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Posted by dvaoa on 09/27/82 11:30
Snowden Wyatt wrote:
> dvaoa@altavista.com wrote:
> > Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
> >
> >>dvaoa@altavista.com wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>Has anone here noticed that a lot of Netflix DVD's are just recently
> >>>showing up as "short wait" or "long wait"? I've been with them for ~4
> >>>months ans I've never had an availablility problem until the last 2-3
> >>>weeks. All of a sudden, I look at my 70+ movie queue, and about a
> >>>quarter of them are on some sort of wait list. Most of my selections
> >>>are older films to boot.
> >>>
> >>>Am I the only one?
> >>
> >>I see it also, but what's even stranger is that things swing from "Long
> >>Wait" to "Now" and back again.
> >>
> >>Mark's theory is that "Now" means copies in stock, "Short Wait" means
> >>lots of copies but all currently out, and "Long Wait" means a few copies
> >>that are all currently out.
> >>
> >>In any case, we have no shortage of movies on our list that are
> >>available now. :-)
> >>
> >
> > You're lucky...my "wait" list seems to be growing by the day, like a
> > bad fungus. I'm wondering if the good people at Netflix are losing
> > their motivation for rapid turnaround since they've absorbed Walmart's
> > DVD rental division. Their only competition in town is Blockbuster,
> > and I don't see them lasting.
> >
> > RF
> >
>
> I have 70+ movies in my queue and all of them are available now.
>
> I beleive the fact the much of your queue is made up of older films has
> something to do with your issue. Netflix probably orders many fewer
> copies of older films, so they have a higher percentage chance to be all
> out at the same time. Probably only the very new/hot releases are
> harder to keep in stock, and that is probably alleviated by the larger
> quantities of stock that Netflix keeps of new releases.
But like I said, it's only in the last couple of weeks that I've seen
this list of 100% "now" movies morph into a list of 30% "short/long"
wait movies. Of course, it's also the ones I really want to see
first...
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