Posted by Derek Janssen on 01/13/41 11:40

gunner wrote:
>
> My experience with NF apperars to be about the same as yours. I think that
> the people who are spending so much time and effort bad mouthing NF have
> very unreasonable expectations. To get the service they seem to be
> expecting NF would have provide portal to portal service. Everything one
> wants does not happen over night. Immediate gratification is, sadly enough
> for some, not always possible. False advertising? I think not.
> Unreasonable expectations? Probably so. If you don't like the NF service,
> drop it. If enough NF customers feel the same and take the same step, the
> Market will act and NF will pay for it's supposed transgretions.
>
> By the by. I recently tried Block Busters 14 day free trial. Their
> distribution center is in Seattle, about 20 miles North of NF's Tacoma site.
> I received three discs on the 3 out plan during the trial period. None were
> at the top of my want list. I also received two free coupons neither of
> which I used since the local store's video selection is apparently target to
> the 14-15 year old demographic pool.
>
> During the same period I received seven movies form NF one of which was
> shipped from Lakeland, Fl. which is about as far from my home here in Port
> Orchard, WA as you can get and still be in CONUS.
>
> As I have asked the NF naysayers before, When Should I Expect to Start
> Getting Screwed by NF.

You can EXPECT to any time you like, and those who do, engage in it
fairly constantly... ;)

As to whether you actually *will* or not, depends on just exactly what
you want out of the service.

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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