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?12 responses total.
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.
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.
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.
alaska ??? . zoundz - such travels - and al that oil money bonus per year. good for you
I have not used this but I have several friends who just love this service. They have never had any problems with it.
yeah. I dont rent $20 worth of movies a month but, like others, I have only heard good things about it
let's talk about whore fees.
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.
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.
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.
Just checked, it's 29 not 24. What a jones. ;-)
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