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Problems with Netflix
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5. January 2006 @ 21:08 |
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yeah at least not many, and if they do they are already well kept i'm sure. i just made a bunch of Milla Jovovich skins for evox, man my wife hardly plays xbox with me anymore! i love it when a plan comes together :)
hey are you on AIM or yahoo? if so, PM me the name and we can talk about anderson crap on there, aint like anyone else besides catfreak would understand it anyway.
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necromo
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7. January 2006 @ 01:10 |
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I live in the UK and use Screenselect.
When you first join you get all your priority titles and with a quick turnaround.
After a month or two you can wait anything up to a week for a new DVD to be sent to you. And as for prioritising the titles you want the most, you might just not bother.
Blockbuster were the same.
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flabob
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7. January 2006 @ 01:21 |
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i found the same problem with netflix...started out great..then the orders came in slower and slower.....but, they are still wayyyyyyyyyyyy better thn block buster(they bite)....... have you guys checked out www.peerflix.com its differant,but still not as good as netflix. Netflix is the only game in town for now unfortunately
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aabbccdd
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7. January 2006 @ 08:02 |
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Netflix is canceled as of TODAY!!!!!
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7. January 2006 @ 08:23 |
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Now that my initial trial is over I can see how it can be irritating with these guys. My first month is barely up but the slowdown with the turnaround has begun. But for me, living in a small town with a video store that only seems to have the new releases, I still pay less to rent the movies than if I went to the store. The glass is half full, I could gripe that it isn't perfect or I could say its still better than the alternative. Guess it just boils down to whatever mood I'm in.
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7. January 2006 @ 13:02 |
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they don't ship on sat
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7. January 2006 @ 15:26 |
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I use Block Busters and my son uses Netflix. I get much better service that he does and in fact, he sometimes "rearranges" my BB que to add something he can't get / hasn't gotten, from Netflix. I have not had any problems with delay of shipping. For example, this past week, I got 3 movies on Wednesday, mailed them back Thursday morning, BB sent 3 more out on Friday and I got them today. In my area, both BB and Netflix returns go to a PO box in Gaithersburn, Maryland. The PO box numbers are almost the same.
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8. January 2006 @ 07:45 |
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Same thing here in NYC. Both services return envelopes go to Flushing, NY in Queens.
your conscience doesnt absolve your guilt
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JaguarGod
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8. January 2006 @ 10:37 |
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I am going to stick to Netflix as long as it stays under $1.25 per rental (my local video store is $1.10 after taxes). I got 3 more movies in yesterday, so my monthly total is now official at 22. That is not bad, but this is the first month and there was a significant slowdown after the 2 week trial.
The only problem is that I watch a lot of TV Series from Netflix, so I would need to go 1 year straight averaging 22 or more rentals per month to hopefully see all the ones I want for a reasonable price. Luckily my local video store does carry a few TV series at $1 per disc rental, so at least I don't have to rely on Netflix for everything.
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8. January 2006 @ 10:46 |
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lets us know how it is in a month and a half
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ahiah9
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8. January 2006 @ 11:31 |
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Well, thank you to all, as AD has once again saved my ass. I was thinking of trying Netflix, or Blockbuster online.... Seeing this thread has made me decide to try getting off my lazy can & going to the video store.
Also, I too live in Anderson, and understand the "Anderson crap. :D
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aabbccdd
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8. January 2006 @ 13:18 |
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wow four people from the same town in this fourm, yup netflix blows
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JaguarGod
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9. January 2006 @ 22:09 |
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Here is some info that may help people who have Netflix...
I read everywhere that the post office does not work on Saturdays, but I guarantee you that it does. If you want to send a movie back on Saturday, make sure you go to the post office on Saturday before 1:30PM (do not go to a drop box). This way they should get the movie/movies on Monday rather than Tuesday.
Also, for those that are afraid, you should at least take advantage of the free trial (you will get about 6 free rentals). Netflix is pretty good for the first month, at least that is my experience, so even paying for 1 month is not that bad as long as you can get over 19 movies, you are getting them for less than $1 per rental (3 out plan).
I will be sure to keep you informed about my rental status in a month or so.
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JaguarGod
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15. February 2006 @ 10:26 |
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Final update on Netlix.
The first month as stated, I got 22 movies with some insane delays (pretty good)
The second month I got 24 movies with little delays (very good)
The third month I got 4 movies with the worst delays. (horrible)
For the third month, I downgraded the service to 1 at a time. I received 1 movie the first week, 2 the second, 0 the third and 1 the fourth. The delays were at least 5 days for each. The funny thing is that I cleared my queue so that I could cancel and I shipped back a movie yesterday and guess what, they got it today, when all the others took from 5 to 10 days.
