Posted by def456 on 08/12/07 17:29

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> "def456" <def456@none.none> wrote in message
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>> Anybody have a recent experience with Intelliflix? Comments?
>>
>> I tried their annual subscription in early 2006 and cancelled within a
>> month. It was a disaster. They were too slow and unreliable to ship
>> movies. Getting a refund was a major hassel. Ever a glutton for
>> punishment, I'm giving them another try now. This time I'm smarter and
>> only signed-up for 1 month of the standard plan, not their discounted
>> annual plan.
>>
>> One thing I like about Intelliflix, which Netflix and Blockbuster don't
>> offer anymore, is their 4x3 (1.33:1) movies. They offer some of the new
>> releases in 4x3 format as well.
>>
>> This diversification is partly because Netflix has had some poor service
>> recently, so I've now reduced my subscription there, and added
>> Blockbuster and Intelliflix. Each now have my 3-at-a-time subscription.
>> May the best man win... :)
>>
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> I joined Intelliflix about 6 weeks ago because they had about a dozen
> titles listed as "available" that Netflix didn't carry. In my first 3
> weeks, they've sent me two of the titles, and none since then. To be
> fair, all of these were listed as "long wait" when I put them in my cue,
> but I haven't been thrilled with how long the shipping and return process
> takes with them--with Netflix I can receive a film, ship it back, and get
> the next one all in a total of 3 or 4 days maximum--Intelliflix takes over
> a week (more if you include weekend days because I don't think they work
> Sundays AND Saturdays).
>
> I'm going to keep my subscription to Netflix and change my account at
> Intelliflix to "pay by the rental" and just use them for the very few
> titles Netflix sometimes doesn't have in their stock. I wouldn't be
> surprised if their service goes belly-up soon...
>

I'm signed up for the 3-out-at-a-time plan with all three rental services
below. I have been keeping 30+ movies in my queue with each of them, a
mixture of new and old releases. The current score is:

Blockbuster is the winner! They have shipped me 19 movies in the last 24
days. That's a rate of 24 movies per month, an average cost of $0.71 per
movie, and includes several new releases. Blockbuster seems reliable about
shipping the next movie from my queue the same day as they receive a movie
back from me. They ship & receive Monday-Saturday.

Netflix has shipped me 8 movies in the last 14 days. That's a rate of 17
movies per month, an average cost of $1.00 per movie. A couple of those were
new releases, but they seem somewhat slower than Blockbuster to ship new
releases. Also Netflix is slower to ship after receiving a returned movie,
often shipping the next day rather than the same day. They ship & receive
Monday-Friday (not on Saturday).

Intelliflix has shipped me 8 movies in the last 21 days. That's a rate of 11
movies per month, an average cost of $1.60 per movie. None of those were new
releases and most came from the bottom half of my queue. Currently they show
me as having only 1 movie out, but have not shipped me anything in the last
week. It's not clear when they work, but it appears to be irregular.

Obviously I won't keep Intelliflix beyond the 30 days trial. Blockbuster and
Intelliflix are both keepers, at this point. Netflix has been going downhill
in recent months, while Blockbuster has been improving.

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