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mfunk9786
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Re: Netflix

#1551 Post by mfunk9786 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:09 pm

Do you think you're remotely in the majority, especially in an ongoing series? Come on. It's a harmless one day gag.

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Re: Netflix

#1552 Post by swo17 » Wed Apr 01, 2015 8:15 pm

Netflix wrote:Dear Perkins Cobb,

How many more free DVDs do we have to send you to get you to stop complaining about our company?

Sincerely,
Your friends at Blockbu--April fools! It's Netflix

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Re: Netflix

#1553 Post by D50 » Mon Apr 06, 2015 6:33 am

Last week was the 4th week in a row with consecutive 1 day shipping. My mailman and Netflix hub are on a roll.

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Re: Netflix

#1554 Post by Perkins Cobb » Mon Apr 06, 2015 5:02 pm

They seemed to be improving, but then I had a couple turn up three days late last week. If I keep getting 12 that will, indeed, have the desired effect of mollifying me, but I have to assume there's some kind of formula behind that which will turn off the faucet at some point.

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Re: Netflix

#1555 Post by D50 » Tue Apr 14, 2015 6:24 pm

After nearly a month of 1 day service, usps and nf are back to their miss and hit self, aka the new normal. My library in the mean time is covering the gap, though they did have a couple of essential art house films that are cataloged as Criterion Collection.

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Re: Netflix

#1556 Post by D50 » Mon Apr 27, 2015 8:27 am

Xavier Dolan's Mommy shipping soon! Maybe tomorrow.

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Re: Netflix

#1557 Post by Perkins Cobb » Thu May 07, 2015 12:42 pm

As of this week the door seems to have slammed shut on all those extra discs, as abruptly and mysteriously as it opened.

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Re: Netflix

#1558 Post by Michael Kerpan » Thu Jun 11, 2015 2:15 pm

Netflix Streaming now makes me scroll down about 20 rows of suggestions/recommendations in order to find the movies I already I have said I want to watch.

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Re: Netflix

#1559 Post by gorgeousnothings » Thu Jun 11, 2015 10:06 pm

Michael Kerpan wrote:Netflix Streaming now makes me scroll down about 20 rows of suggestions/recommendations in order to find the movies I already I have said I want to watch.
This is something to do with its algorithm/coding. My friend had the same problem and apparently if you don't watch anything from "My List" in a while it slowly moves further down the page until it's at the very bottom. Just watch something from your list and it should pop back up closer to the top.

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Re: Netflix

#1560 Post by Perkins Cobb » Mon Jun 15, 2015 6:20 pm

Good lord.

Oh, and my extra discs suddenly started up again after a week or two of only getting the number I'm supposed to. No idea as to the logic behind this, but it's actually a pretty good deal now, as the number of discs that arrive late has gradually dwindled to only 10-20%.

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Re: Netflix

#1561 Post by D50 » Mon Jun 29, 2015 11:02 am

For tomorrow:

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Re: Netflix

#1562 Post by movielocke » Tue Jul 28, 2015 4:00 pm

http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/bu ... ?referrer=" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Down to 33 centers, heavily automated and the source of all their profits.

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#1563 Post by Perkins Cobb » Tue Jul 28, 2015 6:01 pm

Very interesting. Confirms a lot of things we've deduced the hard way here over the past year or two. I just wish they'd reported the worst cost-cutting measure Netflix has used to keep the DVD division profitable: the major cutbacks on acquisition of new disc releases.

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Re: Netflix

#1564 Post by D50 » Wed Jul 29, 2015 7:01 am

movielocke wrote:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/bu ... ?referrer=

Down to 33 centers, heavily automated and the source of all their profits.
"next-day delivery service for 92 percent of its subscribers."

85 percent of the time...

"Netflix now counts more than 65 million streaming members in more than 50 countries... ...company expects its streaming business to just break even globally through 2016"

"Netflix has 5.3 million DVD subscribers, a significant falloff from its peak of about 20 million in 2010; still, the division continues to churn out hundreds of millions of dollars in profit each year."

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Re: Netflix

#1565 Post by captveg » Wed Jul 29, 2015 3:24 pm

D50 wrote:"Netflix now counts more than 65 million streaming members in more than 50 countries... ...company expects its streaming business to just break even globally through 2016"

"Netflix has 5.3 million DVD subscribers, a significant falloff from its peak of about 20 million in 2010; still, the division continues to churn out hundreds of millions of dollars in profit each year."
A lot of that has to do with their aggressive expansion into those world markets. Once that infrastructure is established those costs should go down significantly.

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Re: Netflix

#1566 Post by Numero Trois » Sat Aug 01, 2015 9:48 am

captveg wrote:Once that infrastructure is established those costs should go down significantly.
And once geo-blocking is done away with in Europe.....

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Re: Netflix

#1567 Post by D50 » Wed Aug 05, 2015 10:34 am

Squeaky wheel got some grease.

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Re: Netflix

#1568 Post by Perkins Cobb » Thu Aug 06, 2015 5:06 pm

Their new system for e-mail alerts as to what has been received and shipped is a disaster, of course, but at least the phrasing opens the door for yuks.
Netflix wrote:We sent you All the Sins of Sodom‏

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Re: Netflix

#1569 Post by D50 » Sun Aug 09, 2015 6:40 am

Perkins Cobb wrote:Their new system for e-mail alerts as to what has been received and shipped is a disaster, of course, but at least the phrasing opens the door for yuks.
I've found that you can get a reaction from them if you reply to the email alerts with comments, complaints, etc., even though you instantly get the form mail stating they "aren't able to respond to each message."

The 9 disc fire hose mailing above (The Turin Horse was added) was in response from a phone call, where the tech said he'd send me my 2, and an extra 2, and the supervisor said he'd send 2 on top of the 4, total of 6, and they ended up sending 9.

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Re: Netflix

#1570 Post by colinr0380 » Sun Aug 09, 2015 7:09 am

It sounds as if you may be the Andy Dufresne of the Netflix queue D50! Send them two messages a day rather than just one now that they have responded!

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Re: Netflix

#1571 Post by Perkins Cobb » Sun Aug 09, 2015 9:05 am

Ask them to compute the value of pi to the last digit and see if you can bring the whole mainframe down!



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Re: Netflix

#1574 Post by EricJ » Tue Sep 01, 2015 1:28 pm

Darn, first StarzPlay and now Epix--There go the last of the "real" mainstream-studio theatrical movies on Netflix. :(

(Well, if I'm ever in the mood for a gay drama, an indie horror movie, or a food-scare documentary...)

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Re: Netflix

#1575 Post by flyonthewall2983 » Wed Sep 02, 2015 7:38 am

They still have deals with Disney/Pixar/Marvel/Lucasfilm and The Weinstein Company, so I think they'll be okay. Plus they still have loads of older mainstream movies in their library.

Interesting you brought up Starz, because I'm wondering when they'll make a play for getting back in the online game again. They had a good thing going with Netflix, and it's still a little beyond me as to why they left.

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