Netflix

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I got a code for a free month. We'll see how it goes. Thanks for everyone's feedback.

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So far, Netflix is not impressing me. My DVDs were supposed to come in the mail yesterday but didn't, and the mail just came today and still no DVDs. I may be a very short-term customer....

[neatdesign]

We've had Netflix accounts twice. Most recently we had the 2 DVDs/month for $14.99. There are several reasons why we like Netflix:

1) We can each have our own separate movie queues. This is great because there are movies I want to see that Mark doesn't, and vice-versa. By having separate queues, we can watch the movies we want to see, and once we're done we just send it back and get the next movie in our own queue. That way we don't have to wait until the other one gets around to watching their movies before we can get another one that we want to see.

2) The variety of DVDs available is better than anything else out there. Particularly British tv series, mini-series and movies that Mark wants to see to experience a bit of "home" from time to time.

3) You can "suspend" your account for up to 120 days. This option is made available when you go to cancel your account. This means that your queue is still there and can be added to, but you are not charged until your account is reactivated. We did this recently because we needed to cut back on some expenses, and this was one of the easy ones to cut back on. We've suspended our account until November, at which point we either need to cancel it, or do nothing and the account is automatically reactivated and the monthly charges start up again. Once reactivated the DVDs at the top of our queues will be sent out automatically as well.

4) We live Richmond, Virginia, which is where one of Netflix's shipping centers is located, so there's a very quick turnaround time. The longest we've ever waited for a DVD is 4 days.

~ Jenney

[lrjohnson]

I like catching television on Netflix. I'm watching Six Feet Under, The Closer, Weeds, and Battlestar Galactica. I'm planning on trying the L Word, Entourage, The Sopranos, Rescue Me. Also we tried the old M*A*S*H. A benefit is that I don't miss "regular"cable, plus there are a more entertainment minutes on these TV DVDs, average. The older the show, the better: M*A*S*H had around ten episodes per DVD, which is a lot of watching.

We do the one that's 19.29 total with tax, 3 at a time unlimited. We can out our done DVD's right outside clipped to the mailbox; never been one taken, and the mailman picks them up. Getting a rotation groove going is key, and getting a good mix, too. We found that we don't usually want three dramams or three documentaries all at once, it's nice to keep our queue mixed up.

The variety is great. Our turnaround is not bad at all. Our closest places are not super handy or super cheap. Well, one does rent five dvds for $5 for five days, but we never watched all five, and returning them was more of a pain that we expected.

We're happy with Netflix, but can see where not everyone would think it was a great value.