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What may be happening is that Netflix is delaying sending discs to certain zip codes because they don't have enough pieces to meet bulk mail requirements in light of the lower demand for rental by mail.
Current USPS requirements are 500 pieces to the same zip code for First Class and 300 pieces for Media Mail. Since the bulk mail permit is purchased directly from the USPS, if you're short the required number of pieces, your account is charged the regular rate per piece if you're short.
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Last edited by lingyi; 29th Jan 2015 at 02:27. Reason: spelling
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Interesting development. On Tuesday, I received 3 dvds as scheduled for the first time in 6 deliveries. I'm supposed to get 2 tomorrow. We'll see if Tuesday was a fluke.
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I live in the heart of SoCAL so volume shouldn't be an issue.Originally Posted by lingyi
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NetFlix and the USPS have had disputes in the past concerning packaging and the cost involved in the sorting and delivery of discs.
This issue could still be the USPS. The USPS could be placing a low priority on shipments from Netflix. If ISPs can negotiate more money from Netflix to provide better service, so can the USPS.Google is your Friend -
Strange days. I received 2 discs on schedule and then the next one was a day late. I'm supposed to get 2 today. We'll see.
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I have been throttled again, or so it seems, called customer service and they have fallen from Nordies to Comcast in 6 months. Called Corp resolution and still got no direct answers to questions just the PoliticSpeak of staying on the point of it's the PO's fault. Well My local Netflix center and the PO sorting center are about a 1/4 mile apart and the PO center hasn't had cutbacks according to the center's Deputy Director at least.
They where willing to loose a customer of 14 years, over ONE free DVD rental.
And it is now taking two days to get my flix, 17 miles away, when a 1st class letter from 324 miles away comes overnight.
So I think it is NETFLIX trying to maximize its cash cow by slowing the shipping cycle.
I guess they have grown up a from the fun internet start-up that would bend over backwards to retain customers to the biggest supplier in the room and care about the customer as much as other virtual monopolies.
Suppose I'll just start going to the Cinema again.Last edited by WilBlue; 3rd Feb 2015 at 20:56. Reason: corretion of verb tense
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For the past 12 years I have always received my discs the next day.
But since the start of 2015 I now get my discs 3 days after Netflix says they ship. The envelopes indicate they come from the same distribution center and my queue still indicates next day expected delivery. When I mail my discs back, Netflix still always gets them the next day.
Too bad the Netflix envelopes don't have a post mark. If they had a post mark I could tell if Netflix is sending them when they say they are or if the slow down was due to the post office or mail carrier. -
My latest 2 dvds are late. On a side note, a dvd I mailed back to another dvd rental company took 8 days to go 45 miles. I think something's going on with USPS.
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Ditto. Or almost. I've usually had overnight delivery both directions for the last 10 or so years. Now in 2015 their shipments to me are delayed an extra day. That means that I receive about 1/3rd fewer DVDs, so in effect it's a silent rate hike.Originally Posted by Vidd
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This article may explain the delay: http://www.savethepostoffice.com/how-new-service-standards-may-slow-down-much-more-mai...service-saying
There's a lot of speculation based on what data is currently available, but the following excerpt ties in closely to what's being reported by posters:
"Before & After Network Rationalization
Here’s a table showing the differences in delivery times before and after Mail Processing Network Rationalization (MPNR). It shows the final quarter of fiscal year 2011 — under the old service standards — and a projection for what would happen when the new service standards went into effect. The table comes from page 90 of the Advisory Opinion on Network Rationalization and Service Standards prepared by the Postal Regulatory Commission, and it’s based on testimony provided by the Postal Service (p. 191-193).
In August 2014, the Postal Service published a rule in the Federal Register modifying the criteria governing which delivery standard (1, 2 or 3-5 days) would apply to some types of mail, so these projections do not reflect exactly what effects the new standards will have. But the Postal Service has not completed an evaluation of what these impacts will be — which prompted the USPS Office of Inspector General to issue a critical report in October 2014 — so at this point, the 2012 estimates in this table are what we have to work with.
As the table shows, before the changes in service standards went into effect, almost 60 percent of single-piece First Class Mail was delivered overnight. None of that mail will be delivered overnight anymore. Before the changes, about 85 percent of single-piece mail was delivered in one or two days, and the remaining 15 percent was delivered in three to five days. Under the new standards, 36 percent of single-piece mail will be delivered in three to five days." -
My last 2 DVDs from Netflix have been received next day. The difference is they mailed them early in the morning before 8am. Formerly they usually mailed them around 9-11am. So it looks like the post office probably changed their hours when mail must be received to go out that same day, which they've also done locally. It started at about 6:30 pm some 25-30 years ago and has gradually eroded, now 3:40 pm. So that's probably the cause. Netflix had to reschedule their operations into the wee hours to process incoming DVDs and then get new orders mailed out before the rooster crows...
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