Posted by Derek Janssen on 06/09/07 14:01

Phisherman wrote:

> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 04:30:00 -0500, "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote:
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>>Netflix has been remarkably good and reliable since I joined 6 months ago,
>>until just recently...
>>
>>They've started delaying shipment of movies til the next day, after they
>>receive a movie back from me. In the past they've almost always shipped a
>>new movie the same day. Now most are delayed shipment til the next day.
>>
>>Anybody else seeing this problem?
>>
>>I asked them, and their response was that those movies were being shipped
>
>>from a different location, rather than my usual "hub" (presumably the
>
>>closest office location). I don't think that's logical nor a valid reason
>>for a shipping delay.
>
> It's called "throttling" and Blockbuster does it too.

Or, in my area's case, it's called "The movie being processed at the
center after the last mail-out deadline that day."

Derek Janssen
ejanss@comcast.net

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