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Posted by Bob on 10/04/30 11:33
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005 05:35:48 -0500, "Nonymous" <noham@nospam.com>
wrote:
>NF makes money on every customer.
>Yes, by throttling the high-volume renters. No, by not throttling the
>high-volume renters.
You are pontificating.
If the disc is available, NF does not lose money shipping it. I do
agree that NF does not make as much money. But NF does make money.
Otherwise it would set a limit to the number of discs per month.
I have had runs where I got 9 discs per week with the occasional
interruption for holidays and glitches. But then those were old TV
series that no one else wanted probably because anyone who did had
already seen them.
If you are wondering how I can watch three discs in one day, it's
actually quite easy. First it helps to be retired. Second, if the
discs arrive around Noon, and they have the typical 90 minutes content
(two 45 min. episodes per disc) then the total screen time is 4.5
hours. That means you are done watching in time to run them to the
post office for same day pickup. You do not have to rip discs to watch
three in one sitting.
Because holidays screw things up, and there are around 10 federal
holidays per year, only 42 weeks give 9 per week, and it's actually
less than that because of glitches in the system. But taking 9 per
week for 42 weeks and 6 per week for 10 weeks gives an average per
month of 36. That works out to 50 cents per disc. Mailing is cheap
because of bulk rates and 1 disc out of literally thousands being sent
each working day does not cost much in terms of distribution from
warehouses. I am going to estimate that the total cost, including the
fees paid for the disc itself, are no more than 25 cents. Therefore NF
makes 25 cents. That's a profit, not a loss.
In reality I only get about 7-8 discs per good week because of
glitches (late mail is one of those glitches) so the average is more
like 30 discs per month. That makes the disc worth 60 cents so NF
makes 35 cents. That's a profit, not a loss.
Next time you want to pontificate, I recommend you do the math first.
--
"One must realize that the world is a network of real and virtual
combat zones where the stakes are high, struggle is the primary
mode of being and only total victory is acceptable.
-- Sun Tzu, "The Art Of War"
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