5 games these days!

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Great service. I can understand some of the bad reviews on here which looks like it’s based on certain packages and availability on popular games. Myself I’m happy to play the old games first then wait 6 month to play the new releases when there I stock. I’ve had the odd issue with boomerang but it’s been resolved quickly by Facebook or phone.

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Poor service !shame really as could be great if the delivery times where better, signed up picked a game got fed up of waiting so cancelled

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Fantastic game rental company, havent let me down yet. Currently on the priority 3 package which cost 21.99 a month and I can definitely say its worth it after saving thousands of pounds on new releases over the last couple of years. As long as you have a free rental space available on your slots by at least 7-10 days you'll be guaranteed new games on release. Also their customer service is excellent they have a option to speak to someone online on their website with quick responses if you need to ask a quick question or having any problems, they won't hesitate to help as much as they can. I Couldn't recommend them enough!🙂 5 stars from me.

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I feel compelled to write a review for Boomerang Rentals after the first month of my subscription. Occasionally you see reviews being overly critical of a business after a bad experience that on balance are not fair to the overall experience. If I would have paid attention to the mean score then I might have thought twice about signing up. Having read a few reviews it is apparent that some customers complained about the wait/delivery times. I believe that this is unfair due to external factors that have affected postage across the UK and the fact that Boomerang has a business model where customers rank game preference to negate long waits.
To date, I have rented 3 games in total that have all arrived the following day. I have also avoided waiting by ranking my preferences in terms of the clearly stated game availability and waiting times. This includes AAA titles (Returnal, Deathloop and Mass Effect) that I had initially put off buying on PS5/4 due to the high price tag. To summarise for my £10.99 this month I have rented £140+ RRP worth of games. If I were to buy a brand new game, complete it and sell it on Ebay, the depreciation alone would have covered the cost of my subscription.
Even if I go on to have a negative experience, on balance Boomerang are proving me with the opportunity to play all the games I want without the hassle of reselling or heavy price tags. I am grateful that a service like this exists.
Thank you

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They charged me for a FREE trial and their website is honestly the worst website I have seen for any retailer. I don't know how they have survived for this long with that website! Subscribe and deleted and cancelled my account as soon as I realised what I got myself into. Just go browse their website, the state of their website tells you a lot about their business. TRASH

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Paid £15.99 for ‘ priority ‘ 2 game package filled my list with games I wanted 27 out of 30 games long wait 2 games got despatched Saturday the 25th September one arrived 1st October another game is still yet to arrive on the 4th a full 10 days after ‘ despatch ‘
First experience with the company and as much as I want it to work would not recommend
Update on my second lot of games!!
Game arrived day after despatch and game I sent back arrived with them next day and they despatched a brand new release to me the same day waiting for that to arrive but that was only yesterday after a rocky start if they service continues like this I will 100% reccomend and be a long term customer

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Good website and I like the concept but let down by slow delivery times and waiting for dispatch. I appreciate the value for money here considering next gen games can go for £60-£70 upon release. I just can’t stop thinking I’m paying for service where I can imagine a lot of the time you’ll spend waiting for that game you want to be delivered. Started my rental package on Sunday and put Ratchet & Clank on my rental list. The game was dispatched Tuesday morning and still waiting for it now (I understand the stress Royal Mail is under right now). It’s still early days though so I’m gonna give it another try and see how quick the transition of return to delivery is and make my mind up then.

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I subscribed to Boomerang to rent some PS5 games (Priority 1 package) after snagging a console. Perhaps I've just been unlucky but every title I've rented so far was dispatched Thursday/Friday but none of the three arrived in time for the weekend.
The Last of Us Part 2 took two working days either side of the August bank holiday weekend. Miles Morales took three days! Retural was dispatched yesterday (Friday) but didn't arrive today. Bummer.
There's no worse feeling having to wait for Monday to roll around to get another delivery opportunity. What makes this even more frustrating is that Boomerang get the game next day when you return it!
I've read on Twitter and in replies to other reviews here that they're going back to first-class delivery in the next few months. For the price of Priority 1, I expected this by default.
Overall, I wouldn't recommend Boomerang right now unless you go for a multi-rental package to offset the slow delivery times.

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Good at its core and I will subscribe again at some point but the delivery and returns really let it down. If a return is lost then they ask you wait two weeks and by the time you wait for another copy the full month can pass buy

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Have been with boomerang rentals since 2013 , have been a great service no faults but recently since about 2 months service has been so slow , i always have over 10 games on my rental list and they are all 6 days + wait , this was never a problem before as they always use to be 1-3 days in the green or maybe a couple in the red but no literally the whole list (the games on there are mix of old and new) , just feel like the service is so sluggish recently plus since the change of first class postage to second class postage for games posted out. I have messaged them asking whats going on but they say there is no problem and not tomworry as i get payback points and can claim a free month but thats not really the answer as i still dont have games to play lol that also leads to the You Are Legend page that has supposedly had more options coming for years but nothing has changed or been added. Just wish turn around of games was faster, obviously it depends on the customer returning games so they can be posted out again but it seems that they just don’t purchase enough stock to keep up with the the turnaround demand. Hopefully this will improve sooner than later as this until recently was a brilliant service.

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In May, I tried to cancel my account over the phone to a man named Joey, was told my account was cancelled. Received a game in June, called up to speak to Joey again who told me to just return the game, pretty annoying and inconvenient but whatever, returned the game by post. July comes, £10 is taken from my account, game is still on my account. Call up and speak to Joey again who says he hasn’t received the game about a month later?? tells me I was charged in June, I say I didn’t even realise I was charged in June to which he replies ‘perfect, so then we can just refund you for July then.’ What a shambles!! If someone cancels the account, MAKE SURE THE ACCOUNT IS CANCELLED so that you’re not sending them unwanted products and charging them?? I rarely leave bad reviews but you deserve a poor review in this instance. “Perfect”

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I cant fault them enough. I've always had the games I've wanted in a reasonable time frame. There was an issue where the game took longer than expected, but they sorted that out for me by extending my membership by a few days, absolutely lovely bunch. I've saved so much money by renting and completing games. 10/10 if I could give them that.

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Boomerang rentals is a fantastic service for anyone who wants to play the latest games but are on a tight budget or play/try a game out without paying £40/60 to find out they don't like the game ..if you don't like the game.. Send it back and get a different one 😁. They've saved me so much money. I highly recommend them! Also the payback points are great.. Ive got some great deals using my points and their prices are great even before the discount

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After receiving better customer service from boomerangrentals I have changed my initial review. Thank you for acting swiftly.
Paid up front for a membership and first rental took nearly two weeks to arrive. I asked for an extension to my months rental due to this and they gave payback points equivalent to a days rental. Poor customer service. Will see what happens going forward.

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Excellent service. Every game was posted the same day on the one they received the previous game. By now, I've saved around £180.
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