Wow. Heavy, man.
I live in the same town as Netflix' headquarters, but I don't think they've ever had fulfillment in California. I think it's in Texas.
My 14 day trial is done today, I’m keeping it.
I stream it through the PS3, works better than I expected.
Another suggestion for you or anyone else considering Netflix:
Spring quarter of our senior year of college my roommate had a very light course load and I’d finished early and was just working a random job until my “real” job. That spring/summer we had a bunch of time to kill so we gave Blockbuster’s version a try.
We picked them because there was a store just down the street and you could do returns there instead of mail-ins. Instead of having to be mailed back to them before triggering your next movie, as soon as they scanned them at the store your next movie went out. Also, each mailed DVD was a voucher for a store rental, turning our basic 3 movie plan into a 6 movie plan.
So gorged ourselves on every “I’ve been meaning to see that” and classic-that-everyone-should’ve-seen until we started to run dry on ideas. It was kind of like trying to “win” at an all you can eat buffet. Obviously that was a unique circumstance, but the point is that a normal person could just choose the most bare minimum plan and watch a TON of movies for very cheap without the long turnaround.
I've been using blockbuster's. I like being able to exchange the movie received by mail at a brick and mortar for another and watch that while the next movie on the list ships.
I got soooo addicted to Dexter through it. They have the first two seasons on there.
We’ve used it for a lot of educational purposes, plus some of the kids’ favorite shows are on there.
Love the Netflix.
We finally started getting Netflix (two discs at a time). The only regret I have is that I didn't do it sooner and save myself quite a lot of $ and even more time and gas dealing with crowded, poorly staffed video stores whose selections were a small fraction Netflix's. I never have to go any further than the mailbox to return or receive movies, and turnaround is one day (return on Monday, receive next movie on Wednesday).
As a promotional writer who pays a lot of attention to the power of words and language to move people to action, I consider Netflix's radio ads THE BEST EXAMPLES EVER of how to do it right. They are 100 percent positive -- every player is a winner; there is zero negative in any way, shape, or form to their ads. "Co-RRECT!" I'd been admiring their ads for more than a year before joining ... I should have just joined from the start; any company smart enough to have such great advertising would probably have a great product -- and Netflix is a shining example.
Ha! I was toying with the idea of posting a vanity re:netflix; we got a HD Sony on Black Friday, we should be getting our HD DVR from the cable company tomorrow, and our Blu-Ray is arriving by UPS today. This blu ray is the Sony model mentioned on the Netflix website as ready for downloads from their site (and other sites like Amazon that stream movies). I was wondering how the streaming was working out for other people. Based on your experience, we’ll probably sign up either this month or January . But if I am reading the Netflix website correctly , it sounds like with their plan, you have to get a DVD through the mail (1 or 2 out at a time) to be signed up for the streaming content. Also,when I was a member, I had 3 or 4 DVDs out at a time, and you could have 8 or 10 out, if you wanted to pay $50-60 for the privilege(I don’t)-do they still offer plans for more than 2 DVDs out?
I too subscribed to netflix a few years back. The first couple of months or so was great. I was getting about 24 dvds a month. The day I got my 3 dvds in the mail, Id watch them all, return them the next day, and the day after that I'd get my next 3 dvds.
Then all of the sudden, it got slowed down to about 16 a month. The return addresses on the envelopes used to be adressed to a distribution center only a couple of towns away. Now the return address on the envelopes was to a distribution center further away in the city (I live in the suburbs). Sometimes to a distribution center in another state! And instead of getting next day service, my DVDs were taking 2-3 days to get to the distribution center and 2-3 days back to my house. This went on for a period of 9 months before service finally returned to normal and I started getting next day service again and my DVDs were going and coming from that distribution center only a couple of towns away again.
Time goes on, and there were times when money became tight so I had to sometimes downgrade my membership or end it altogether. Recently I had to downgrade my service from 3 DVDs at a time to 1 DVD at a time. But came with that 1 DVD at a time was the watch instantly service. I am LOVING it. Its even better than having the DVDs mailed to me. I can watch it on my computer OR on my tv with the help of my xbox 360 video game console (WHICH I got for free over the internet...anyone who wants to get one for free, freepmail me) and xbox live.
I'm watching so many movies and tv shows through netflix's watch instantly, that I'm not finding time to watch the one DVD that they mail to me. It takes me weeks, even months before I find time to watch that one mailed DVD! And at 9 bucks a month, the price is right too.