Netflix mailings

[powaking]

How many of you have lost movies in the mail from Netflix? I've lost 2 movies being sent back to them and 1 movie being sent to me.

Just wondering how common this is.

[Hardcoreruss]

Sorry to crash but we don;t have netflix here what I want to know is what happens when they get lost, do you get charged ?

[Gazorgan]

Never lost a movie. I only drop them off at a mailbox.

I do know for a fact that Netflix doesn't check in movies they receive the same day. Often movies received on a Thursday don't appear as 'received' until a Tuesday (they don't work on weekends). I would send them in with tracking numbers, and have postal proof.

I dropped them because despite having a center less than 100 miles away, I only ever got 3 movies/week. Since I wanted to see some series I miss from my youth, it was impossible. Series disks are seperated out (as are extra disks), and at 2 cartoons/disk, it was 29 disks. 10 weeks to see the series.

I got it from the library for free......

[Hardcoreruss]

So do all the return mailers have tracking ?

[powaking]

I've dropped mine off at the post office and thats when 2 of them never got to them. My delivery's are pretty quick. If I send them in on Monday, they usually receive them on Tuesday and if I'm lucky get another batch on Wednesday, most likely on Thursday.

But I have noticed that ever since upping my account to 5 discs delivery has taken about 1-2 days longer.

To answer your question when losing a movie in the mail you just report it on the website. I haven't gotten charged for the 3 that got lost but they do make it so that you can purchase them if you want :P

And no none of the sleaves have tracking. That would be expensive to Netflix thus so would the monthly membership.

[alhall]

I've been using NetFlix now for almost two years, never had any problems. I can go through 10 - 18 movies a month.

[Will Hay]

Sorry to crash but we don;t have netflix here what I want to know is what happens when they get lost, do you get charged ?

So do all the return mailers have tracking ?

Hey Russ.
I use www.dvdsontap.com (or as they're known now, www.lovefilm.com) and they're great.
I've used them for nearly a year and only had issue with one (which was never lost, it turned up in my sons toybox a month after).
I sent two back last Friday (9th) and they're not showing up as being recieved, which is odd.
You get postage included (back and forth) too.
Their T&C's simply state that they appreciate things could get lost, but if it happens too often then they reserve the right to cancel your membership.
If you're thinking of trying one (two week free trail with lovefilm.com) let me know, I get a month for for every three referral's that take out a membership.
Will

[Hardcoreruss]

Yeah think I will, how much is the membership fee ?

[coyote]

I once sent back a copy of Rocky Horror to netflix and they never received it. All I had to do was report it on the web site and there was no reprocussions.

The only thing I can think of is that I have been using them for over a year and this is the only time a dvd was lost. I am pretty sure they took that into account.

[waylman]

Netflix rocks. I get 3 movies every Monday and Friday.

[cim]

Are there any other "good" choices other than Netflix? I live in Western Pennsylvania. There are alot of movies I'd like to watch that I cannot rent or buy locally. I know I could buy them on-line, but I think I'd only watch them once, so a mailing service like Netflix sounds like a good idea... I was just wondering if there was any competition for them. Thanks.

[Treebeard]

Walmart also offers a service similar to netflix. I use netflix and get about 3 movies every 8 or 9 days.

[AdamRA4]

I just had one that never came into thew mail and had to report it lost. They do not charge you, you just cant get a whole lot of "losts" in a very short time. My account is set up where I get 5 DVDs at a time. I liek about 15-20 Miles away form a Netflix Warehouse so it only takes one day to get a movie. I usually get anywhere from 3-7 movies a week to watch if I wanted to. I get a lot of episodes (eg. Simpsons, X-Files, Jackass...) because some I havent seen. Netflix is geat!

[wolv6769]

I've had Netflix for a month and was able to rent 18 movies during that period. I lost two days with Christmas Day and New Years day, so the rental total could have been higher. No lost movies, yet.

There are other services, DVD Avenue lets you rent games, as well. For those who are into PS2.

[mrhua]

I use a competitor to Netflix called EHit and the service was solid for about a year. However, in the past 2 months, I have had about 3 different mailings not show up. Since their service is 4 dvds out, each mailer has 2 dvds in it. I usually just click "did not receive" and there was no issue. This most recent time I was told that I had too many 'did not recieves' and had to buy the DVDs at $20 each.

Interestingly enough, the DVDs that I had not received *did* show up 3 days after I complained; I've never had a DVD delievery that took that long before. I wonder if they sent it out after I complaigned?

Regardless, how many DVDs can you 'never recieve' before netflix starts charging you? Has anyone else had a similar problem with netflix or ehit?

[Will Hay]

Yeah think I will, how much is the membership fee ?

It's £9.99 for every single disk you have out at anyone time (I used ot average six a month), £14.99 per month per two disks (I have this and average 12) and £19.99 for three disks (yes, you've guessed it, I suppose you'll average eighteen rentals a month).
It helps if you have a wife on maternity leave who watches them same day and posts them back that afternoon
PM me first pal if you decide to jump in, I'll email you a 'refer a friend' email.
Will

[sitlet]

wow, you guys get a lot per month. i can only get 3 every week. i get 3 on wednesday, watch them, send them back on thursday, netflix gets them by monday, sends 3 more out, and i get them on wed again. is there any special tricks to getting more per week? should i send them out on a different day or something?

