Posted by Gary on 11/29/05 04:54

"Bill's News" <BillsNews@pcmagic.net> wrote in message
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> jallen99@cox.net wrote:
> Looking back over my rental history, I get 3 to 6 discs a week (about
> 18 per month).
> Sometimes it appears that NetFlix manipulates to their business model,
> but that still comes out to about $1 per disc and I never have to get
> off my fat butt and drive anywhere, and pay more than twice the price
> to do so after scouring the shelves for anything watchable.
>
> So far I've only had one NF disc that was unplayable, even after
> washing the peanut butter off ;-) And they shipped a replacement the
> next day, before I had even gotten the damaged disc into the mail.
>
> As to new releases, three of the four queued which are due out
> tomorrow, have been marked as shipping tomorrow (Tuesday). The only
> oddity here is that this is the first I recall them not being shipped
> on Monday? (but let's give them slack for recovering from the
> holiday). And there seems to be little one can do to predict which
> will be the short or long week. For example, all three discs were
> back to NF at least by last Wed - before the 4 day weekend - yet none
> was shipped then and none today? Might have been nice to have had a
> few lower on the queue discs over the holiday to keep the youngsters
> enthralled ;-)
>
> Still, its way better than the alternatives.
>


Look back over the last 3 months and check your average per week. If you are
paying for 3 DVDs outstanding, I seriously doubt you will average more than
3 a week, or 12 a month. You might really be lucky and get 14 in a given
month. I'd be jealous if you did.

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