Netflix Beef
GenePontecorvo
5,612 Posts
Man. I'm about to drop these fools. Too many good video stores in Austin to put up w/ shitty service. I used to ride hard for Netflix, but lately they're taking 4, 5 and 6 days to show a movie received. Fuck that. It used to be they'd get it the next day. Did they close down a depot in Central Texas?Anyone else got a Netflix gripe?
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That's their standard MO. If you're returning your movies too often and too quickly, they slow down your turnaround time. There's been a class action lawsuit about it: http://www.netflix.com/Settlement
Yeah I heard about the "throttling". That's not me though. I'm their ideal customer. I hold shit for a month at a time.
They'll send you return envelopes with the addy a few states away to ensure slow turnarounds.
I didn't catch on for a while.
Worst thing that ever happened was a DVD that arrived snapped in half and that's nothing they can control.
A bunch of my friends are on it too, they've seen delays in the turnaround a few times but nothing major. I don't know where their return/shipping center is around me, but it seems on point.
Damn. That's messed up. So what do you do when you see a return addy that's far...do you cross it out and right the address of your regular mail center?
These fools....whenever I report something missing it *immediately* shows up as "Received".
I should cancel my membership on general principle but I have late fee issues. There's a reason I'm on Netflix.
Netflix is too skittish for me to have any legitimate gripe. Sometimes it's super slow, other times the turnaround is a day.
I love my Netflix but there's always Greencine.com if Netflix starts pissing me off. Still, whatever you do don't go with blockbuster.com. Fucking horrible website and service although the instore return is nice if you live around the corner from a Blockbuster like myself.
It's cheap and convenient. And it offers a much, much wider selection than any of the rental places near me.
i love that they have DESTROYED Blockbuster. i hate those fuckers.
i went the video store the other day and felt like I was in another era.
so over.
I miss that era...I could zone out for hours back at my Uptown spot Discount Video back in Minneapolis. They had a solid wall of 'Exploitation' VHS tapes. I learned a lot by just hanging out in that section and reading the little blurbs/reviews the crazy staff had stuck on the boxes. Same with the 'Hong Kong Action' section...I don't think I would have developed my finely tuned sense of obsessive behavior around movies in a Netflix age...just not the same.
Your point is well-taken though. Austin has killer video stores. I do hit them up to grab the things I can't get from Netflix. But regular renting turns into $8-15 a movie for me.
I worked in a video store in high school and over my first couple college vacations. I would zone out for hours and no one would come in. Taking home stacks of movies at a time, etc.
Thing i like about netflix is that i can get very deep into a particular style or topic and have lots of options. I'm not one for all of the automation of our lives, but in this case i still say Netflix rules. I line up a bunch of stuff i am in the mood for and go one about my life. When they come to my door, i watch them. bingbangboom.
i love my local video store though and give them business. they're nice and wipe out my late fees sometimes, they got an amazing selection of music related videos, they got a photobooth in there, AND they sell these buttons of famous movie scenes by neighborhood artist maria forde
knife in the water
scanners
the jerk
Wow. So ill the artist chose this move and this scene.
yeah i got the scanners button on my handbag. i love that scene and i kinda love cronenberg.
she also did a series of buttons called "actors i think are good" that the video store sold as well
http://www.netflix.com/ContactCustService?subject=Customer+Title+Request&type=103&lnkctr=FAQ
Can't hurt.
"Stripes"-era John Candy?
I usually burn the movies I rent & return it same day. Also, torrents have EVERYTHING. I dl'ed "Killer In Double-Flag Town" & "Burning Paradise" the other day. Next up is some King Hu joints & "Butterfly Sword".
The only good video store near me is a 30 minute drive to an area I never have any business in, and I think rentals are two days
I once accidentally accrued $60 in late fees at the only indie video shop in town, which is pretty crappy anyway (ended up settling up for $30)
I had just given up on renting movies but my girl recently got netflix and she's been really enjoying it...
AWESOME!!
"HE HATES THESE CANS!!"
"...MORE CANS!!!"
Like he said.. late fees. I will stray from Netflix one time and end up with a $5 late fee. And maybe it would be cheaper over all even with late fees per month but for me it's that ass hurt feeling that goes along with late fees and having to deal with that guy at the counter "You want to take care of that now??".
GeneP - I haven't had any issues with them lately (or ever) .. if I send one back Monday, I'll get another one around Wed or Thur almost every time.
this movie is like a phenomenon among girls. next level chick flick. my ex and I got in a HUGE fight when I didn't want to watch the whole thing for the 2nd time.
then again, there were some other underlying issues there....
I had the same thought at first but he had a buzz or long hair in "Stripes". I think that's "Volunteers" Candy.
uh no.
you're lucky you got a cool neighborhood video store. they are extremely rare for places that i live.
netflix is bullshit but it works okay. i've seen hundreds of good movies since i joined up about 3 years ago. and the price works out to about 1.50 dollars a movie which is generally cheaper than places like blockbuster.
do i sound like a netflix spokesman ?
greencine's selection is about the same.
facets is a total terd. DO NOT ORDER MOVIES FROM FACETS UNLESS YOU LIVE IN CHICAGO!
Is it wrong that I thought Harry Dean was Jeremy Irons?
I have no beef with Netflix. They've been sending me movies for at least four years, if not longer. Things are almost always rapid on the turnaround. I know about the lawsuit, and what they do to "throttle" customers is bullshit, but I have never been "throttled" at least not that I've noticed.
Currently at home:
Inconvenient Truth
This Film is Not Yet Rated
The Prestige.
i thought it was dennis hopper. not that it necessarily looked like dennis hopper, but i always get harry dean stanton and dennis hopper mixed up in my mind's eye for some reason. i also thought harry dean stanton and dean stockwell were the same people for the longest time too.