Fast and reliable. Just got my two orders of dvd's yesterday. I am happy with my order and the fast reliable service. The company had my dvd's in the post in around 3 days especially as it was a bank holiday weekend in Ireland. The site is a treasure trove for those that are interested in art house cinema and other films that are not in the main stream of cinema, ie the Hollywood blockbusters. This site has all the films that i had studied on my master of Arts in film and cultural studies. This company i highly recommend as they are thankfully in these hard economic times, priced relatively cheap compared to the high street. If your into film this site is well worth checking out, as i will be buying more dvd's from MovieMail in the future.

Terrible Company Since changing ownership Moviemail have become an appalling company, money is taken for items which are apparently in stock but are never shipped, when you try to contact them all of your emails are ignored. Money was taken from my account a month ago but still no shipping notification and no reply to emails, don't waste your time.

Painfully slow delivery & poor communication I placed an order for 3 DVDs on 4th September. Over the next few days they sent me several annoying and unnecessary emails; a 'thanks for registering' email, a completely pointless 'order notification' email (which basically said that they hadn't done anything yet but would keep me posted) and then finally the 'order confirmation' to say that they had now processed the order and detailed the 3 items I had bought. As I still hadn't seen hide nor hair of my DVDs by 16th September (12 days later!), I logged in to the website where I could see only 1 of the DVDs in the order history. Emailed Moviemail, who first sent what I think was an automated email saying 'you left something in your basket' (really confusing, I haven't left anything un-purchased in my account!) but shortly after sent another email saying that the other 2 DVDs were now 'discontinued'. Great. Nobody bothered to let me know but at least they didn't charge my card for them. The DVD which WAS in stock has just turned up in the post and looks OK - case is in tact etc. I wouldn't recommend this company and won't be using them again. I really wanted to try a smaller company but these guys just seem like a bit of a shambles. Confusing communication, INCREDIBLY slow delivery and a definite issue with stock - I am not the only reviewer to highlight this.

They cancel orders without refunding On both occasions I ordered from MoveMail, they cancelled either the whole order or 90% of it. Their excuse is "we are out of stock", despite it still being advertised as available on the website. However, they did not tell me this – they just removed the order from the outstanding orders page – no email, no paypal refund. I shouldn't have to chase up something like this if they cancel the buying contract. They were perfectly happy keeping the money, without sending anything. Last time the paypal refund failed because the funds at their bank did not clear! It was 10 days before I got my money back. My advice would be to shop elsewhere if at all possible – Amazon, Play.com, base.com, etc. If you must use them, use Paypal to give you some protection.

They never reply; you'd think they do not actually exist! Before Moviemail was taken over, they were an exceptional company. Not always the cheapest, but at least they were a small family-owned and -run business, with exceptional service. Then there was a takeover which smacked of a fire sale, it took place so quickly. Since then, the service is utterly appalling. Items which are shown as being in stock turn out not to be, so sit in your order history without any updates apart from "On order, despatched within 5-7 days". Emails are not responded to, not even auto-acknowledged. How the mighty are fallen. Avoid Moviemail at all costs.