[expatpat]

Around here, they (BB) charge more for your rental. They let you keep it longer, but that's not much consolation.

[tfecw]

I actually think the rental rate when you go into the store set so that if you rent more then 4 movies a month it doesn't make economical sense for you not to participate in the Mail system. Probably easier for them to manage a giant warehouse of movies instead of a bunch of tiny stores. So they could have very well have jacked up the price to dissuade people from walking into the store in your neck of the woods.
I dunno though ;)