[jeex]

i'm averaging 6 dvd's a week, and every 3 or 4 weeks i can get 9.. hopefully historical black leader day (monday) doesnt throw my method off.

[wolv6769]

@Sitlet

I believe it has to do with where your located. I'm in Chicago, and I know Netflix has a warehouse here. I return them on any day Monday thru Friday, and Netflix gets it the next day. They send it out the same day, and I get it the following day.

[thayne]

I had 3 lost last year, just reported them MIA and it's no biggie, they don't charge you for them.

[ChrisX]

How many of you have lost movies in the mail from Netflix? I've lost 2 movies being sent back to them and 1 movie being sent to me.

This is one reason I'll never hire online or the mail. It is much better and quicker for me to VideoEzy nearby for hired DVDs.

[jeex]

How many of you have lost movies in the mail from Netflix? I've lost 2 movies being sent back to them and 1 movie being sent to me.

This is one reason I'll never hire online or the mail. It is much better and quicker for me to VideoEzy nearby for hired DVDs.

local video stores are okay, but i really like this online thing (especially since there is a warehouse 50 miles from where i live), because its a much better value and if you think of a movie you can put it on your que and not forget about it..

by the way, do you have the full sized version of your avatar? that picture ******* rules. i love tits

[Rookie64]

Out of 3 years, I only had one lost in the mail...but it's much more common to receive damaged discs.

I ususally get at least one per month that is cracked - they should send them in a padded sleave to help prevent that from happening.

They'll replace damaged discs when it's reported, and there's no extra charge, but that usually screws up your waiting period for the next movie you're waiting on.


I'd have to say Netflix is a better service than Walmart.

Walmart is extremely slow, and they don't replace damaged discs...you have to wait until they recieve the damaged disc before you get another, and you have to re-order to get a replacement for the one that was damaged.


Worst part about either is the waiting period between titles that are marked as short wait, long wait, very long wait
If you get those for any Walmart titles, you may as well forget about ever receiving those.
They also say some are available, but don't send them...even if they are at the top of your priority list, they'll continuously skip over them and send one that's further down on your list instead.


Walmart offers more obscure titles - Netfilx pulls a lot of stuff that doesn't meet with their standards.


I only recommend either if you're looking for harder to find titles.
Neither is worth it for stuff you can easily rent at your local video store.

[DeadLamb]

@Sitlet
I believe it has to do with where your located.

yeah it's all about the location of your return centers and then the center they send it from.. So in my case my return center is located just down town (Sacramento) so 98% if the films I send back it's just a day turn around. In other words, mail back on Monday, they get it Tuesday, process, mail out a new one, I get that on wed.. Of course for some films they have to send it from a distant center and that can take a few days but that is rare. After all, I'm also near the San Jose center too as far as sending me stuff quick.

As for lost films, so far it's zero. I did have had a few where I mailed say 3 DVD off on Wed but they only got 2 of them the next day. Odds are that is more due to overload then anything else..

Did have one really strange issue where a film never got to me but a few days later it was marked as returned.. AWWWWW!!! So on of my neighbors got it, watched it and mailed it back I think!! Oh well, at least the did not keep it.

As for mailing films back it is a REALLY good idea to make sure they are getting mailed in a post office or closed big blue mail box. Not the local apartment drop or one of the drive up boxes where someone can fish the mail out of them. I think a lot of netflix DVDs lost are not really lost by the USPS but stolen before if can get into the hands of the USPS.

Even with the wait it still way better to go netflix then blockbuster and so on. Cheaper, better range of films and the only down side is some hot films take FOREVER to get in.. So that sucks if you really want to see one or two films and only those films. If your a fan of movies and willing to flex as to what is sent on the list or rent box sets netflix etc is hard to beat.

[pacmania_2001]

by the way, do you have the full sized version of your avatar? that picture ******* rules. i love tits

Do a google search for the term "beer wench", you'll find a full sized version of that picture.

[jeex]

hmm. i'm not finding it, i find other wenches and stories about a wench getting doused.. but not that particular beer wench.

[pacmania_2001]

Hmm... strange. I'll have a look later for the picture. I know the full sized version was used for various newspapers and websites and I think the video was on the news.

[ChrisX]

hmm. i'm not finding it, i find other wenches and stories about a wench getting doused.. but not that particular beer wench.

The full size picture is here: http://news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,3600,313433,00.jpg

Another one: http://www.thesundaymail.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,1658,313645,00.jpg

The links here and there

[jeex]

damn.. she looks alot better in your avatar.

[ChrisX]

damn.. she looks alot better in your avatar.

I have to find the picture in one of my computer's Temp Internet Folder. I've just saved the pictures.

You're lucky to get the pictures as it is in the search for "warning to louts" and just about to be archived. It will be gone by tomorrow.