Posted by brian on 01/12/74 11:38

"Incremental Jones" <no-no@na.net> wrote in message
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> "Von Fourche" <Monaco7876@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> How common is Netflix throttling?
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> Extremely common! If they were only honest and say there is a limit to the
> "unlimited" rental offers they wouldn't cause so much bad blood with
> customers. If there was a 10-15 disk a month limit on the 3-at-a-time plan
> then customers who hit their limit within the first 2 to 3 weeks might be
> more likely to upgrade rather than wait 1-2 weeks until their membership
> turns over. Holding disks before officially checking them in or holding
> them before mailing them out just to keep customers under 20 rentals a
> month is just nasty dishonest. As is artificially speeding up availability
> for new customers as opposed to loyal, long time customers.
>
I quit NetFlix a while back after having the same problem.I tried
Blockbuster by mail and they were no better.Now I just have Movie Pass at
Blockbusters.It's a little more expensive but I can get the movies when I
want them.It's about $26.00 with tax for 2 at a time.

BrianD

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