Netflix now selling used DVDs
 

Wondered when they would get into the game....prices could be better, but it's a start....

Ack, used ones from their rental service? Some of those DVDs are in such poor shape...

I hope they ship you the used DVDs in their proper cases versus a nice little red paper mailer. :D

From the site.

-JP

may be playable, but wow, I gotta wonder how many miles on the dial those dvds got in their time in use.

Though I also wondered when they would do something like this. I mean, they have so many dvds... older less popular titles have to just get stacked up after a while.

I briefly looked at their site and can't find a used section to browse. Do you have to be a member to take advantage of this?

Interesting...what are some pricing examples? Is everything for sale? It could be a great source for used Criterions and smaller titles.

They are probably selling their DVDs because they may be on their way out of business. They can't compete with Blockbuster anymore, now that Blockbuster has gone to mail rentals as well as their brick and mortar. Blockbuster also offers lower prices on their subscription, and 2 free rentals in their regular rental stores every month...I can smell the coffee...Netflix is slowly closing shop.

That sounds just like what people said when Wal-Mart introduced a cheaper service to compete with Netflix. Now, Netflix has bought out Wal-Mart's operation after the latter failed to make a go at it.

From a June 16 Reuters business report about by-mail renting:

"Netflix, which reached a deal to cooperate with Walmart.com last month, says it has surpassed 3 million subscribers and Blockbuster has topped 750,000. "

I don't believe that Netflix will go out of business. They still seem to be the "name brand" in online rentals, and many people have at least one story of a bad experience with Blockbuster. And in terms of their services, Netflix is so much better with shipping and queue management.

Anyway, I don't see Netflix going away that soon.

Maybe they're selling off all the used DVDs from the Wal*Mart deal.

I think it likely they beefed up their own inventory with Wal-Mart stock and are selling off excess.

Again, I'm gonna ask if someone can confirm my previous question:

Do you have to be a member to buy used discs from them?

Ha! If you think Netflicks is heading out of business you really haven't been keeping up with current events. The deal they made with Wal*mart, the nations biggest store, pretty much sets them to become even bigger than blockbuster by putting them in the spotlight and combining their customer base. The whole deal with Walmart really did leave them with a lot of titles since they pretty much bought out their inventory.

So it's not surprising that they are selling off a lot of the titles used.

But i aso read they were or are going to open up in Canada soon so they would need them i assume,maybe they are only going to sell off the current release where they must buy thousands of them, and then a couple months later they dont need that many

I guess Netflix buying Walmart's DVD operation is probably why they charge more for the same thing Blockbuster offers. They don't offer any free walk in rentals (since they don't have any stores) like the 2 Blockbuster offers every month. Also, I notice Netflix doesn't work on weekends, where Blockbuster online does Saturday business as well. We all know Blockbuster has more money than Netflix, it's just a matter of time before they put Netflix out of business...Let's see, they offer more rental movies for less money, they work 6 days instead of 5, they have walk in stores with 2 extra free rentals more per month than Netflix. When enough customers realize which company offers more for their money, guess which company will be on shaky ground? If I were a betting man I'd look for Netflix to eventually sell all their operations to Blockbuster...Maybe a few yrs away, but look for it.

You work for BlockBuster, don't you?

Even with the different days of operation and the cheaper price, Blockbuster has fewer subscribers. Do you honestly think they will keep their prices lower? Blockbuster, with their past have left a poor taste in folks mouth. From late fee confussion to just general practices, they have lost a lot of customers and have been grabbing at straws for a while. From changing the renting window system to dropping late fees. In the end it has hurt Blockbusters standing a lot.

Netflix combining with Walmart leads to one major advantage, getting their foot in the door with Walmart. Companies kill to do business with Walmart and here Netflix bought out the entire system from them in a deal that puts them in every walmart. You can't laugh at the fact that everyone who shops at walmart and owns a dvd will be offered the service.

No, they charged more before they did this.

Exactly, I'd render a guess that slightly more people associate with Walmart every day than with Blockbuster.

Man, those discs get handled quite a bit. Prices better be pretty low.

If they don't, we can always switch back to Netflix. I wouldn't count on it though. Blockbuster is the bigger company of the two. Walmart simply couldn't compete with Netflix or Blockbuster, so that move was smarter for Walmart than it was for Netflix, who in spending all the money in that purchase, will in the long term more than likely turn around and increase their prices to the public, in order to recover some of their investment.

Eh, I found one good deal in Anchorman and Wake Up, Ron Burgundy for $10. Everything's $10, by the way.

Is everything for sale? Is the packaging relatively decent, or are they in a rental-esque case, like a pre-viewed disc from Blockbuster? 10 bucks isn't bad.

I think dvd soon is also planning to sell used dvds very soon.

While Blockbuster has more stores than Walmart, it's only by about 300. How many times do you go to blockbuster for food? shoes? garden equipment? cloths? most importantly purchases on low priced dvds?

Walmart is one of those locations folks go on tuesday for a new release. While there they can easily offer you a rental trail period and push it. Netflix is getting a big push because of this and considering how many folks go to walmart on a daily basis, the convience factor alone will draw more folks to try and pay for that extra buck or so that netflix charges than have to go out of their way to a blockbuster video.

Blockbuster reported a loss because there isn't anymore late fees. That was the real bread and butter of the company. So if any of the two companies will lower their price, it's not blockbuster.

Netflix isn't going anywhere and claiming that it's going out of business because of this latest business move is very silly.