FREE Movie Downloads? Are they REALL FREE?

Is there such a thing as FREE MOVIE DOWNLOADS?

Simply put…..NO. It is very rare that you get anything for FREE these days. Movie downloads are no exception. Ultimately you will be sold on something. You may be asked to join a newsletter first before you make a purchase, and then may eventually purchase something that interests you from the newsletter. Be sure that the company is reputable. How do you do this? Some simple signs are:

• Company has a privacy statement
• Customer service links are present
• Look for phone numbers if you have a product query or technical question on how to download movies or at the very least have access to customer service email
• Check Alexa.com (Alex is run by Amazon.com) for the traffic ranking of the site. All you have to do is type in the web address and view the ranking. If the company is at least below the 2 million mark, then the site gets a fair bit of traffic. Remember, traffic is a great indicator that the merchant is serious and is providing a service that is in demand, and is of quality. Not all companies can be at the top……those who are have serious marketing budgets to get traffic and loads of staff to market the site (and a great big I.T. department) such as Google, MSN, Yahoo, Amazon, CNN, and the like.
• Any affiliations with better business bureaus, and links to other reputable sites (or more commonly know as business partners)
• The site offers payment via all major credit cards AS WELL AS PayPal. PayPal is vastly becoming one of the most preferred methods of payment via the internet as you can use your credit card or funds debited from your own bank account and deposited into your PayPal account to use freely on the net. No fear of credit card fraud here. Good thing to watch out for!

Movie download sites and their marketing campaigns will get you to click on their ads (paid advertisements) thinking that you will get free movies. The actual movies may be FREE after you have paid the sign up fee. The initial FEE to join a movie download site is charged so you can download the software required to download movies of your choice. Charges range from $20 USD through to $100 USD depending on what you want access to. Once you have paid the fee, then you will usually have UNLIMITED MOVIE DOWNLOAD access for life, or as long as the company is in business.

If you do come across a site offering FREE movie downloads, and they are current movies, then chances are they are pirate copies. You will usually notice that the movie you downloaded is poor quality, not in digital format, and is acquired by someone taking a video camera into a movie theatre and recording the movie. Pay close attention as you may see a flicker or pause in the film that denotes someone hitting the pause button in order to hand the recorder to a friend so they can go to the bathroom. Better still, you may see someone in the theatre get up out of their seat and move across the screen! Not unusual. You may have even been to a cinema and experienced someone in there crouching discreetly so that you do not notice them filming the movie!

If you are looking for physical DVDs to purchase, then do not join one of these sites.

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Happy Movie Viewing!