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Netflix says price hike is having a larger than expected impact
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article published on 15 September, 2011
Netflix is lowering projections for subscriber numbers in Q3 by 1 million.
The change is due to customer reaction to the price increase for combined disc rental and streaming plans, which was announced during their Q2 earnings call. The price of Netflix's lowest tier DVD plus streaming plan was doubled from $7.99 per month to $15.98.
Their original prediction of 12 million subscribers ... [ read the full article ]
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Jeffrey_P
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15. September 2011 @ 15:46 |
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Screw Netflix. There are alternatives to their master plans.
800k and 200k respectively seems to indicate how displeased many customers are. I personally thought the crystal ball numbers would be a lot less than then their revised predictions show.
Surprise!
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15. September 2011 @ 16:31 |
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I was going to cancel, but decided to wait, and now it seems the streaming video problem such as stopping unexpectedly and other issues seems to have improved. Not sure the reason, maybe its because so many people dumping Netflix is a benefit to those who stay. I get one DVD at a time, and request the ones that are not streaming. Seem like an OK deal for now. One more price hike or other unexpected negative change and I will have to reconsider.
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15. September 2011 @ 17:12 |
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I joined only for streaming anyway, so none of it particularly affected me. But the fact that I usually can't see a difference in two bars vs four and HD has made me want to leave. But apart from torrenting what I want to watch, I haven't seen any high quality alternatives for cheaper or free.
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Cntrysky
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15. September 2011 @ 17:25 |
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As long as they don't hike up the price for stream only subscribers then I'll stay.
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Jeffrey_P
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15. September 2011 @ 17:44 |
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Originally posted by buxtahuda:
I joined only for streaming anyway, so none of it particularly affected me. But the fact that I usually can't see a difference in two bars vs four and HD has made me want to leave. But apart from torrenting what I want to watch, I haven't seen any high quality alternatives for cheaper or free.
Streaming doesn't do much for me personally. I purchase most Blu-Ray movies or rent them from Red Box a couple times a month.
When I was a Netflix subscriber for umpteen years the disks just sat around collecting dust most of the time. Red box doesn't charge late fees, they just bill you in 24 hour increments which gives me incentive to return them the next day.
Jeff
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IguanaC64
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15. September 2011 @ 22:10 |
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Well...seems like a lot of ISPs have been getting aggressive about capping bandwidth, too. Can't do many HD movies with a 25gb cap on your net service.
A lot of streamers don't like the new Netflix plans because they reduced how many people can stream content at once. If you're single, it's not really an issue...but if you have a family then it becomes a problem.
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16. September 2011 @ 00:01 |
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I turned off my 3-at-a-time+bluray plan and went to streaming only; if I have to pay for disks separately, I might as well get them from Blockbuster...blockbuster lets me have blurays and games at no extra charge. I've been using the h**l out of the streaming for a while now and I am almost out of content that I want to watch (and their recommendation system has been broken for months)...if they don't add a whole lot of streaming content soon, I'll turn off netflix all together.
As for the 25gb caps, this is something that you only get with long-term monopolies...and monopolies tend to create (and attract) competition. The local cable co here had a monopoly a few years back...the prices were sky high and the speeds were only a little faster than DSL. As soon as FiOS was available to more than a handful of communities, all the cable speeds went way up and the prices dropped. For those lucky enough to live where FiOS was available, the price dropped a lot...for everyone else, the price dropped a little. They don't even try to hide the fact that they were using their monopoly to exploit people, or that they are still using small pockets of monopoly to exploit small pockets of people! If everyone could get FiOS except for one man, the cable co would probably charge him twice as much as they charge everyone else.
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ronhondo
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17. September 2011 @ 00:41 |
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Netflix doomed themselves. Goodbye crappy service !
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17. September 2011 @ 01:27 |
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In case anyone was wondering, Netflix's stock has fallen almost 50 percent since mid-July, with their market value falling from $16 billion to just over $8 billion. Ouch.
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Virgil_B
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17. September 2011 @ 09:21 |
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I wonder if the person that unbundled the DVD and streaming service is feeling any heat. I am one of those exiting Netflix customers and there really is life after Netflix. If any other business (gasoline or lights for example) upped your bill by 60% their customers would be up in arms. This was especially painful since they had already increased the cost of the plan less than a year earlier.
Personally, I think Netflix is in trouble. First, by their figures, a million customers have left and now Starz has elected not to renew their contract beginning next year. When that happens then the Disney movies and other content for children will disappear. What you will have left is old movies and old TV shows.
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vaq130
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17. September 2011 @ 16:28 |
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Let Netflix cut their own throat.
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ibmeubu
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17. September 2011 @ 17:14 |
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Netflix blew it with me. I was already contemplating dumping them but the price hike was the frosting on the cake. That's no way to treat your loyal customers of many years.
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noypi2
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19. September 2011 @ 12:17 |
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I am cancelling my DVD plan next October period. Goodbye Netflix.
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Jeffrey_P
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19. September 2011 @ 12:41 |
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One more thing to consider about streaming is service providers are on a roll setting data caps. This may lead to a monthly bill that far exceeds cable or satellite service.
You better believe that huge corporations like AT&T want a piece of the pie.
I dont have a crystal ball and only time will tell. Seems to me things are headed in that direction
Jeff
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