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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./

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― 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)

It's still been working pretty good for me! It's not Netflix's fault that I put a bunch of stuff in my queue that has turned out to be dire.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Wednesday, 8 March 2006 18:12 (twenty years ago)

I created my own profile separate from the one owned by my Netflix husband. I already tried to get you to friend me, adamrl, and was denied. But if anyone else wants to try, I think you should probably be able to using the ephender-amp-hotmail-dt-cm address. Or at least in theory.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:17 (twenty years ago)

I'm not netflix anymore!

― Adamrl (nordicskilla), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:18 (twenty years ago)

I just sent you an Netflix invite.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:26 (twenty years ago)

Cool. It worked (even though I'm not the executor, or whatever, of the Netflix account). You've rated a shitload.

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:41 (twenty years ago)

Does the trick of returning two DVDs in one envelope to thwart their delays still work?

― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:45 (twenty years ago)

No.

(xpost) Haha yes I have.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

I just recently re-started a Netflix account since it's no longer convenient for me to go to Video Vault down in Old Town Alexandria. Seems like they're carrying a lot broader selection than they used to when I used them 5-6 years ago!

― phil d. (Phil D.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 00:47 (twenty years ago)

It's weird. You seem a much lighter grader than I, Alex/SF, but all the movies under the "movies we disagree over" blurb are movies I like:

Barry Lyndon
Eyes Wide Shut
Beetlejuice
The Last Temptation of Christ
Crash
It's a Wonderful Life
Rushmore
Million Dollar Baby

― Eric H. (Eric H.), Thursday, 9 March 2006 06:03 (twenty years ago)

Netflix is a cheap whore. I've been signed up for just over two months and they're starting to throttle me. I sent them an item on Monday and I'm not due to get its replacement 'til Saturday. And the site's down. It's down a lot, isn't it? Boo.

(The other night I got "The Thief of Bagdad", which I know no video store in 100 miles stocks and it was GREAT so I still love you, Netflix. But please don't take advantage of me any more.)

― Father Brian Eno (Father Brian Eno), Thursday, 9 March 2006 08:00 (twenty years ago)

"You seem a much lighter grader than I, Alex/SF"

I'm tend just overrate movies that I likeso I get more movies recommendations like those. I also underrate "popular" movies that I didn't like so I get no more movies like that. It's a good system although lately they seem to be recommending more Mystery! series than I would like.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:33 (twenty years ago)

I'm on Greencine now, I like it better already. But we'll see after the honeymoon ends.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:45 (twenty years ago)

I await full downloads like others await the Singularity.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:54 (twenty years ago)

Ned =

"I vow not to become involved, except when I become involved."

― pixel farmer (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 9 March 2006 18:58 (twenty years ago)

Ha ha pretty much.

― My Psychic Friends Are Strangely Silent (Ex Leon), Thursday, 9 March 2006 19:15 (twenty years ago)

Green Cine is going great. One day turnarounds (to/fro), tons of OOP dvds. Much better service. I'm a fan.

― Steve Shasta (Steve Shasta), Thursday, 16 March 2006 02:06 (twenty years ago)

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