Posted by hobnoblin@hotmail.com on 02/23/06 18:52

Derek Janssen wrote:
> hobnoblin@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> >>>
> >>>>Major movies might arrive at their centers early and be ready for street
> >>>>date; smaller movies (with fewer customers "reserve" top-queueing them
> >>>>ahead of time) might arrive at the office on Tuesday and need till
> >>>>Wednesday or Thursday to be incorporated into rental stock--
> >>>
> >>>Dererk, if "AAMof" Netflix ONLY uses "very long wait" to denote
> >>>"out-of-print" or "acquisition-pending", could you please explain why
> >>>ALL of these movies I mentioned earlier.......
> >>>
> >>>>>>>"Ultimate Avengers", "Aliens Gone Wild", "Ant: America's Ready", and
> >>>>>>>"Lie With Me".
> >>>
> >>>.....are STILL coming up "very long wait" on my queue?
> >>>
> >>>>Put a 48-hour grace-period moratorium on all conspiracy theories if this
> >>>>week's movie happens to be showing a "Short Wait" the day it opens.
> >>>
> >>>Okay, 48 hours are up, and all four new releases still say "very long
> >>>wait". Now what?
> >>
> >>...Well, guess I'd better return my copy of "Ultimate Avengers" then. :)
> >>(it's pretty good, btw, for a Justice League ripoff)
> >
> > It is virtually impossible to have a discussion with you. It's as if
> > your conversational abilities are limited to specious "facts" and
> > ridiculous wisecracks that either have nothing to do with the
> > discussion
>
> (Yep--Hard when people blow your threads off for being an idiot, huh?)
>
> > You previously said: "AAMoF, "Very Long Wait" is now pretty much ONLY
> > used to denote out-of-print or acquisition-pending copies-- The tactful
> > version of "We ain't got one/yet."
> >
> > When I point out to you that my queue indicates many movies released
> > this week, Avengers among them, still say "very long wait" even AFTER
> > your 48 hour "conspiracy deadline", you bolster my argument by
> > confessing that Netflix HAS Avengers, but still uses "very long wait"
> > to describe an available DVD.
>
> Well...that would be the "yet" then, wouldn't it?
>
> >>...Well, guess I'd better return my copy of "Ultimate Avengers" then. :)
> >
> > Good idea. Maybe then, my VERY LONG WAIT won't be so long.
>
> ...Uh, yeah. Maybe.
> Would be nice if there weren't so many customers ahead of you, now, at that.
>
> Derek Janssen (so, what was our original point again?--"They're lying to
> you?"..."Holding out on you?" Please refresh.)
> ejanss@comcast.net

My point is that you shouldn't pass yourself off as someone
knowledgeable about Netflix's inner workings...

"AAMoF, "Very Long Wait" is now pretty much ONLY used to denote
out-of-print or acquisition-pending copies-- The tactful version of "We
ain't got one/yet"

....when you've demonstrated beyond all doubt that you have no idea what
you're talking about.

THAT'S the point.

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