Netflix
 

So, finally made the leap into the world of NETFLIX on Sunday night. Talk about speedy delivery. Came home from work on Tuesday to find my first 3 discs awaiting.

I'm impressed so far. $20 a month, 3 DVD's at one time. You return them, they pay for 2way shipping, and then they send you the next 3 in your Queue.

They have a pretty good selection of BBC stuff too.....RED Dward, Office, Fawlty Towers, Only fools and Horses, you know the type.

I recommend

:p

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bit of time on your hands then? *l*

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Not really. American TV is shit, so when i come home from work, and want to sit down, relax and watch something.....good old netflix will come up trumps. I bet there is a lot of people who spend more a month at Blockbuster.

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I've been using them for about 6months now... best thing I ever did... I prolly watch maybe 15 a month and for $20 you really CANNOT go wrong.

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I think Blockbuster are offering a similar deal at the moment.
Not exactly sure of the details. Check your local store.
They're also doing a 99cent if back by midday the next day on new releases.
I guess thats to try and keep up with the DVD rental machines in MacDonalds.

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I'm a member of Blockbusters Online. It's the same deal and you get two vouchers a month for free instore rentals.

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Just bought series 4-5 of Only Fools & Horses, so my telly viewing is sorted out for the near future. Does telly get any better than Delboy on a hang-glider?
I do recommend Netflix to people I know who want to see British shows, but don't want to fork out the money to buy them unless they're sure that they'd like them.

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I'd be too lazy to bother send them back myself *l*

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I've been with NetFlix for about two months now. They were really good at sending everything in a timely fashion when I first started, I noticed the return address is not too far from where I live. However I was warned that if you start to rent a lot then they will take longer to send the DVDs.

It's started happening now, I used to get a DVD a day after they dispatched it but now it takes three days.

I was going to cancel my subscription and renew it next month but they'll probably notice it.

-tom

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We are getting through about 10 a month still a bargain, they take about 4-5 days for the round trip which is fair I suppose.
Lots of material otherwise unavailable in the local video emporium.
Thats without taking the gas to get to the vdeo store and the late returns into account


Mark

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So many reasons why Netfilx is brill:

Great selection, including UK/Foreign/Independent

No due dates/overdue charges

Walk to the mailbox instead of drive to video store

Pick up from the mailbox instead of stand in line at vidoe store

Have a record of my "queue", instead of standing in the middle of video store thinking "what the flippin heck was the name of that movie I was going to rent?"

If a DVD turns out to be crap, you have one or two back-ups, instead of saying "Well it's the only one I've got and I paid video store 5 bucks, so I may as well watch it"

Cheaper than the video store rates

(Almost) always get the DVD you want (instead of getting to video store and seeing your first 4 choices are all rented out).

I've been using Netflix for over a year. Love it.

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hmm... turnaround for me is 2 days... only ever seen it take longer over a weekend, guess it does pay to live in LA then huh

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I love Netflix ... I was with them for about 8 months, then cancelled and started up again recently ... never had a problem with delivery like anotherlimey mentions above, and I pretty much return a DVD every other day or so :)

Nothing better than getting home to find the next DVD in a box set has arrived (currently working through CSI), and enjoying a beer with it! :beer:

Also, with an online record of what is happening, I can keep a my queue viewable to anyone interested on my personal blog :D

http://www.blogroll.org/index.php/weblog/netflix/

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I quit with Netflix after their price hike. I use Blockbuster online. Cheaper and quicker and I also get two coupons a month to go to my local store and grab a couple of extra movies free on top of what I get per month delivered.

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You're not alone!

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I also dropped Netflix after their price hike.

I just read on the Blockbuster website that they are lowering their monthly fee to $17.49 starting Monday.

How is their turnaround time?

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Mine arrive within 3 days. As with all these things, it depends on where you live and where your local centre is. I'm in south Georgia and my local centre is in Miami, Florida, so I get mine within 3 days.

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I'm in LA and I'm fairly sure my local is in LA too... probably explains the quick turnaround.

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Looks like Netflix are also reducing their monthly subscription rate, 3-at-a-time rental is now $17.99

See: http://www.netflix.com/FAQ?p_faqid=522

-tom

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It's great what a little competition can do :)

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Excellent news about the price decrease. I just signed up a week ago and got my first 3 DVD's delivered the day after I signed up.