Netfix-regret
 

For those contemplating switching to Netflix I did and I'm regreting it.

Netflix ships my three on Monday. I get them on Wednesday morn and back in the mail the same day for the last pickup at 8pm. Netflix does not receive them until the next Monday and ships the next three. The result is I only get three per week, at least with BB I would frequently get six.

In my last shipment my local center didn't have the next movie in the queue so they sent it from a Florida location on Monday and I didnt receive it until Saturday.

I will most likely cancel at the end on my 30 days.

I had the exact opposite experience. For me, BlockBuster was getting me 3 per week if I got lucky while Netflix usually gets me 6 per week. Not only that, over 75% of the titles I had in queue with BlockBuster were short or long wait while at Netflix the same titles and more are all ready now. I switched to BB and now have come back to Netflix.

You watch 3 movies every wednesday?

He probably rips them to watch later.

That's what I figured.

"I don't like netflix, because I can only illegally copy 3 of their movies a week, while with BB, I can copy 6!" -ohbfrank-

Why is that so hard to believe? Netflix thinks you can...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...er/netflix.jpg

99% of the time I watch all 3 Netflix DVDs the night I get them and I have them back in the box before dawn. I'm a night person so I have all damn night to enjoy them. I sure as fuck ain't no damn DVD ripper. :)

But I have to say that some folks are going to have better luck with Blockbuster and other better luck with Netflix. I'm fairly happy with my Netflix service and if I ever start to get ticked off at them I just recall how awful my time with Blockbuster when I tried them for a period of time. With a Netflix shipping center I've had most of my movies only take 1 day to get to me or back to them with the exception of the recent Stargate SG-1 DVDs. These suckers have been coming from all over the country since I'm sure they don't carry as many copies as they would most movies. I can live with the wait if it saves me from buying 8 40.00+ seasons of the show.

Okay, now I had to do this, it's totally off topic and very inappropriate....

I think he's more concerned with using that wine to his advantage rather than seeing the 3 movies.

joeblow69, you poor pitiful thing you've shown your ignorance by assuming something you know nothing about.

I rent one movie and two documentaries from Nova, Nature, or National Geographic that are at most 60 minutes each. Local rental stores carry very few documentaries. Very easy to watch 3-4 hours of entertainment in a 10 hour period.

I can usually get through a DVD or two every night. I just have them on while doing other things (reading, cleaning up, eating, playing a game w/ PiP, posting on DVDtalk, etc).

:lol: Seriously? I liked you better when I thought you were a ripper! ;)

Well, my blockbuster online account has all of a sudden froze.....they were pretty good about sending stuff out the next day after I mailed something back....Well, its been 4-5 days since I mailed 2 dvds in and they havent shipped me anything.

My current dvd list still has a movie that I sent back on Saturday. Bastards.

I always have Blockbuster send me new movies 3 days after they send them

Now I'm even more steamed!

Found out today from a friend who lives a few blocks away sent his 3 back AFTER I did and has already received 3 more. My next set is scheduled for Monday!!! the 20th!!!

I'm so PO'd at Netfu*k

I also receive 3 movies every Wednesday. I watch all three DVDs Wednesday evening, I return them Thursday morning, and I don't receive my next DVDs until the following Wednesday.

Blockbuster was even worse. It took me a week to receive them, another week for Blockbuster to credit me for those returns, and yet another week for me to receive my next selections.

I always return my DVDs the next morning after receiving them.

Evidently my problem is quite common and even has a name "Throttling"!!!

http://www.hackingnetflix.com/netfli...ling_revi.html

and

http://www.makeyougohmm.com/?p=2076

It took you this long to figure that out?!? I posted about this a couple of years ago. Here's the link.

http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=288162

Also, http://www.dvdtalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=399535

Yeah, they throttle me, and it does suck because my service was flawless for six months and I know how good it can be.

That said, I'm not getting it as bad a as you. I usually get four discs a week, and they will ship the same day when they receive stuff on Friday and usually Thurs. It's at the beginning of the week where they sit on my discs an extra day before shipping that's the issue.

Where are you located? I'm curious how geography fits into all this.

These days I get slightly more than half my movies back in the mail the day after I get them. Most of the rest are in the mail one day after that (I may not have had time, or I wanted to watch the commentary - that kind of thing.). I still find them a good value at close to four movies a week and I manage to get most new releases I want as well. The throttling is frustrating, though. I'm with you on that.

Ha, got three DVD's today!!!

My closest distribution center is Coppel, Tx.

The three were one each from San Jose, Ft. Lauderdale, Tacoma

Those three places are about as far away from me as you can physically get in the contiental US.

I guess I spoke too soon. The DVDs I returned Thurday morning weren't credited as returned until the following Tuesday (today), that means I'll receive my next three DVDs no earlier than Thursday afternoon. Netflix sucks.

SkullOrchard, I feel your pain.

I would cancel now but I still have about a week left. I will cancel a day before it ends. I honestly believe that Netflix is the kind of company that would slow down my rental even more if they knew I was gonna cancel.

Netflix ain't too good any more, but what's better out there?

I think Blockbuster online has really really hurt them. Bastards.

I just rejoined BBO on Sunday the 14th. They shipped my first three that Monday and Today the 24th I'm hoping for my 5th rental to arrive. Yeah its been a struggle to get 3 a week so far AND I have forced the issue on them by already reporting a disc as returned when it didn't clear the queue after 4 days. If their sitting on my returned discs then I'm gonna keep forcing them to send another. I guess we'll see how long this lasts before I get flagged.

Netflix has gotten better for me. Now I mail out DVD's the next day I get an email saying they recieved them 2 days later I get new DVD's. I at least 6 a week. That's pretty good. It used to be 3 at week if I was lucky.