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Well that and the fact that I got TWO movies this week, because they decided to pretend that half of what I sent got lost. I mean that was fucking obnoxious too.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:32 (twenty years ago)

I've had enough w/Netflix.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:33 (twenty years ago)

Yeah the problem is that the best alternatives are either too appalling to consider (Blockbuster) or supposedly not much better (Greencine).

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:35 (twenty years ago)

xpost
Exactly Alex, that's my biggest problem.

mon: i send back ratcatcher and l'avventura simultaneously
tue: they say "we just received ratcatcher" and send the next movie
wed: nothing
thu: nothing
fri: "we just received l'avventura"

Bullshit. Stop being so fucking slimy and implying it's the postal service's fault. Throttling is in the press, it's (finally) in the terms of service, just tell me you received my movie and the next one is shipping in two days or whatever.

― inert false cat (sleep), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:36 (twenty years ago)

You guys are cute.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

I realized how much better Reel's selection is (especially with Criterion things that are out of print), plus I can augment it with the pretty impressive selection at Berkeley library. I go out with the DVD vultures every Saturday morning to check the new arrivals. Whenever I see them swarming, I always assume they're after the same stuff I am but I overheard the weirdo next to me snatch up a disc and mutter in awe under his breath "hmmm...Dan Ackroyd!".

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:37 (twenty years ago)

I've seen most of the Criterion things which are out of print and most of the other out of print stuff I couldn't care less about anyway. And the video stores with comparable selections to Netflix are far flung from my house so I couldn't head over there anyway. I should hit up the library though.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:50 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I just discovered a new branch of my county's library really close to my apartment. Their selection isn't very big, but it's well-chosen. I still need Netflix for most things though.

― inert false cat (sleep), Friday, 17 February 2006 19:57 (twenty years ago)

i talked to netflix today about how slowly i've been getting movies, and they totally denied throttling and blamed it on the postal service (surprise surprise). she said she'd send out the next disc on my list even though they hadn't yet processed my last returned disc (which should have gotten to them three days ago)...as if she was doing me a big favor.

was reading a bit similar companies, and i'm feeling like i'm pretty much stuck with netflix if i want my mailed dvds. i wonder how much i can muster up the energy to harrass customer service.

― Juulia (julesbdules), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:16 (twenty years ago)

I'm about to embark upon GREEN CINE. I'll spare you the details of my Netflix displeasure but just say it was similar to most of your frustration and I'm not even a big candidate for the throttling.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Mr. Shasta, let me know how Greencine works out.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:31 (twenty years ago)

why is blockbuster such an apallin alternative to netflix? two free store rental coupons should be able to cover shippin gaps if it's at all like netflix...is it?

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:35 (twenty years ago)

My reasons for hating Blockbuster are both corporate (I find their one world-one video store model gross) and cultural (I find their practice of editing their films and focusing on "family" fare grotesque.) I should probably hate Netflix for the some of the same reasons now, but my loathing of Blockbuster is much longer standing and entirely inflexible.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:40 (twenty years ago)

Greencine are good (local!)people, but I'm think I'm soured on postal DVD services for a while. Do let us know how it works out, Mr. Shasta.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:49 (twenty years ago)

I've been having problems with this too and I don't even go through like 5 movies a month lately, I've been too busy. But sho nuff I send in a movie and it takes like a week before they acknowledge and send something else. Sometimes there will be a two day lag between acknowledgement and the sending-another-one message. Are thye just throttling EVERYONE now?

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:50 (twenty years ago)

Jaymc's a pretty good candidate for a throttling, wouldn't you say?

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

i've been a two month member now, and this happens to me on and off, but it doesnt take THAT long, maybe an extra day for them to recieve it, and an extra in shipping. usually 1-2 days longer than when i first signed on... ugh./

xpost

― AaronK (AaronK), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:53 (twenty years ago)

My relationship with Netflix has gone the way all but the most special love affairs tend to go.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 20:55 (twenty years ago)

I've found someone else and she's more honest and well, cheap.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:01 (twenty years ago)

Ours have been prompt lately - received the day after we send them back and the next movie to us within 2 days. But ours are processed out of Spokane, which I would guess doesn't get as much traffic as the service centers for more populated areas. The one movie that took far too long to get was Worst Witch, probably because they only have one copy of the abysmal thing.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:02 (twenty years ago)

Hahahaha oh my god you netflixed the Worst Witch too??? The Tim Curry song extravaganza is possibly the strangest thing that has ever--EVER--been put to film.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:09 (twenty years ago)

Netflix has been really fast for us lately after an extended period of slow-as-Christmas. All three of us have periods when we are slow to turn discs around, so I guess we're not marked for throttling, but the last three weeks, we've been burnin' through the queue.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:15 (twenty years ago)

After The Worst Witch you need to get Return to Oz and watch the most fucked-up thing Disney has ever made.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:17 (twenty years ago)

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

But I have noticed that our service is starting to slow down after 7 months, especially since the shipping facility is in Indy and I know mail only takes one day to get there.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:18 (twenty years ago)

I LOVE Return To Oz!

