Posted by Jaszmin on 10/18/05 08:49

Netflix gives me 6 to 9 movies a month for $18
if I get them back fast enough. Netflix claims
about not having to return a video on time are
bullshit. The faster you get them back, the more
value you get from your subscription. And they
take advantage of no weekend mail delivery
and not on holidays either, to cut their expense and
make the service less worthwhile.

Mike Rice


On 1 Sep 2005 10:42:38 -0700, omarenoryt@aol.com wrote:

>
>Black Locust wrote:
>> In article <11harvua0mfk7d7@corp.supernews.com>,
>> "Alpha" <none@none.net> wrote:
>>
>> > I smell bankruptcy.
>>
>> Not likely. Despite all the hype that would lead you to believe
>> otherwise, Netflix only has about 3 million customers at present. This
>> is actually quite pathetic when you look at the big picture. As great as
>> their service may be for 'some' people, they're like the anti-Christ for
>> the casual renter. The casual renter: "You want me to let you guys
>> auto-charge my credit card 20 bucks every month when all I want to do is
>> rent a couple of movies a month? No thanks."
>
>Two movies a month wouldn't apply to the $18 plan, liar. Try making
>sense next time.
>
> You get the idea... There
>> are roughly 80 million homes equipped with DVD players now. Movie
>> Gallery probably has about 25% to 30% of these customers. This leaves
>> the rest of them for Blockbuster to shovel up and that's A LOT of
>> people. With their no late fee policy, they're probably reeling them in
>> easy. As far as I know, Blockbuster is the first video rental chain that
>> has ever let people rent product from them without getting nailed with a
>> fine for returning the product a day or two late.. You can make moronic
>> complaints about the little $1.25 restocking fee or the fact that they
>> auto-sale the DVD to your account, but the fact is, if you know how to
>> milk their system effeciently, you can basically rent a DVD from them
>> for about 40 days and only pay a total of $6.50 for it! Netflix(or any
>> of blockbuster's other competitors) can't even begin to touch a bargain
>> like that.
>> --
>> "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we.
>> They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people,
>> and neither do we." - George Dumbya Bush

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