Netflix keeps sending me an extra disc under "new shipping policy"
 

Of course I haven't asked Netflix about this, I'm not stupid!

They recently changed their shipping policy (http://blog.netflix.com/2008/12/new-...g-process.html) where basically if the first disc in your queue isn't available locally, they'll send one that is as well as the first one from a distant site. So you get a bonus disc, the idea being it takes several days for the distant disc to arrive.

Well a few weeks ago they did this for me. I had the Discovery Channel "When We Left Earth" miniseries queued up, but disc 1 wasn't available in Dallas. So they sent 2 locally and 1 from Seattle. So my regular 3-at-a-time plan suddenly had an extra disc. Cool. According to Netflix, as soon as I sent the "extra" disc back, my plan would go back to 3.

Well it's been two weeks, I've sent the extra disc back, have had more sent out, and I keep sending them back. Yet they are still sending discs under the "extra" slot. So I'm paying for 3-at-a-time but for the past few weeks I've had a 4-at-a-time.

(I hope that makes sense...)

Is this happening to anyone else? I'm not complaining, I just find it very odd...

Re: Netflix keeps sending me an extra disc under "new shipping policy"
 

Same here I'm paying for 4-at-a-time and I've been at 5-at-a-time now for about 3 weeks. Didn't know about the new shipping policy I keep checking my account to see if I'm being charged more.

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Count yourself lucky. My top 12 discs are BlueRae that have been long/short wait for weeks. They are refusing to ship them from any location and I keep getting stuff I'd rather not have from the bottom.

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Same problem here except it's my top 20 I never seem to get.

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My first 23 discs are wait listed since the policy change. They only seem to ship what's available locally, so I no longer am sent what's at the top of my queue and I doubt they'll ever send me an extra disc like the OP.

It's too bad Netflix doesn't treat every customer the same.

Re: Netflix keeps sending me an extra disc under "new shipping policy"
 

I always forget we have a dedicated Store forum. Sorrryyyyyyyyyyyyy

:)

Re: Netflix keeps sending me an extra disc under "new shipping policy"
 

They have done the same to me for a month. I changed to 2 out at a time but they keep sending me 3. oh well

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So the $1 BD increase didn't really make things a little faster huh? Enjoy the extra disc while you can :)

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nope not for me. The bastards

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I've been getting an extra disc since Dec 15th. I'm loving it, although they keep sending me the crap I don't care about and not the BDs at the top of our queue.

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Same here....my top 20 are Blu-Ray and they keep skipping over them. They did manage to ship a BD that was #21 on my list...Dark City. I never get any new BD's though. REally disappointed.

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Well I sent a bunch of discs back at once and it dropped me back down to my regular three-at-a-time.

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Shaun, that's good to know. If I get that perk, I'll know not to send them all back at once. Thanks.

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I didnt know about this policy. I not had any extra discs from anywhere. I always get my order but I will keep my eye out. Dont need to be charged anymore that I cant afford at the moment.

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Same thing happened to me for about a week and it ended the same way. Once I sent them all back it went back to 3 at a time.

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Well, for all the shit I've been talking about netflix in this thread and another they finally did something pretty damn cool.

I'm only on a "one-out" plan and for the last 2+ weeks I've watched one Bond blu-ray and have been sitting on Moonraker for the last week. They sent me a disc out of the blue. No explanation at all.

Pretty damn cool of them.

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This still wasn't enough for me to stick with them. Just signed up with Blockbuster and got everything I wanted on Blu this week. Bye Netflix!

Re: Netflix keeps sending me an extra disc under "new shipping policy"
 

Netflix only gave me the one extra disc. After I returned it, they didn't give me any more extra. No biggie.

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I've been getting six at a time for several weeks now, on the 5 at a time plan. What's happening with me: the top ten titles in my queue are all short/long wait. They ship me one with a wait that takes about a week to get, and five from the local center. The five local ones come in and go out until they receive the long/short wait back and then ship the next long/short wait. There are always six checked out.