Dear netflix board of directors. Please call up your CEO Reed Hastings and fire him for being dumb.
This is what happens when one supports Barbara Boxer.
Quickster????
You are right... they about to make a BIG mistake!
DUDE!... you order the DVDs ON THE NET!!! Why throw away one of the primary keys to your success????
2 different businesses??? that means 2 different accounts.
I for one will have only 1 account!... and that may mean you will lose both of mine.
I also hate the name “Qwikster” but I respect the strategy. The DVD-by-mail system is dead man walking. Broadband streaming is the future. This should allow netflix to focus on what’s growing and be able to cannibalize their own business model before someone else does. See Blockbuster.
He apologized, but the price hike is still in effect?
http://www.campaignmoney.com/political/contributions/reed-hastings.asp?cycle=08
Hastings, Reed
SANTA CRUZ, CA
95060 Netflix/Executive/Mgmt $3,000 10/20/2008 P PEOPLE FOR THE AMERICAN WAY VOTERS ALLIANCE
Hastings, Reed Mr.
SANTA CRUZ, CA
95060 Netflix/CEO $28,500 08/22/2008 P OBAMA VICTORY FUND - Democrat
HASTINGS, REED
SANTA CRUZ, CA
95060 NETFLIX.COM/PRESIDENT & CEO $28,500 11/14/2007 P DEMOCRATIC SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE - Democrat
Hastings, Reed
SANTA CRUZ, CA
95060 Netflix Inc $2,100 12/11/2006 P CHRIS DODD FOR PRESIDENT INC - Democrat
Diluting your brand is never a good idea. And if you do don’t rebrand your original product.
Ok...I didn’t know this. My husband loves the dvd’s and I like the streaming. Maybe I’m mixed up but will we still get both? WHY can’t they leave everything alone????
Um, dude, Borders is going OUT OF BUSINESS. Oh, and we won't forget your snarky comments about Americans being self absorbed when asked how we "American's" might feel about a discount you were giving Canadians. Netflix CEO: American's self absorbed
I got over the pricing change, but NOW I have to go to different websites to access my DVD and streaming stuff?
That makes me mad.
I would have already left if it were not for some old TV shows I want on streaming. Just ridiculous.
They can have separate teams and still be on the same website and be called the same.
In July I received their notice of the separation of business and the price increase. I told a friend of mine who has their stock that the company just made a huge mistake and the stock was about to tumble. He didn’t believe me. He thought I was just pouting.
But, I cancelled my membership, it was just priced out of my budget, and have since learned that many others have cancelled theirs. I sure hope my friend sold his stock early.
Why can’t a business raise prices? Why apologize for it? If it costs too many customers - then reverse it. But why look foolish and weak with an apology, and trash your own brand name?
Does netflix have a decent HD selection in streaming yet? Last time I checked it didn’t appear that they had much.
What a terrible idea!
If I want to watch something, I do via streaming if that’s available, and put it on the dvd queue if not.
How is it helping me to make that two separate services, two separate web sites??
Fed up with Netflix DVD crap, I dropped that and will retain only the live streaming aspect.
I just dropped the DVD portion of my account - no way in hell I’m maintaining two queues.
This is where they’re screwing up. No one wants to do the same searches twice.
People will drop one account or the other. Sure there will be some who keep both, but, in the end, this will be a net loss for Netflix.
And new sign ups? Who will sign up twice. This is a no win situation, for Netflix and for their customers.
Dumb.. just dumb..
This looks bad to me too, especially since Amazon now has a service too. I am thinking of the switch if convenience is compromised, considering I get free shipping from anything I buy on Amazon on top of the streaming.
Indeed. If they had to split them, they should have kept Netflix for the DVD’s and named the streaming business Quickster.......
Double dumb!
Give the old product a new name and give the new product the old name? What fool thought that was a good idea?