It is possible that keeping your queue low will somehow speed up th eservice. I remember the second month, I had no more than 8 movies in my queue and by the end, only 2 movies.
So I will say, if there are some DVDs that are very rare that you want, try out Netflix for 1 or 2 months. Get all the DVDs you want (you can maybe get 46 like I did) and then cancel. Netflix does carry tons of foreign and very rare titles, and just about every box set, so it can be worth it to some people, but it is very good (at least for me) for the first two months.
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15. February 2006 @ 12:32 |
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I am starting to agree. An example of Netfu$%x great service:
Month 1 and 2, similar to JaguarGod. So many movies so fast, I thought they paid next day deliverery rates. Now its month 3 a common scheme occurs where I turn in 3 movies at the same time (thursday 02-09-06), and have 2 already after the weekend on 02-13-06 but they didnt "find or recieve" the 3rd until today 02-15-06. I'll probably get that tomorrow now that I turned the other 2 back in today. How can they go to the same place the same day but mysteriously vanish for nearly a week? Time to call Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Machine!!!
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15. February 2006 @ 14:06 |
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netflix is the better of the two online chains and that is not saying much...the only reason to keep netflix is for there large selections as JaguarGod mentioned.
don't know if this has been posted yet....http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/netflix.penalty.ap/
this guy pretty much speaks for what is wrong with netflix.
the good old days are over!!
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15. February 2006 @ 16:20 |
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Everyone knows how to get around "throttling" now though ;)
Take the movies you really want or have a really long wait and put them 1,2,3 on your queue. Then get rid of everything else from your queue, and they WILL send you those movies, really long wait or not.
Take that netflix and your declining service! :)
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JaguarGod
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15. February 2006 @ 18:17 |
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@DVDBack23,
That is a pretty good way to get the three you want, but I imagine that they may still do some stupid things like "lose a movie in the mail", or send you the wrong title.
Probably the only way to get good service is for some hacker to get into their system and put a virus that disables their throttling software (basically remove the secret renting limit).
I think what they try to do is get $2 per rental. That is not that bad of a deal, but waiting 1 week for movie that you want to see is not that much fun.
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15. February 2006 @ 19:46 |
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And we all shall rise and rent new films for an old one's price.
So it has been fortold in the prophecy and so it shall be.
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aabbccdd
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15. February 2006 @ 20:18 |
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good link JMG i see now that iam not the only person that had problems with slowing down shipments ,i talked to netflix on the pnone several times and they swear its the post office fault i told them BULLSHIT straight out and then said its not worth the headache to have your service ,they even offered me a free month and i said screw it dude iam OUT !!!! ,if you guys have other online links to rent from post them .i sent this thread to netflix BTW lol .and heres netflix phone number if anyone wants to call and bitch about there poor service 1-888-683-3549 ,they DONT post this on there website either humm wonder why.
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Jam_7th
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15. February 2006 @ 20:52 |
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Listen Everyone. (My English Is A Little). Anyway .. I am Netflix Member Since Almost 2 Years. They Are and Still The Number One Online Rental. Yes ... In The Last Month They Have A Little Problem Because They Have Many , Many more Customers. I make A Blockbuster membership And They Is Super Extra Bad. Blockbuster have bad inventary and almost all movies is long wait or short whait. I recive the movies one month later. When i return the movies .. they say never recive and charge me for the three movies.Three weeks later they recive and Refund my money.Bad experience with blockbuster. With The GameFly.com Almost The Same Situation. Maybe Netflix Have a little problems now but Still the number ones. ever the movies come to me in 2 , 3 or 4 days max and remember i am member since almost 2 years and I am from Puerto Rico. Thanks !!
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aabbccdd
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15. February 2006 @ 20:57 |
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maybe the service is better down there than in the states ,bottom line if your turning around to many dvds its a problem to them becuse they arent making any money from your account. and its not worth the headache to me to get that poor of service so i dumped them !!!!
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mdawg2323
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16. February 2006 @ 17:30 |
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If there were a better alternative I'd love to hear of one. Unfortunately Netflix has the most bang for your buck right now.
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aabbccdd
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16. February 2006 @ 20:06 |
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Netflix will run its course and something will come along better sooner or later its just a matter of time . if a company would come along and be honest a say we cant let you turn around 25 dvds a month for a certian price ,but we can at this price i would do it, its all about a company being honest and doing the right thing not being sneaky about it after you been with them for several months. so stick it netflix where the sun dont shine
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JaguarGod
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16. February 2006 @ 22:00 |
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According to their site, this one is honest:
http://www.qwikfliks.com/
However, they say 8 movies a month for $16.95. Not the best deal, but at least they seem honest.
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