Posted by lorincantrell on 01/17/77 11:51

Beavis wrote:
> In article <12a6356s12tht0d@corp.supernews.com>,
> "Kirk Frei" <fangoria@muscanet.com> wrote:
>
> > I've noticed in the last month or so that it takes
> > an extra day for my email message that they
> > have received my dvd.
>
> That was when I finally canceled Netflix. I *knew* they were
> deliberately screwing with my arrival dates. It wasn't the post office,
> of that I'm certain.
>
> How can I be sure?
>
> Because I put two DVDs in the *same* red envelope, and their "arrival
> dates" were TWO DAYS APART.
>
>
> Further, I had "Wedding Crashers" on my list for two *months* up until I
> canceled, and it never left Long Wait status. As soon as I was
> apparently flagged as a heavy user, no new releases were available to me.
>
> If Netflix wants to advertise, say, 15 DVDs a month for $19.95 without
> throttling, I'll consider signing up again. (It'd work just like the
> two-at-a-time, four-a-month-max plan.)
>
> But advertising "unlimited" with no intention of providing it to those
> who actually would use it? No way. I now know better.

Not saying your weren't throttled, because I believe they do throttle
evil "heavy users." But sometimes the post office makes a difference.
If I mail my discs from home they always take three or four business
days to arrive back at Netflix (though all their discs to me get here
in 2 days). Now if I mail my discs from the house of a relative who
lives 55 miles FURTHER away than I do, they get there in 2 days like
clockwork. The difference is the mail goes through 2 different USPS
sorting centers. I live in postal "dead zone." Sucks to be me.

-beaumon

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