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Gamefly Triumphs In Postal Service Dispute

11:30AM April 21, 2011 | Owen Good

The US Postal Service gave an unfair advantage to competitors like Netflix and Blockbuster Video, a regulatory board said Wednesday, awarding game rental service GameFly a victory in a two-year dispute over the postage, breakage and sorting of its disc mailings. More »

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GameFly Implies It’d Double Monthly Profits If It Got The Netflix Postage Rate

7:00AM March 28, 2011 | Owen Good

GameFly has been at it with the U.S. Postal Service for nearly two years now over what it perceives as preferential treatment to Netflix, whose mailings GameFly alleges are given higher priority by postal sorters, not to mention a better postage rate. So much that savings from the postage rate Netflix enjoys would double GameFly’s monthly profits. More »

In Real Life

Who Says Snowboarding And Evening Gowns Don’t Mix?

4:00AM January 15, 2010 | Brian Crecente

As seen at the United State’s Postal Service’s truly bizarre Consumer Electronics Show booth.

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Postman Swipes 2200 Gamefly Games

3:00AM October 17, 2009 | Mike Fahey

A Philadelphia-area postal worker with sticky fingers has admitted to intercepting $US86,000 worth of games originally intended for subscribers of GameFly’s video game rental service. More »