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slynne
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response 219 of 342:
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Feb 11 05:30 UTC 2006 |
Aha! I must be in the catagory of people who rent too many movies.
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jadecat
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response 220 of 342:
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Feb 11 06:43 UTC 2006 |
I was just starting to notice that the hubby and I were having some
longer wait times- and then a week or so later I see this. We must be in
that category now. Though that may change since we've lowered the 'out
at one time' amount and are taking longer to return movies...
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richard
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response 221 of 342:
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Feb 13 22:44 UTC 2006 |
aha! see nobody else with netflix has movies to watch because anne and slynne
rent and people like them rent too many at one time. what, do you think they
have a hundred copies of each movie?! tsk tsk
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marcvh
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response 222 of 342:
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Feb 13 22:58 UTC 2006 |
Considering that on a typical business day they send out about a million
discs, and they have roughly 50,000 different titles stocked, they
clearly have at least 20 copies of each title on average. :)
In the last quarterly earnings report, they valued the DVDs they own at
$57m. I think that only includes a portion of their library; there are
some studios who work a deal where Netflix gets the discs for free in
exchange for kicking back a portion of the rental revenue, so it's hard
to infer how many discs they have based on that. But, with over 4
million customers, it seems fair to assume that it's a lot.
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tod
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response 223 of 342:
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Feb 13 23:55 UTC 2006 |
What are the laws regarding video rentals?
If you rent a shitty movie and it falls inside your DVD player cuz your 3 year
old shoved a sandwich in there..and then you find the DVD a month later then
can the rental place (i.e. Blockbuster, Hollywood video, etc) charge you $70
for the late fee?
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nharmon
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response 224 of 342:
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Feb 14 00:35 UTC 2006 |
They can if that is what you agreed to in your contract.
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jadecat
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response 225 of 342:
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Feb 14 00:38 UTC 2006 |
resp:221 Yes Richard, Slynne and I each have 9 movies allowed at one
time and we get our jollies by getting 9 copies of the same movie-
especially if it's popular...
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marcvh
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response 226 of 342:
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Feb 14 00:43 UTC 2006 |
I suppose you might be able to convince a court that a $70 late fee is
excessive, but I wouldn't count on it. 3 year olds shouldn't be touching
DVD players or rental DVDs anyway, although I certainly have gotten some
that appeared to have been used as frisbees in a room lined with sandpaper.
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gull
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response 227 of 342:
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Feb 14 01:48 UTC 2006 |
Re resp:218: I liked the comment I saw about Netflix's throttling, in
one blog: "...this whole syndrome reveals the tragic flaw of
capitalism: it offers people what they want, but then is forced to
punish them when they take it."
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marcvh
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response 228 of 342:
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Feb 14 04:02 UTC 2006 |
That's a clever way to put it. Yup, that's what you get when you compete
on price instead of on service.
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richard
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response 229 of 342:
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Feb 14 16:06 UTC 2006 |
is it true that netflix won't send movies rated r or nc-17 to people in some
states because of different laws regarding sending of "indecent" material over
state lines?
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tod
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response 230 of 342:
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Feb 14 16:58 UTC 2006 |
re #226
3 year olds shouldn't be touching
DVD players or rental DVDs anyway
Why not?
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marcvh
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response 231 of 342:
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Feb 14 17:10 UTC 2006 |
Because DVDs are not sufficiently durable to handle much abuse. But, if
your 3-year-old does put a sandwich in the DVD player, it's not
Blockbuster's fault. It's either the 3-year-olds fault or it's the fault
of whomever was supposed to be supervising him.
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tod
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response 232 of 342:
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Feb 14 17:11 UTC 2006 |
What if its his DVD player and the rental DVD is a lame scifi/fantasy type
movie?
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marcvh
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response 233 of 342:
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Feb 14 17:21 UTC 2006 |
OK, I guess then it's Blockbuster's fault. You should go chew them out.
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tod
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response 234 of 342:
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Feb 14 17:34 UTC 2006 |
Its Safeway of all places and the video is 40 year old virgin.
We'd totally forget we even rented it since it'd just up and disappeared
mysteriously. When we found it, my wife called to tell them and they said
"We want $70 for late fees otherwise we're going to send it to collections"
yet we'd never heard from them prior to this. I doubt they even knew it was
still checked out.
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richard
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response 235 of 342:
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Feb 14 18:39 UTC 2006 |
well of course netflix just assumes that if your dog chomps on a dvd, that
you won't just send it back, that you'll send them the money to replace it
right?
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tod
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response 236 of 342:
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Feb 14 18:45 UTC 2006 |
If you own a dog, they slow down your shipments.
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marcvh
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response 237 of 342:
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Feb 14 19:11 UTC 2006 |
You let your 3-year-old watch 40 Year Old Virgin?
It would have been nice if Safeway had notified you, but that's pretty
much how the B&M rental business works -- you break even on the rental
fees and make your profit on late fees. That's part of what drives so
many people to subscription-oriented plans that don't have late fees.
If you have a Netflix disc and you damage it yourself as a result of
negligence, if you're an ethical person, you'll submit a trouble report
saying that you damaged the disc yourself and want to pay for it. If
your ethics allow it, the other option is to just mail it back and have
them assume that it was damaged in shipping. As long as this doesn't
happen too often they'll let it slide.
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bru
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response 238 of 342:
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Feb 14 20:37 UTC 2006 |
my 4 year old grandson knows exactly how to use the dvd player, from turning
it on, to opening the slide, to putting in the dvd, to starting the dvd.
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happyboy
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response 239 of 342:
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Feb 14 20:45 UTC 2006 |
well praise the lord!
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richard
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response 240 of 342:
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Feb 18 01:40 UTC 2006 |
SIDEWAYS-- Watched this on dvd, really well done "road" movie, where
two middle age buddies go up to Napa Valley to drive around wine
country for a week, taste lots of pinot noires and sauvignons and
ruminate about life. I'd like to do a trip like that myself sometime,
spend a week in the countryside going from wine tasting to wine
tasting. Paul Giamatti, only slightly less neurotic than he was in
American Splendor, stars along with Thomas Haden Church and both are
terrific. Giamatti should've won the oscar for this last year, which
is probably why he'll likely win this year for what was a lesser role
in "Cinderella Man" He plays a wine obsessed writer having a mid life
crisis, unable to get published or get over his divorce. Haden Church
plays his womanizing actor buddy who is emotionally a polar opposite
of him. "Sideways" is exceptionally well written and I really enjoyed
it and would recommend it highly.
But of course if you rent "Sideways", you must buy a bottle California
Pinot Noire to enjoy with it. :)
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happyboy
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response 241 of 342:
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Feb 18 01:45 UTC 2006 |
"I will NOT drink FUCKIN MERLOT."
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cyklone
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response 242 of 342:
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Feb 18 04:13 UTC 2006 |
A friend of a friend dated the writer of Sideways. Apparently he's not much
different in real life from the Giamatti character.
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tod
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response 243 of 342:
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Feb 18 05:29 UTC 2006 |
I'm not a fan of Esterlina but Pickett thinks its the best.
My personal fav is a 1997 Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon. YEE HAW!
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