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Posted by jwb on 07/03/06 23:14
"Bob" <spam@uce.gov> wrote in message
news:44a94ca6.186490484@news-server.houston.rr.com...
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2006 15:05:54 GMT, "jwb" <nobody@nowhere.com> wrote:
>
>>To each their own, but I don't have a problem with spending the $20 and
>>using the service (and this is key) they way they reasonably intended it
>>to
>>be used. You have to admit that you really aren't using it in the spirit
>>they intended it.
>
> I do not have to admit any such thing. I got three DVDs and we watched
> them over a period of 24 hours. We're retired and live alone so we can
> do what we want with our time.
Nobody is "telling you what to do". You have a complex or something??
Then I put them in the mailbox for the
> postal carrier to pick them up. In principle I got 3 discs twice a
> week, 3 on Wednesday and 3 on Saturday. That would have worked out to
> 27 on the basis of a 30 day month. But they shorted me a couple along
> the way so the best I could do was 25 for that period.
>
>>If you're looking for 20-25 rentals for your $20, yea, you probably will
>>get
>>angry with Netflix.
>
> You do not know what you are talking about.
>
>>But if you get your three movies, watch them over (say)
>>five to seven days, send them back, etc, you'll never have a problem with
>>them.
>
> I do not need any five to seven days to watch 3 movies. We watch one
> in the afternoon as soon as the discs arrive. Then we watch a second
> later that night. Then we watch the third the next morning. That gives
> us ample time to get the discs in the mailbox for pickup.
>
>>But if you want a movie a day, yea, you'll get slowed down (and,
>>rightfully so, in my opinion)
>
> Your opinion is irrelevant. I watch movies the way I want to, not the
> way you tell me I have to.
There's the complex again. Again, just so it's real clear - Nobody is
telling you what to do. It's all in your head.
> And I do not get slowed down appreciably. My complaint is that I am
> put on the blacklist for new releases. But no big deal - after a solid
> month of movies we need a break so I unsubscribe for a month or two.
>
> Then when I resubscribe the previously backlogged movies in my queue
> are miraculously now available.
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