vadafaith
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Sept 29, 2024 12:22:31 GMT -4
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Post by vadafaith on Sept 7, 2011 21:34:05 GMT -4
My first choice was The King's Speech. It's at my local distribution center, I expect.
Back when I used to get 3 movies at a time (and turned them around like wildfire), it got to the point that I was waiting 6 or 8 weeks for new releases. I'm pretty sure (conspiracy theory here) Netflix tracks your use patterns and applies the info for their own arcane reasons. Not always to the benefit of the subscriber.
I didn't hang onto movies. Logically, they'd flag me as a user who would turn that new release around so it could go to someone else.
It probably comes down to cost: postage and handling. Someone who watches 10 - 12 discs a month costs more to service than someone who only goes through 3 discs. Netflix flagged my account to withhold new releases because they weren't that interested in keeping me as a customer.
It's my theory, and I'll stick with it until I hear a better explanation for why I went from getting new releases within a couple of weeks when I first opened my account to waiting 2 months for them.
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Post by mrspickles on Sept 7, 2011 22:18:21 GMT -4
Cracking me up right now, but the ad at the bottom of the screen right now is for Netflix. Snerk.
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Post by Smilla on Sept 26, 2011 10:51:14 GMT -4
Reading these comments makes me glad I never got into Netflix.
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Post by chonies on Sept 26, 2011 11:06:44 GMT -4
Interesting theory--I went through several very high turnover periods and never had a problem, ever. But I always queued backlist stuff and Bollywood and only watched new releases if they were streaming.
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Post by smitten on Oct 2, 2011 12:59:47 GMT -4
In defense of Netflix, we almost always get new releases the day they come out. The trick is to have it at the top of your queue even before it's been released. Then, time your return rental to arrive the day a new release comes out. You'll be one of the first ones to get it as the new release switches to available at the same time they check your returned movie in.
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Post by satellite on Nov 4, 2011 23:19:49 GMT -4
I'm starting to buy into this Netflix conspiracy. When they announced the new system, I canceled my streaming, since I mostly use Hulu for that, and it had less selection than the rental side.
So my last rental was Bridesmaids, which they had to send from the next state due high demand- fair enough. They received it two days ago and still have the "we will send the next movie as soon as possible" message up when they usually send my next DVD the same day, even though they're not showing any wait time for my next movie Bad Teacher. Just to test I just put the last season of new 90210 at the top of the queue. I'll report back.
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huntergrayson
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Post by huntergrayson on Nov 24, 2011 22:05:20 GMT -4
highondegrassi brought it up a while back and now it's hit the mainstream - Slate recently had an article about the rise in conspiracy theories about how virtually every pop star (Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye, etc) is an Illuminati Pawn.
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Gigiree
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Post by Gigiree on Nov 25, 2011 2:08:37 GMT -4
highondegrassi brought it up a while back and now it's hit the mainstream - Slate recently had an article about the rise in conspiracy theories about how virtually every pop star (Gaga, Beyonce, Rihanna, Kanye, etc) is an Illuminati Pawn. This may just give Dan Brown some juice to write another craptastic book about the Masons.
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huntergrayson
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Post by huntergrayson on Nov 25, 2011 5:37:48 GMT -4
See, but that plotline actually sounds interesting. Unlike a Dan Brown book.
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Post by Mugsy on Nov 25, 2011 12:20:09 GMT -4
But to what end? Pop stars as Illuminati pawns so they can.... what?
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