Posted by Tonester on 02/05/06 19:57

"Black Locust" <bl2112@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:bl2112-4C4E2F.02214705022006@news.uswest.net...
> In article <zm7Ff.5975$Nv2.2491@newsread1.news.atl.earthlink.net>,
> "Tonester" <none@nospam.com> wrote:
>
>> Actually you only get 2 coupons
>
> Nope, looks like it's now officially 4 coupons. One per week.
>
> http://www.dvddossier.com/2006/02/blockbuster_cou.html
>
> Talk about a deal! I don't know why anyone would want to stick with
> Netflix after that.
>
>> but the main problem with BB is the 'no disc
>> time' you get with them. Once they receive your discs back it normally
>> takes
>> them 3-4 days to send the next movies. So with BB you're sitting there
>> with
>> a full queue, and NO movies out.
>
> I know Blockbuster has been guilty of throttling subscribers, but it's
> my understanding that Netflix is twice as bad at it. The complaints of
> Netflix throttling customers is rampant these days. Hell, just look at
> the subject header.

Trust me, as a customer of both (actually neither right now) BB is 10 times
as bad as Netflix. There's just no comparison.

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