Posted by Jeff Rife on 01/13/56 11:40

(hobnoblin@hotmail.com) wrote in alt.video.dvd:
> Finally, out of frustration, I sent Netflix an e-mail asking if they
> intended to carry the DVD. I wrote my e-mail late at night, when I do
> most of my web surfing.
> ......The next morning, no more than 9 hours after I'd sent my e-mail,
> I was elated to find that there was a page dedicated to "Superman the
> Animated Series, Season 2". A wave of warmth passed through me as I
> had "happy bunny" thoughts about Netflix's quick response to my
> inquiry. HOWEVER, when I put the DVD on my queue, it said VERY LONG
> WAIT!!!
> WTF?!?! How, without any "saved" page dedicated to the DVD, and
> without ANY notification that they now carried the DVD, did so damn
> many people suddenly become aware that Netflix had it?

Or, it could just be that the release of that set slipped by the Netflix
team, and you alerted them to it. They created a database entry for the
set before they had any copies anywhere in stock (exactly like what would
happen if you had placed it in your queue 3 months before the release
date).

Thus, since there were no copies in any Netflix warehouse, and no projected
return dates for any copies "VERY LONG WAIT" was how they described the
situation.

Tell us, how long did you actually wait for the first disk from that set?
I'll bet it was just about as long as it took Netflix to buy some copies
of the set, plus mailing time.

--
Jeff Rife | Sam: Hey, how's life treating you there, Norm?
|
| Norm: Beats me...then it kicks me and leaves me
| for dead.

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