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mary
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Netflix Anyone?
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Oct 2 23:23 UTC 2003 |
Anyone have any experience with this service? They are a web-based
DVD rental service. For $20 a month you can see as many movies as
you want while not having more than three out at one time.
There are no late fees or due dates. You keep a list going of what you
want to see and when they get one back another is shipped out.
The inventory looks so good that I joined for a two week free trial. I
started my queue on Monday and the first three movies arrived on
Wednesday, as promised.
Today I mailed back "Target Earth" (cool 1954 sci-fi movie I'd not seen
before. Tomorrow I'm mailing back "Ken Burns': The Shakers". Next on
the list to be shipped is "Talk to Her" and "Lumiere & Company".
I'm geeked.
Anyone else use the service?
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glenda
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response 1 of 12:
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Oct 3 00:17 UTC 2003 |
We have been using it for a couple of years. I love it. At least when I can
get STeve and the kids to watch the DVDs in a timely fashion for a quick turn
around. It doesn't help that the main DVD player seems to be dead so that
we have to watch them on one of the computers. STeve has 2 on his desk right
now that we have had for over a month, they go back as soon as I find them.
I am putting down my foot and if a DVD arrives before Friday, it goes back
on Monday whether everyone has seen it or not.
My sister and brother-in-law have the higher end service, I think they can
have up to 8 DVDs out at a time.
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murph
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response 2 of 12:
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Oct 3 01:00 UTC 2003 |
I've never spent nearly $20 a month on movie rentals (well, until perhaps a
month ago), so I never signed up, but I have friends who love it and who have
had it for years.
It definitely enables behavior that would be rough with rentals; I've borrowed
a few NetFlix movies from one subscriber friend, with promise to watch it that
weekend and e-mail him when I put it in the mail.
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mcnally
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response 3 of 12:
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Oct 3 01:31 UTC 2003 |
I used to subscribe to Netflix before I decided I was travelling too much
to make it worthwhile. But now that I'm living in a small town on an
island a long where from anywhere else I'm inclined to give it another try.
The public library here has a suprising collection of classic cinema and
foreign film but if they don't have something and it's not a hollywood
blockbuster there's very little chance you'll find it here in Ketchikan.
Netflix seems ideal for my current situation, except I'm not sure how much
time Ketchikan's remoteness will add to the mail turnaround.
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tsty
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response 4 of 12:
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Oct 3 03:58 UTC 2003 |
alaska ??? . zoundz - such travels - and al that oil money bonus per year.
good for you
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furs
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response 5 of 12:
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Oct 3 21:38 UTC 2003 |
I have not used this but I have several friends who just love this
service. They have never had any problems with it.
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slynne
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response 6 of 12:
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Oct 4 18:14 UTC 2003 |
yeah. I dont rent $20 worth of movies a month but, like others, I have
only heard good things about it
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willcome
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response 7 of 12:
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Nov 27 07:56 UTC 2003 |
let's talk about whore fees.
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gregb
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response 8 of 12:
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Dec 2 16:50 UTC 2003 |
Let's not.
I also did the free trial thing. It was great. But I to own the movies
I like, so I'm more of a buyer than a renter.
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slynne
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response 9 of 12:
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Dec 2 17:08 UTC 2003 |
I have decided that there are a lot of movies I want to see and since
it is winter, I am likely to want to stay home and watch enough movies
to make this service worth while. I have just signed up. I figure I
will probably cancel in March or something.
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mary
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response 10 of 12:
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Dec 3 00:40 UTC 2003 |
According to NetFlix I've rented 24 movies since
October 13th. And "How to Kill Your Neighbor's Dog"
is on the bookshelf, waiting to be viewed.
Finally, a good reason to own a television.
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mary
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response 11 of 12:
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Dec 3 00:42 UTC 2003 |
Just checked, it's 29 not 24.
What a jones. ;-)
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aruba
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response 12 of 12:
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Dec 3 01:49 UTC 2003 |
Got a problem with your neighbor, Mary?
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