Posted by Phisherman on 07/20/07 10:41

On Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:28:58 -0700, TH <thehendersons44@aol.com>
wrote:

>Hi, just a quick question. I have about 25 disks in my Netflix queue.
>About a third are new releases. I never get any new releases sent. The
>ONLY time I ever get a new release is about once every three or four
>weeks when I put a new release that comes out on Tuesday and they're
>shipping out a disk on the Monday before; this happens maybe once
>every three to four weeks. I've already complained about some
>throttling and got a "free disk" which I haven't used because I'm
>considering quitting the service. My question is, if I drop all my
>other movies outside the "new releases" (which all have "short" to
>"long" waits on them and I never ever get them sent, some are four to
>six weeks old) will they start sending me these new releases or will
>my queue just sit there with no disks sent since they're all
>supposedly "long wait?" Basically I have the other movies in my queue
>simply as filler for what I expected to be the occasional time I don't
>get a new release sent (I get most of these movies at the library) but
>since I'm at the point where I never get any new releases, it's
>basically pointless for me to remain with Netflix.
>
>So if I have nothing but new releases, would my "sent out" just remain
>empty? There can be no way that every single new release disk gets
>taken by other people constantly and I'm only at the 2 at a time plan.


Some DVDs are so popular which causes long waits in the cue. Having
some available DVDs in your cue is what you want, otherwise you will
not get any arrivals for some time. You won't be a happy Netflix
customer if you expect to get all the new releases quickly. I use
in-store Blockbuster 0.99 coupons for new releases.

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