Netflix Finally admits it slows down shipping for High Users

[lumis]

// Joke removed, discussed with member.
// --moderator lordsmurf

[glockjs]

netflix does use delay tactics for high volume users. i've experienced it myself.. but even with their delay tactics they're still head and shoulders above BB & WM online dvd rentals.. their selection of available movies (in my experience) is much much better & their shipping is much much faster.

i second that. they may use delay tactics but even with them delaying they're still better than most roflmao

[Guest]

Everyone keeps putting down BB, they are better than Netflix for me. I get 3 discs per week, no more no less from both. But BB gives 2 coupons and has more new release TV series available than Netflix. The day series are released they are available at BB almost always, it can be a week or more before the first disc is available at Netflix. Maybe it's different in different locations, but where I am and the discs I rent BB is better. I can also take those 2 coupons to Hollywood and use them there too, giving me 4 in store rentals. I've even used the coupons more than once at Hollywood.

how do you use them at hollywood?

[samijubal]

The Hollywood where I am accepts all BB coupons, no questions asked, ever. I've used them 3 times a month before.

[lordsmurf]

Nowhere have I seen anything akin to, 'yes, your movies are ready and we're able to ship them, but we're going to hold on to them for an extra day to slow you down.' If they have the labor available to ship them all out, and they don't, they're wasting money on labor by having processors standing around with nothing to do while your movies sit dormant at the distribution center.

But one must assume you're dealing with reasonable people. I see this, and say it all the time. It's common sense, much of it.

But sadly, most complainers are not sensible. Not reasonable. And the amount of common sense is severely questioned.

Then again, remember, some people make a hobby of complaining.

[Xylob the Destroyer]

...WOW!!! I wish I had a job that would let me watch 3 movies every other day and ship them right back. ...

I can't speak for lumis, but I work full-time (40 hours/week), and I had no problems with watching 3 movies a nite...
but, I do have a "regular" schedule (the exact same hours every day), which many people don't.

It's not a matter of having a job that allows it so much as it's a matter of having no life :P