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Posted by hobnoblin@hotmail.com on 10/05/79 11:40
Derek Janssen wrote:
> hobnoblin@hotmail.com wrote:
> > Derek Janssen wrote:
> >
> >>Jeff Rife wrote:
> >>
> >>>>......The next morning, no more than 9 hours after I'd sent my e-mail,
> >>>>I was elated to find that there was a page dedicated to "Superman the
> >>>>Animated Series, Season 2". A wave of warmth passed through me as I
> >>>>had "happy bunny" thoughts about Netflix's quick response to my
> >>>>inquiry. HOWEVER, when I put the DVD on my queue, it said VERY LONG
> >>>>WAIT!!!
> >>>
> >>>Or, it could just be that the release of that set slipped by the Netflix
> >>>team, and you alerted them to it. They created a database entry for the
> >>>set before they had any copies anywhere in stock (exactly like what would
> >>>happen if you had placed it in your queue 3 months before the release
> >>>date).
> >>>
> >>>Thus, since there were no copies in any Netflix warehouse, and no projected
> >>>return dates for any copies "VERY LONG WAIT" was how they described the
> >>>situation.
> >>
> >>AAMoF, "Very Long Wait" is now pretty much ONLY used to denote
> >>out-of-print or acquisition-pending copies--
> >>The tactful version of "We ain't got one/yet."
> >
> > I don't think so. According to my queue, the following movies are said
> > to have a "very long wait". All of them were released just this week.
>
> (The day you posted this, not to put too fine a point on it.)
??? Why is this important? What are you "put(ting) too fine a point
on"?
>
> > "Ultimate Avengers", "Aliens Gone Wild", "Ant: America's Ready", and
> > "Lie With Me".
>
> ...The disk companies must be throttling them till Wednesday. :)
Are you being sarcastic, or are you just making a joke? I can't tell.
>
> > Wait a second. I went back to check on the status of Superman vol.2,
> > and now it says "unavailable". What the hell is the matter with those
> > people?!?!?
>
> Well, looks like they looked up the availability on that copy...
Obviously. I kind of guessed that part myself. What I'd like to know
is if they EVER had it.
>
> Derek Janssen (I believe the operative phrase is "Does THAT answer your
> question?")
> ejanss@comcast.net
Uh...no, actually. Every bit of your last response baffled the hell
out of me. I'm not even sure if you were insulting my tendency to
write some words in CAPS. Y'see, I like to add a little inflection to
my posts.
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