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Posted by Bill's News on 09/30/19 11:40
Shadow wrote:
>> 2. Netflix is now letting the USPS throttle things down by
>> deliberately routing the requests to Netflix processing centers
>> that
>> are far enough away so that it is guaranteed to take an extra day
>> or
>> two. If we see a lot more of our Netflix DVDs from faraway places,
>> then that is probably the case.
>
> You Netfix conspiracy theorists really amuse me.
>
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In a way, I'm inclined to agree. Attributing motive to every nuance
only creates ulcers. I've been a NF customer for a while longer than
2 months and have certainly received a few out-of-area shipments (tho
they are predictable from NF's posted ship/arrive dates). Also, some
discs have arrived here with my address page clinging to the shipper
by little more than a Florida-chad-thread. And 2 or 3, which hadn't
arrived here, were subsequently reported by NF as having been received
by them - so I assume that my address page had been shredded
completely during handling. In each of these cases, when I reported a
disc un-received, NF promptly (next day when reported early in the
day) delivered either the replacement I asked for or a different
movie, if I chose that option (which I did when the lost disc was
obviously from out-of-area).
Oh sure, that cuts down on the "constant stream" of discs from NF to
me - but it hardly happens so often as to cause upset about it. I
wouldn't mind if NF would add the source location of the available
discs (or at least "not local") to the queue info, but that seems
unlikely, eh?
Since my memory is not too good, I keep a record of movies I've seen
and I usually rate them too as (+) I'd watch again, (0) I watched all
the way thru, (-) self explanatory! Looking at the list of NF
deliveries to date since 7/1/05, I count 188 or just under 6 per week.
(23.8 per month for the last 6 months of '05). Which is actually a
tad above my goal of having one in the DVD player and two enroute (one
in either direction) 5 days a week. And yes, Nov., Dec., Jan. were
slightly below the average, but Feb. is, at the moment, above.
Oh yes, I am retired and thoroughly enjoy movies and some dramatic TV
series. Far too many of these which I'd never seen before - and which
I'd tried to select carefully from published opinions - were just not
to my taste (-). So that 188 discs probably represents not much more
than 188 viewing hours over the same 32 weeks or so. I'm quite
pleased with NF's performance:cost. Previous to NF I used to drive to
any of the 3 nearby BBs and take 6 titles at a time (some due back in
2 days, others in 7) at a much higher cost per disc.
As to the oft mentioned copying of rental (or any) DVDs, I'm
ambivalent. If it's OK to copy a TV broadcast or cablecast for
personal use, then it ought to be OK to copy a rental disc for
personal use and I suspect that it is, but I haven't bothered to read
the law either. While I'm unsure whether rental companies' business
models include repeat rental expectations, there is no doubt that
rerun is part of the broadcast strategy. Apparently the copying of
broadcast shows has not put a dent in their rerun concept? My
personally rated (+) movie/TV eps are the only ones I'd consider
copying and there are precious few of those. However, I find it
personally rewarding to have discovered a (+) so that I can buy the
DVD and donate it to our community library. Oddly, this is not only
legal, I can get a tax deduction (right!) while sharing my find with
my friends and neighbors ;-) I'm not alone in this - over half of the
3,000+ DVDs in this library have been donated by patrons.
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