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03-11-2003, 08:38 AM
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Netflix
Hi all,
I have been a Netflix subscriber for over 6 months now, and I felt it has been very difficult to get the movies I want. (On my movie list with netflix, the top six movies have the "long wait" status, and some of those movies have been on my list for over a month now) I just want to know does anybody know why this happens and if there's a fast way to get those movies from netflix.
Thank you
Peter
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03-11-2003, 04:48 PM
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8 of my top 10 are in some sort of wait status presently. I think it's just poor stocking on the part of Netflix. As far as I know, nothing can be done but wait. I have a queue of 149, so it's not like I'm going to run out of DVDs to watch while I'm waiting for one of my "wait"s to come in stock. If there was something I felt I simply couldn't wait for, I'd rent it locally, or even purchase it if I needed to see it that badly!
...And then there's the guy who saw the sign that said "Wet Floor", so he did.
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03-11-2003, 07:13 PM
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I am not a Netflix fan. I subscribed to them for few months, then cancelled because the turnaround time seemed to be growing longer... and loooonger...
Initially, I would send movies back on Monday and receive my new movies by Friday, or Saturday at the latest, because Netflix is in California and it only takes 1-2 days for First Class mail. After a couple months, that stopped. I wouldn't get the new movies till Monday or sometimes even Tuesday, so would find myself without movies to watch for the weekend. I became convinced Netflix was intentionally increasing the turnaround time on their movies to save themselves money.
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03-11-2003, 10:13 PM
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What other businesses provide a similar service? I know that Wal-Mart does it too, but I'd rather try someone else first.
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03-12-2003, 02:30 AM
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Well I haven't heard of Wal-Mart doing this, but Blockbuster has the DVD Freedom Pass, which allows you to rent unlimited DVDs for around the same price as Netflix, although only two at a time. The obvious advantage is the ability to instantly exchange the DVDs whenever you want.
Right now I am using Netflix because I live only around 30-40 miles away from Tacoma, WA where their warehouse is. It usually takes only overnight for the movie to travel the distance so turnaround time is almost always 2 days for me.
\"We all gotta get a little crazy sometimes...\"
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03-12-2003, 07:10 AM
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Turnaround time was bad for a while. It was greatly improved after they opened distribution centers around the US. Before April 2002, I had a combined turnaround time (days shipped by them to received + days from the time I mailed it back to the time they received it) of 8.5 days. Since April 2002 (when my shipments came and went to Minneapolis instead of San Jose) my combined turnaround time is 5.8. So far this year I'm averaging a 5.2 day combined turnaround (on 36 DVD's).
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The downside is that you're limited to the crappy selection they have in the store. I don't know if I could find enough in their stock for me to last more than a month on this plan.
RentMyDVD.com is a Netflix wannabe. A friend of mine has used both Netflix and Rentmydvd and said Netflix is better for turnaround and for selection. He was frequently having 14+ day combined turnaround times on DVD's with rentmydvd.
In spite of a pretty bad patch for turnaround, and some stocking problems, I've had a good experience with Netflix. Since 1/1/2001 I've turned around 370 DVD's. At one point recently I figured my cost per DVD with Netflix about $2.50 or a bit less -- much less than BB or Hollywood with titles they've never even heard of!
...And then there's the guy who saw the sign that said "Wet Floor", so he did.
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03-12-2003, 12:50 PM
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I've tried both RentMyDVD and NumberSlate and found them inferior to NetFlix in both selection and turnaround.
While I have not used WalMart, I did look at several titles in my NetFlix queue on their site. Almost all of them had longer waits than NetFlix (only 1 was better). I did not look at any new releases though. I believe WalMart gives your first month.
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03-12-2003, 03:15 PM
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Personally, I would prefer the option of paying for rentals on an individual basis, instead of via a monthly subscription. I rarely rent (I used RentMyDVD.com a few times), so a monthly subscription makes no sense for me.
Of course, since I rarely rent, these companies are not as interested in my business. 
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03-13-2003, 09:49 PM
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I perused Walmart's rental selection after reading this, and it SUCKS. You'd get a better selection at a tiny mom-and-pop video store in Greybull, Wyoming.
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