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

I could not believe how OMG! WTF! BIZARRE! that Tim Curry thing was. We debated on burning a copy, to have around for posterity, but realized it was better to just remember it than have it in the house.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

Where are you again, Jocelyn? Bloomington?

I should know this by now.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:19 (twenty years ago)

No, its rival to the North. That scene where Mumbi is running around without her head on gave me such nightmares as a child.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:22 (twenty years ago)

Throttle me. Go ahead. I dare you.

― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:23 (twenty years ago)

Hahah! I'm putting Return to Oz on the top of the queue!

BTW, I grab things off those of you on my Friends list ALL the time. I am the lamest of Netflix friends, always taking and with a piddly amount of ratings and reviews.

Not West Laf, Jocelyn? I did the Purdue thing for awhile.

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:24 (twenty years ago)

That's where she lives! I forgot.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

I've never been there but I've been past.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Jaq, did you see that website that had an entire review of the Worst Witch? It put tears in my eyes.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:25 (twenty years ago)

Oh no - I must MUST find that!

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:26 (twenty years ago)

http://www.x-entertainment.com/worst.html

we actually ripped an MP3 of the song, that was too good to let slide into memory lane.

― Allyzay Rofflesberger (allyzay), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:28 (twenty years ago)

Adam next time you must stop and we will drink like old comrades.

― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:29 (twenty years ago)

alright.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:31 (twenty years ago)

Tim's dressed up with a bat bowtie and a gay pride rainbow cape the size of a hang glider.

OMG! I can't read any more of this at work! It's all coming back to me!

― Jaq (Jaq), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:36 (twenty years ago)

Aren't UK ilxors jealous of this netflix? I just checked out the amazon.com version for the UK, and it's way worse. Plus I prefer netflix's layout.

― richardk (Richard K), Friday, 17 February 2006 21:56 (twenty years ago)

UK has LoveFilm.

― Codename: Paul Scholes (nordicskilla), Friday, 17 February 2006 22:13 (twenty years ago)

two weeks pass...

Jocelyn, we watched Return to Oz. You are so OTM - what a completely fucked up kids' movie!

― Jaq (Jaq), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:00 (twenty years ago)

I cancelled my account. The throttled delays were pretty ridiculous considering the level of service I was paying for. Also, I waited 4 months with Swamp Thing at the top of my queue! Ridiculous!

I'm not going to spend money on a rental service in the near future, but when I do, I will go with something like greencine I guess. They have the Turkish ET, which is pretty cool.

― Polysix Bad Battery (cprek), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:31 (twenty years ago)

Ooh we should add Return to Oz. I saw that in the theater as a kid! I didn't think it was any more fucked up and nightmarish than the Neverending Story, TBH.

Last night we watched Four Brothers, that was immensely gratifying somehow.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:36 (twenty years ago)

I've been getting DVD's where the contrast goes from normal to a pinkish hue and then back again, it does this over and over (even when paused). WTF?

I'm probably going to cancel my account as requesting a replacement copy has never worked.

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:39 (twenty years ago)

That's the copy protection on the DVDs fucking with your TV. How is your DVD player plugged into the set?

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:40 (twenty years ago)

What is Macrovision?
Macrovision is a copying protection system, that is installed on ‘most’ DVDs. Macrovision causes varying colour balances and distorts the picture on any attempts at copying to a VHS.

― TOMBOT, Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:42 (twenty years ago)

Through the VCR.

xpost. AHA! thanks!

― laurence kansas (lawrence kansas), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 16:43 (twenty years ago)

Sigh. For some reason they've been slightly better lately (I am guessing the days I was on vacation are registering or maybe I've been watching slower.) I'm still not going to quit unless I know for sure that what I am replacing it with is actually better.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 17:55 (twenty years ago)

I'm knocking wood -- they've been faster than ever, and we're turning stuff around back to them in one or two days.

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:09 (twenty years ago)

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