Posted on 02/11/2006 5:52:44 AM PST by yankeedame
My mother is homebound and uses Netflix. She's been complaining lately about the moview she's been receiving. Maybe this is what's happening with her account.
Really doesn't make a lot of sense because if people get dissatisfied, they'll just switch to a different service. I noticed Blockbuster has started a similar service.
There's a bunch of people out there renting 8 at a time and ripping them to their computers and then sending them back within like a day or so.
These are the people that are targeted by this.
Solution: use Clean Flicks
Get the movies without the filth.
http://www.cleanflicks.com
Their biggest problem is the US post office that despises the postal loss from shipping heavy videotapes to light-weight DVDs. We have a serious problem with postal abuse of mailed DVDs.
Count me as one of the "complainers". I canceled my Netflix subscription this week and signed on with Blockbuster.
I had been waiting over a week for Redeye, 40 Year old Virgin, and one other.
I now have all three from Blockbuster. They may throttle me too and I will cancel with them if it happens. I had been a member of Netflix for about a year, am retired, and was a HEAVY user I guess. Tough shi*!
I wish they'd direct some of that wrath on the hordes of AOL disks.
I love how these companies come up with ideas and when customers do what they ALWAYS do with deals like these, the companies whine. Duh, what did Netflix expect?
If Netflix has such a problem FULFILLING ITS LEGAL OBLIGATION to the CUSTOMERS who signed up for its program, maybe they should just fold and return to letting customers rent dvds at Vid store outlets instead of having this mailing program.
Sounds like Netflix needs a major THUMP ON THE HEAD. I'll continue renting mine (infrequent renter) when I feel like it, no contracts, no deals.
Wow, I wish I had the time to watch one movie a month. I'd never get anywhere close to even 13. I try to catch one movie a year in the theater and to rent one movie a year to watch at home. And I'm even behind on that.
"There's a bunch of people out there renting 8 at a time..."
The max you can have out at one time is three...from both Blockbuster and Netflix.
I use netflix, although I have their cheapest plan. They have series' like Monarch of the Glen, Cadfael, and MI-5 that Blockbuster does not.
From my mailbox to theirs is usually one business day, and ditto on the turn around time. Only once did I receive a disc that wouldn't play, and netflix sent out an immediate replacement. I like their service, and selection enough that I've given gift subscriptions to friends.
I use and like their service, too. I would guarantee that this guy is copying these movies as fast as he can and shipping them back the same day he gets them. Unless, of course, he doesn't work and can just hang around and watch 3-4 movies a day. *Rolleyes*
But that's the MSM for ya...find a successful business with many satisfied customers and cull out the ONE that has a "problem" (usually self-induced) with said company. They do articles like this on a daily/weekly basis.
actually, you can get more than 3 movies at a time from Netflix, but you gotta pay more per month. Also can get fewer than 3 a month, but you gotta pay less. :>
seems to me that Netflix is catering to those users who give them the most profitability - good bidness move!
I never heard of Clean Flicks. I can think of some movies that if they edited out the language, and violence would be about fifteen minutes long. LOL!
Team America: World Police comes to mind, and I see they don't have it on clean flicks. (Darn it.)
"actually, you can get more than 3 movies at a time from Netflix, "
How did you do that? I used to belong to Netflix, but now Blockbuster. I only saw 1, 2 and 3 at a time plans from Netflix.
Makes perfectly good business sense for Netflix to throttle and give priority to infrequent renters.
Then there were people like me. I would watch the movie the night I got it and put it in the mail the morning after. They used to send me the new movie when they got my return. THEN the waited one day before sending out the new movie. So I cancelled.
I think they have a 5 movie plan.
"Unlimited Internet!"
Well, unlimited until I reached the maximum hours.
If I was Netflix I would just offer a tiered system - X dollars for X DVD's a month - or X dollars for up to X DVD's, and X dollars per each DVD after that.
OK, I was just curious. I couldn't find it on their site. Thanks.
I don't go to movies in the theater ... it's been about 7 years now. I just hate sitting in theaters.
I liked Netflix because they had movies that Blockbuster didn't carry ... like The First Churchills, The Pallisers, Jewel in the Crown, and the Brit flicks. I watched them like crazy til Netflix started waiting an extra day to mail out new movies. I didn't like the change in service I had come to expect. So I cancelled.
Now I buy all my DVDs. I just finished watching the whole first season of 24. I'll end up selling all my collection on eBay. But it's irritating to get used to their stellar service only to realize that it has changed.
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