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02-19-2006, 10:43 AM
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Brook,
I wouldn't go with Greencine if you want stuff in a timely manner. They are based in San Francisco and do not have distribution centers. They've talked in the past about putting a distribution center on the East Coast if it's warranted, but I don't believe they've done it yet. Since you appear to be living in Georgia, the wait would be a long one.
Dana
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02-19-2006, 11:22 AM
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I'll second what Dana said Brook. I use Greencine, and am very happy with them. However, speed of discs is not a consideration for me. I have a two out at a time plan, which is cheap, and it's not uncommon for me to wait two or three days after I get one before I watch it. This is certainly cheaper, and more convenient than what I used to do - rent one dvd per week from Hollywood video.
I'm not trying to cram a bunch of dvds into a week. I have way too much other stuff to watch for that. For me to watch the number of rental dvds that some people appear to do with Netflix, I'd never have time to watch the tons of dvds I already own, and watching and enjoying them is a much higher priority for me.
I've never really paid much attention to how quickly I get the Greencine discs since there's always one here when I get ready to watch it. At the most I watch 2, possibly 3 in a week.
Like I said, for me this makes great financial sense - it's cheaper than the alternative. But I'm certainly not getting 'maximal' bang for my buck. That's not my goal, but if it is for someone (and anyone who's upset with Netflix throttling cause they can't get 7+ dvds in a week certainly is looking for that), then I can't recommend Greencine.
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02-19-2006, 03:06 PM
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Brook,
You should try Blockbuster.com for their 9.99 30 day trial. I get most of my DVDs in one to two days here in Chicago.
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02-19-2006, 03:31 PM
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Just wanted to share my little Netflix frustration of the week:
I haven't seen either Saw or Saw II. So I put both films at the top of my queue with Saw 1 on top. So then they ship both at the same time and they say I will get both on Saturday and lo and behold I only received Saw 2! AHHH! Obviously it means I have to wait until Monday or Tuesday to receive Saw 1 since I can't watch the sequel without seeing the original! ahhh, could have watched both films this weekend, now I have to wait to find time during the week. Thanks Netflix!
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02-20-2006, 07:58 AM
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I haven't seen either Saw or Saw II. So I put both films at the top of my queue with Saw 1 on top. So then they ship both at the same time and they say I will get both on Saturday and lo and behold I only received Saw 2! AHHH!
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I've gotten burned like this too, so now I only enter one sequel at a time to my queue. When it says PART 1 is shipping, then I'll add PART 2 atop my queue. When PART 2 is shipped, then I'll add PART 3 etc...
By the way, I don't know why, but lately Netflix has sped up again for me. I'm sure they'll be back to their old tricks soon, though. |
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02-20-2006, 12:01 PM
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But how is Blockbuster's selection for foreign films? What I love about Netflix is that they carry the large majority of R1 and Asian R0 DVD releases. There's only a handful of producers for which they don't carry everything released.
Really it doesn't bother me that 40 Year Old Virgin has been a "very long wait" for 3 months or whatever. Getting new releases right away isn't a big deal for me. Getting a large number of titles of the types of movies I like to watch is.
And yes George, I sacrifice watching movies I buy for the variety of stuff from Netflix. That's why I always have a huge backlog even though I've cut my buying way down and also probably have a couple hundred DVD's that I've only watched once. I suppose the silver lining in the Netflix thing is that, once the Olympics are over, I'll have more time to watch my own DVDs.
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02-20-2006, 03:26 PM
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I haven't done a complete search there yet but they did carry VERY SMALL cult titles from Blue Underground, Something Weird, Anchor Bay and Synapse. They had several titles that aren't available at Netflix. Again, if you order a pizza in the next few weeks go ahead through Papa Johns online and get a free month worth of rentals. After the month is up then you can use the $9.95 first month coupon so that's two months rentals for $9.95.
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And yes George, I sacrifice watching movies I buy for the variety of stuff from Netflix. That's why I always have a huge backlog even though I've cut my buying way down and also probably have a couple hundred DVD's that I've only watched once.
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I'm in the same boat. I've got 300+ movies on my queue right now. This has cut down on my spending over the past year. In the past I would spend $100-$200 a week on everything I was interested in but now I'm down to only buying titles from Warner. I also recorded over 1000 movies from TCM last year so I've got a huge backlog that I'll never catch up on.
Netflix is basically for blind views, Criterion's that I refuse to pay that much for or just items I'm curious about.
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02-20-2006, 06:12 PM
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In the past I would spend $100-$200 a week on everything I was interested in but now I'm down to only buying titles from Warner.
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And now all you have to do is buy a pizza 
But if Blockbuster turns out to be anything like Netflix, they'll give you nice service in the beginning but then get sour. |
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02-24-2006, 12:21 AM
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OK, here's a strange story that I haven't heard anyone say yet. 
Last Thursday Netflix shipped JUST LIKE HEAVEN and said it should arrive the following Wednesday. Well, it didn't show up and then Thursday I got an e-mail from them saying they had received the movie and they shipped another one out. I never even got the damn thing and yet they got it back and shipped another????
Anyhow, right now I'm really enjoying Blockbuster's service so after I check and see if they got most of the titles that Netflix offers I'll probably switch.
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02-24-2006, 05:22 AM
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Mike,
Before I left Netflix I put the titles in my Blockbuster quene and never skipped a beat.  It also makes sense to cancel a day before they bill your next month because you have already paid for the previous month anyway. |
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