Posted by Bob on 02/05/06 14:20

On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 02:21:47 -0600, Black Locust <bl2112@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>I know Blockbuster has been guilty of throttling subscribers, but it's
>my understanding that Netflix is twice as bad at it.

BB is twice as bad as NF. I just finished up one month of BB (which
cost me $1) and I got far fewer discs than I am now that I
resubscribed to NF.

In defense of both rental companies, there are two factors that you
should take into consideration:

1) The online rental business has literally exploded in recent times.
NF acquired all the customers of WalMart in one bunch, which had to
put out a big glitch in distribution. BB acquired Hollywood Video, and
got a bunch of new customers too.

2) No matter how much we pay the USPS, the service gets worse each
year. No more is that felt than around Christmas time for non-local
shipments.

The point is that your request may likely have to be satisfied by a
warehouse that is distant from your home which means that it is going
to take longer to ship to you.

So far NF wins my business even though I am not getting the same
performance as I got 6 months ago.

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I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first."
--Ronald Reagan

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