Life Hacking Peerflix (conclusion)

As I've said before Peerflix is great especially if you plan on streamlining your DVD collection and getting rid of your DVD purchase mistakes and DVDs you've received during the holidays that your relatives thought was the best thing since sliced bread. But by no means is Peerflix perfect... Here are the cons:

1. You may receive a used DVD, or it may not work.
2. There will be no DVD case.
3. You will not get the DVD cover art.
4. The packaging is not the best out there, nor is it eco-friendly (the scotch tape)

some minor solutions I've developed or what works with me:

1. If you received a damaged, scratched or unplayable DVD, simply mail it back... The peersafe program protects you from this. There was a DVD that I had to order 3 times because it seems like the postal worker hated the thing and it kept arriving cracked but I got the replacement a working one.

2. No DVD case? No problem! Your now empty DVD case of your previous trade should do the job if not them just go to walmart or some store and buy one, if not then get it from the thrift store, since people usually just throw them away.

3. No DVD art? A little bit harder but you can search google for "DVD cover" and you'll find more than a dozen websites that will let you download the DVD covers and all you have to do is print and cut them to size, there are even sites that offer free custom DVD covers to replace the ugly original ones.

4. Yes, the packaging needs work, it's actually quite ingenious how you can just print it out and by folding it you'll have a postage ready "peer mailer" but what about the scotch tape for you treehuggers out there. I have some solutions for these basic problems:


Next time you have to send out a peermailer, do this:

-Print the peermailer
-Remove the DVD cover art and fold it by the spine colsest to the front cover
-then fold the back side of the cover outwards touching the barcode
-Insert the DVD in-between the folds
-Now fold the printed "Peermailer so that you can fit the folder DVD cover art with the DVD
-Make sure all the folds are folded inwards on the peermailer
-Carefully apply glue or paste to seal the mailer
-Attach the correct postage and Voila!

You now have an earth friendlier mailer with the inclusion of the DVD cover that some members can appreciate.