Netflix email

Piz0wn0reD!!!!!! · #1 11-03-2005, 05:43 PM

i got this too

Prelude008 · #2 11-03-2005, 07:48 PM

I got it too. Wasn't sure if it was a scam. But since I am with Blockbuster I'm not worrying about it as it would cost more that 6 with time and energy to get whatever they are offering.

Blarg · #3 11-03-2005, 09:40 PM

I got this thing. Netflix sure got off easy. They should have given people at least a free month of service. I just stepped down from the 8 at a time plan because service had gotten so slow I really wasn't getting many more flicks per month than I had at the 3 at a time plan, but playing about 3x as much. Netflix sucks pretty hard that way.

Netflix is the greatest at first, but if you're the type like me who could watch a movie every day so you get the plans that let you try to do it, don't bother.

ethan · #4 11-03-2005, 10:34 PM

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I got this thing. Netflix sure got off easy. They should have given people at least a free month of service. I just stepped down from the 8 at a time plan because service had gotten so slow I really wasn't getting many more flicks per month than I had at the 3 at a time plan, but playing about 3x as much. Netflix sucks pretty hard that way.

Netflix is the greatest at first, but if you're the type like me who could watch a movie every day so you get the plans that let you try to do it, don't bother.

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If you read the Netflix terms of service you encounter the following under "Allocation, Delivery and Return of Rented DVDs": [ QUOTE ]
In determining priority for shipping and inventory allocation, we give priority to those members who receive the fewest DVDs through our service. As a result, those subscribers who receive the most movies may experience that (i) the shipment of their next available DVD occurs at least one business day following return of their previously viewed movie (ii) delivery takes longer, as the shipments may not be processed from their local distribution center and (iii) they receive movies lower in their queue more often than our other subscribers.

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I figured they did this, but didn't think they'd be quite so blatant.

Blarg · #5 11-03-2005, 11:41 PM

Yeah, it's very blatant. Some guy made a great linked study of it that someone posted here before. There have been threads here about it before.

I always chime in to them because of my personal experience with Netflix being so disappointing after I started really using their service a lot. I couldn't have been a bigger fan at first, but that was based on service they decided to no longer give. Kind of a lame payback for upping your subscription and remaining a long-term customer. I still can't believe Ninja Scroll has been at the top of my queue for like 8 months.

Definitely wasted some money on the big plan.

ethan · #6 11-04-2005, 01:05 AM

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Yeah, it's very blatant. Some guy made a great linked study of it that someone posted here before. There have been threads here about it before.

I always chime in to them because of my personal experience with Netflix being so disappointing after I started really using their service a lot. I couldn't have been a bigger fan at first, but that was based on service they decided to no longer give. Kind of a lame payback for upping your subscription and remaining a long-term customer. I still can't believe Ninja Scroll has been at the top of my queue for like 8 months.

Definitely wasted some money on the big plan.

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Any idea about how many you were getting with the 8-at-once plan, and how many with 3? Not getting the "long wait" movies is frustrating, I actually hadn't realized until recently that it was worse because I was getting more movies than average. Also, do you remember what that study might have been titled? I'm looking around and haven't found it yet.

Blarg · #7 11-04-2005, 01:39 AM

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Yeah, it's very blatant. Some guy made a great linked study of it that someone posted here before. There have been threads here about it before.

I always chime in to them because of my personal experience with Netflix being so disappointing after I started really using their service a lot. I couldn't have been a bigger fan at first, but that was based on service they decided to no longer give. Kind of a lame payback for upping your subscription and remaining a long-term customer. I still can't believe Ninja Scroll has been at the top of my queue for like 8 months.

Definitely wasted some money on the big plan.

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Any idea about how many you were getting with the 8-at-once plan, and how many with 3? Not getting the "long wait" movies is frustrating, I actually hadn't realized until recently that it was worse because I was getting more movies than average. Also, do you remember what that study might have been titled? I'm looking around and haven't found it yet.

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analysis of netflix dvd allocation system

Eventually with the 8 at once plan, because of the delays in both sticking them in the mail and acknowledging receipt or returned ones, I was getting probably something like 3 to 5 DVD's if you compared to the original great speed. At first they would acknowledge receipt the very day after I stuck it in the mailbox and then ship my replacement out that day. I could turn around 3 DVD's twice a week easily. Eventually it took up to a few days for them to acknowledge receipt, and they started acknowledging receipt but putting a new DVD in the mail a day or two later instead of on the same day. This effectively something like doubled the time it took to turn around a DVD for a new one, sometimes worse. So, I paid more than double the price but got much less than double the DVD's and service.

If they analyze my account, I figure they'll eventually note me as a customer who takes out fewer DVD's per month and maybe I'll actually get to see Ninja Scroll and Land of the Dead and other such things that get stuck in my queue. I figure I'll be able to turn over about as many DVD's on the 3 at once plan as I did on the 8 at once plan. But even if I don't, the 8 at once plan wasn't worth it to me once it slowed to a crawl. Heck, if I put something at the top of my queue it's because I want to see it, not wait six months to see it. For 50 bucks a month, I deserve better service than that. For 20 bucks a month, maybe I'll get it.