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Posted by Martin S. on 01/05/07 22:23
Never had that problem, they usually send out however many get returned on
the day they receive the returns.
"GREG NIEMI" <gkniemi@cox.net> wrote in message
news:QNznh.511$xq7.476@newsfe07.phx...
> Problem with BB is that they send you 1 movie at a time, I have 8-10
> movies in Q and I get sent only 1 movie every 3-4 days. I have e-mailed
> them about it and they ignore me. I think Net has better selection, but BB
> returning movies to exchange is a plus.
> "Martin S." <mart@dslextreme.com> wrote in message
> news:12pt92f5kei52a4@corp.supernews.com...
>> And you didn't mention, with BlockBuster you can take the online movies
>> that were mailed to you and use them as free movie coupons in the local
>> store. Generally when you do this the online movies will clear your queue
>> the next day and more will be shipped to you, even though you have the
>> movies from the local store. This is a HUGE plus over Netflix.
>>
>>
>>
>> "TH" <thehendersons44@aol.com> wrote in message
>> news:1168018173.493777.74280@s80g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> Well, I finished a trial month of Blockbuster service. Here are my
>>> comparisons between Netflix:
>>>
>>> BB has greatly improved since I tried them a year ago. Last year I had
>>> about 13-14 movies a time in my queue and there would be long periods
>>> where NO movie would be sent, despite the fact every movie was
>>> "available now." There was one entire week where nothing was sent at
>>> one point and various times when only one would be sent and two open
>>> slots would just be sitting there. When I canceled and told the guy
>>> why, he said "you have to have 30 movies in your queue" to which I said
>>> "what does it matter if I have 30 or 3, if it says 'available now' then
>>> they should be sent" to which he had no choice but to agree.
>>>
>>> This time I had around 10-13 movies in my queue and there was no "must
>>> have 30 rule" applied. Generally when one would arrive, another would
>>> be sent by the end of the day.
>>>
>>> The issues were:
>>>
>>> * They would still take movies out of order. A couple times I had a
>>> movie that was number 3 or 4 sent despite the fact all the movies above
>>> it were "available now."
>>> * I live in Los Angeles so I'm sure the distribution center is close,
>>> movies should be arriving the next day after being sent, but this only
>>> happened a couple times. Generally movies took 2, sometimes even 3 days
>>> to arrive. I can't believe they're throttling new customers, I think
>>> it's just shabby service.
>>> * Netflix's biggest advantage over BB is selection. There were still
>>> new releases and foriegn films that BB didn't get that Netflix does.
>>> * The one HUGE advantate BB has over Netflix is on TV series disks:
>>> They will send you TWO SIDED disks. Netflix breaks up everything into
>>> one sided disks so you have to rent all of them as one disk. I rented
>>> Miami Vice season 1 disks from BB and got the two sided disks, which
>>> was great. I rented Miami Vice season 2 from Netflix and got one sided
>>> disks meaning I had to rent twice as many from them to get the same
>>> amount.
>>>
>>> Of course with Netflix, you get throttled if you have a high turnover
>>> so it's a lose-lose situation with them. I still hope a third large
>>> company will get going at some points whose slogan will be "We will not
>>> throttle" which would bring them lots of business.
>>>
>>> Because of Netflix's throttling, I will just be renting from the local
>>> mom & pop video store for the time being. When Netflix delivers disks
>>> on time, they are better than BB, but otherwise, you're might be better
>>> off with BB (you get the instore rental coupon too, as well as other
>>> store offers) if you're a regular renter and if you watch a lot of old
>>> TV shows.
>>>
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