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Post by Witchie on Sept 6, 2011 10:16:26 GMT -4
I The other DVDs may be available as streaming movies Nope. DVD only. I guess the idea is that if even 30 percent of subscribers go for the higher pricing, that's extra money coming in with no new costs added. If people do what I did and cut out the DVD service, that just saves Netflix shipping and handling costs. Come to think of it, I probably did exactly what Netflix wanted me to do. Yep. They wanted people to go with the stream only package. Saves them shipping fees. We're still getting screwed, though, because we can't see new movies for 28 or more days.
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chiquita
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Post by chiquita on Sept 6, 2011 11:57:53 GMT -4
Netflix totally punishes people. Whenever I returned a DVD quickly, my next DVD would take forever. When I took a long time returning a DVD, my next one came super quick. It happened far too many times to just be a coincidence. I wound up canceling my account for unrelated reasons, and a couple weeks later they announced the changes. My parents have a 1-at-a-time package. Unless they're on vacation, they never have their DVD for more than 4 days. They get the next DVD about 2 days after they send one back. Most of their movie choices are foreign or independent films. With the millions of users Netflix has, I doubt they're making the effort to "punish" people. You probably just have a sucky post office or a challenging/busy distribution center. And the fees for streaming aren't some big conspiracy; it's getting people to pay for product they have been getting for free. It's called capitalism.
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vadafaith
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Post by vadafaith on Sept 6, 2011 13:37:02 GMT -4
Thanks for parsing my original post. I hadn't realized I said that streaming fees were a big conspiracy.
It will be interesting to see over the next year or so how Netflix copes with the effects of capitalism as contracts are renegotiated and content providers start jacking up the streaming fees by multiples of ten. Will Netflix be a Blockbuster?
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Post by Witchie on Sept 6, 2011 13:52:51 GMT -4
Thanks for parsing my original post. I hadn't realized I said that streaming fees were a big conspiracy. It will be interesting to see over the next year or so how Netflix copes with the effects of capitalism as contracts are renegotiated and content providers start jacking up the streaming fees by multiples of ten. Will Netflix be a Blockbuster? Starz has refused to renew its contract with Netflix. Its content will soon be removed. I think if there is a conspiracy it will be among the various film companies to keep their products in-house. If they can charge a fee and have customers come to them, they might do it and run Netflix out of business along with Blockbuster and the rest.
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Post by satellite on Sept 6, 2011 17:03:43 GMT -4
I also have 1-at a time, and if I mail a DVD in the morning, Netflix gets it the next day and sends out the new one, so I have a 2-day turnaround. Granted, for new series TV, I do try to push it to the bottom of my queue for a week or so until any "wait" is over.
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Post by kateln on Sept 6, 2011 17:12:53 GMT -4
When does Starz end on Netflix? Cause that's when my membership will be cancelled.
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Post by Witchie on Sept 6, 2011 18:47:07 GMT -4
When does Starz end on Netflix? Cause that's when my membership will be cancelled. According to this article[/color], February 2012. ETA: Wal-mart's answer to Netflix. VUDU[/color] You can get new releases same day as DVD for 2 nights for $2.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2011 12:53:06 GMT -4
Though it may be of questionable taste and timing, I'm really enjoying digging into the 1500 scientists, architects and engineers at ae911truth.org. Because if the NIST report is correct, everything I was taught as a structural engineer in five years of college about designing steel and concrete structures to withstand fire damage is wrong and every steel and concrete building in the world is susceptible to internal collapse in the event of a fire. And that should cause considerable concern to everyone who spends any time in such a building.
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vadafaith
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Post by vadafaith on Sept 7, 2011 18:12:33 GMT -4
Shakes fist * This is an outrage *
OK, so I sent back my last Netflix movie.
Had reduced my queue to 4 movies. They sent my 4th choice as the next movie. Queue shows no wait for the other 3 movies on my list.
Oh, yeah. But it's a fast turnaround. BURN.
Now I've reduced my queue to 1 movie. An Australian film from 2003.
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Post by satellite on Sept 7, 2011 18:29:17 GMT -4
Shakes fist * This is an outrage * OK, so I sent back my last Netflix movie. Had reduced my queue to 4 movies. They sent my 4th choice as the next movie. Queue shows no wait for the other 3 movies on my list. Oh, yeah. But it's a fast turnaround. BURN. Now I've reduced my queue to 1 movie. An Australian film from 2003. Weird. Are these all coming from your regular distribution center? Sometimes if I order something rare, they'll ship from the next state, and once from many states away, but in the second instance, they notified me that there would be a delay.
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