NetFlix long Waiting time

Cyrus: Curious, your experience has been different than mine. I agree that there is occasionally a waiting period for the newest or most popular releases, but I keep from 15-20 DVD's in my rental queue, so there is always something arriving. I also make a point to notify Netflix when I have mailed an item back, and that seems to speed up the exchange process. I am not aware of any other service like Netflix. For those occasional times when I don't want to wait for a new release, I trot down to my local Hollywood Video and rent the new movie.

Cyrus,

My experience with Netflix was the same as yours. I had a queue that contained 50 discs, but the only ones that were available were old 1980's vintage movies. All the current releases were long waits.

As a result, I ended up cancelling my membership. To bad too. The service was well thought out, and in the beginning, worked very well. But it didn't make sense to pay $35 a month for old movies.

I've since started renting them from my local supermarket (Albertson's). They have the latest releases, and best of all, only charge $1.99 each, and you have them for 3 days.

While you do have to make a trip to the market to return them, I'm usually there 3-4 times a week anyway. Now I get new releases the day they come out, rather than waiting 3-4 months. You might want to try a supermarket in your area. They're apparently not interested in making much money from the rentals, but use them as a way to get you into the store.

Regards,

Ken

Ken, you've echoed my former membership exactly! I miss the convenience of Netflix deliveries, but their waiting period for current films is much too long. It's back to the rental store shuffle for me!

Long wait yeah but what about the quality of the discs, mine in the bay area were scratched to hell and back it was suprising that they even played. Good idea but they need better availability and a way to ship them other than a silk sleeve.

Bigwave,

You're right about the condition. On several occassions I had to take a disc out of the player and wipe it in the hope of getting it to play properly. However, considering how many discs I played, this didn't happen too often.

I did however have problems with the postal service "losing" several of my discs. Either they didn't arrive, or were lost during the return. It always made me feel really bad that Netflix would think that it was me that was scamming them, rather than postal service employees swiping them. They need to start using generic packaging, rather than a bright label that says, "DVD, steal me".