Netflix - Not bad! Qwikster - uh, never mind...

Switching to DVD usually made them slightly less of a wait. However, Blu-ray is pretty much the only reason I'm using a mailing service anyway.

I guess the movies I want to watch no one else cares about then. I see this happen with some brand new releases, but I usually get them within a couple of weeks.

Only one is a V long wait! (Maybe more when I've gone thru the ILX film poll). Just intersted in the logic behind it, is all.
Just had a look at their FAQs and they don't really say except that you may get a 'differentiated' service depending on how you use your account, and they tend to give priority to those who receive fewest DVDs (all other things being equal).

I've never had a problem with Netflix, great service actually. Think once I've had an unwatchable disk and one time I had to wait an extra day while processing.

And to be clear, the DVD's definitely had waits too (something I had almost never experienced previously).

Ah Blu-ray. Okay that's a whole different animal.

who gives a fuck, if you have to wait they send you an extra dvd!

i have 500 discs in my queue and three are short waits. no problems on this end.

For years, I've been able to get new releases within a week of release. Now I can't. They're not managing service level expectations very well.

And Fig, I'm talking about DVD wait times too.

xxp obviously some people give a fuck.

well obviously, but WHY?

they send you an extra one and then the one you wanted comes A WHOLE DAY LATER...

this is a degree of whiny tight-assery that should be filed under some word that "first world problems" won't adequately cover

They send you the next one in your queue, but they won't send the one you want until it is 1. in stock, and 2. they receive the next envelope from you.

When it takes 5 weeks for those stars to align it can be annoying.

IN MY DAY WE HAD TO GO TO THE PENNY ARCADE AND FEED THE MACHINE

stop being such a white tight ass spencer

oh wait that said whiny

WAIT A MINUTE, I'M CHANGING THE REEL ON THIS NEW BLOCKBUSTER 'THE GREAT TRAIN ROBBERY'. THE CANNISTERS WERE JUST DROPPED OFF VIA PONY EXPRESS LAST MONTH.

That's half-whiny to you!

Inglorius Basterds has been at the top of my queue since it was released on DVD and it is still listed as Very Long Wait.

I agree that after a while, this gets pretty annoying.

"this is a degree of whiny tight-assery that should be filed under some word that "first world problems" won't adequately cover"

This is amazingly rich.

xp Weird - I just put IB in my queue to see, and it was listed as available "Now". Oh, Netflix, you and your shady algorithms.

Sure, but will it say "Now" when it's time for Netflix to actually send it to you?

Good point!

It's interesting that you would see different availability. You're both looking at DVD, not Blu-ray?

do you guys live near each other?

I added Paranormal Activity to our queue about a week before it was released, but there were two movies ahead of it. When I sent the disc before it back I checked the availability and it said "Long Wait", but it still showed up in our mailbox two days later.

yeah I hit em up for Serious Man like 4 days ago and it said "long wait" but then it arrived on Saturday

Yeah I get Long Wait movies all the time (like BLACK DYNAMITE.)

I'm glad I posted here, because it is clear that you people are the reasons for my long waits! first few movies on my queue that have been getting skipped: A Serious Man, Zombieland, Black Dynamite... and then Hurt Locker and Inglourious, which I got so sick of waiting for I just bought them on Blu-Ray (cheap on amazon).

Well I got Black Dynamite on Friday and returned it the next day. Same with Hurt Locker.

Yeah its awesome because I call them and say, "hey, could you please not send this movie over to richie aprile (rockapads) and send it over to me instead?", and they are always like, "sure! no problem".

i knew it!

Don't worry, I'm going to go after Alex in SF's movies next. You should start getting yours again!

I have Black Dynamite out right now, btw.

plz to hurry so i can watch, lol, and post my opinions to the black dynamite thread. thx.

-r.a.

Out of 455:

Very Long Wait
Paranormal Activity
Zombieland
Beau Travail
Inglorious Basterds

Long Wait
Igby Goes Down
Band of Brothers Disc 1
Gladiator

Short Wait
Duck! The Carbine High Massacre
Family Nest
The Deer Hunter
Ball of Wax
Country Boys Disc 1
The September Issue
Dead Snow

That's really weird because I just now checked my queue and Zombieland is 3rd on the list and says 'Now'.

When I sent the disc before it back I checked the availability and it said "Long Wait", but it still showed up in our mailbox two days later.

I've never had to wait very long for a "long wait" movie, tbh. Usually two or three days.

watch less new movies, they generally suck

Maybe you should watch more new movies, which suck less

FWIW, 3 of the very long waits are blu Ray.

Do you guys all live near each other? I would think wait time would correlate very closely to which distribution center you were closest to.

Apparently the one copy of Inglorious Basterds at the Austin distro center is in constant demand. I guess ol' QT is pretty popular around here...

I'm in Chicago.

I was only ever annoyed when I got a movie after a wait and then it was too scratched to play.

that's annoying, but also a situation where they will send you a new copy as soon as you report the problem.

They're customer service has been great. There have been some issues with syncing on the watch instantly movies, and each time I've reported the issue, they've given me a credit on my account.

isn't it also a function of now many movies you rent per month? i'm absolutely terrible, keep things for weeks (i do use Roku all the time though) so Netflix is dying to keep my business - I think I got Hurt Locker the day after I put it at the top of my queue, same w Inglourious Basterds.

This is something that really bugs me with how they prioritize things. The more moeny you spend and the more movies you can get at once, the slower your service is. Kind of strikes me as ass-backwards.

Netflix, every time I think "Oh I'm just going to cancel this for a few months" and go to the website and see how cheap it is and how many movies I get, I can't bear myself to do it. Recently I moved and where I moved to there is a 1-2 day return on movies if I mail them out in the morning at the post box down the street.