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Posted by Bob on 11/04/05 13:36
On Thu, 03 Nov 2005 17:51:28 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:
>> 1. Netflix has better selection and is much smaller than Blockbuster.
>> You act like that's not true when it is true. On what do you judge
>> Netflix being a "big" corporation?
>Over 3 million subscribers/customers and growing, regional werehouses
>all over the nation, TV spots shown on every major network and such
>serious competition to Blockbuster that they started an in-store
>subscription service(which they lose money on), dropped late fees
>entirely(which they lose even MORE money on) and started their own
>online service to go head to head with Netflix, which they're now
>pouring millions of dollars into.
I would not give you a bowl of luke-warm monkey vomit for the whole BB
thing. BB sucks big time. And they are arrogant assholes too. Must be
the fact that they are going bankrupt.
The web software acts like it was written by a bunch of buck-toothed
Banghis operating out of a cave in the Himalayas. For example, if your
credit card expired yet you have a newer one you cannot update the
expire date online. You have to call on the telephone and wait around
1 hour for an "agent" to do the update. Also you cannot check for
availability unless you are subscribed. Fortunately you can subscribe
(if your credit card has the right date) and unsubscribe within 24
hours and not have anything appear on your credit card.
Dumb and dumber. I got so pissed off at BB that I called and told them
to remove my name from their database - I never want to have anything
to do with them ever again. Pricks.
>You think Blockbuster would be doing
>all of this if Netflix was just some rinky dink operation running out of
>some guys garage? Get real. In 1998 this might have been the case, but
>not in late 2005..
You left out the part about the partnership with WalMart. Anytime you
hitch your lillte red wagon to the number one retailer you must be
taken seriously.
>Simply do a google search on "netflix+cracked discs" and watch the
>results pile up.
What percentage is that?
>Don't get me wrong, I rent plenty of DVDs as well. I am not trying to
>put down anyone that rents from Netflix. I'm just sick of all the
>Netflix ass kissing on the internet.
Netflix's performance varies widely from region to region.
--
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore
all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
-- George Bernard Shaw
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