Netflix (DVD Delivery Discussion Only)
- mfunk9786
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Re: Netflix
Do you think you're remotely in the majority, especially in an ongoing series? Come on. It's a harmless one day gag.
- swo17
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Re: Netflix
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
- D50
- Joined: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:00 am
- Location: USA
Re: Netflix
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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- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:49 pm
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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.
- D50
- Joined: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:00 am
- Location: USA
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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.
- D50
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Re: Netflix
Xavier Dolan's Mommy shipping soon! Maybe tomorrow.
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As of this week the door seems to have slammed shut on all those extra discs, as abruptly and mysteriously as it opened.
- Michael Kerpan
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Re: Netflix
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.
- gorgeousnothings
- Joined: Fri Mar 20, 2015 12:29 pm
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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.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.
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- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:49 pm
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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%.
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%.
- movielocke
- Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2008 12:44 am
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Down to 33 centers, heavily automated and the source of all their profits.
Down to 33 centers, heavily automated and the source of all their profits.
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- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:49 pm
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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.
- D50
- Joined: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:00 am
- Location: USA
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"next-day delivery service for 92 percent of its subscribers."movielocke wrote:http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/07/27/bu ... ?referrer=
Down to 33 centers, heavily automated and the source of all their profits.
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."
- captveg
- Joined: Wed Sep 02, 2009 7:28 pm
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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.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."
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And once geo-blocking is done away with in Europe.....captveg wrote:Once that infrastructure is established those costs should go down significantly.
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- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 12:49 pm
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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
- D50
- Joined: Sat Sep 04, 2010 2:00 am
- Location: USA
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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."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.
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.
- colinr0380
- Joined: Mon Nov 08, 2004 4:30 pm
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Re: Netflix
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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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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Darn, first StarzPlay and now Epix--There go the last of the "real" mainstream-studio theatrical movies on Netflix. :(flyonthewall2983 wrote:Instant to part ways with Epix at the end of next month.
(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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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.
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.