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long waits on Netflix

Did you ever actually try bumping "Basterds" or "Hurt Locker" down a few places and letting them rise back up to number one naturally, instead of just planting them there from day one?
 
Did you ever actually try bumping "Basterds" or "Hurt Locker" down a few places and letting them rise back up to number one naturally, instead of just planting them there from day one?

I've tried various things but not that. I don't think it would make a diff, but what the hey, I'm in an experimenting mood.

The Princess and the Frog is at "very long wait" (not that I care; I'm kinda iffy whether I should just axe it off my list completely). It's at #8 now, and I'll leave it to rise naturally. See what happens.
 
I have a feeling a lot of those internet-less Americans are super old.

Yes because 40% of the country is super old. :rolleyes:

It has to do with the fact that 25% of American live in poverty and many live in the middle of nowhere.

I'm not debating that, but there are still plenty of super old people who refuse to get computers, let alone the internet. I encounter them all the time. Nowhere did I say that all of the 40% were super old, just that a bunch of them probably are.
 
3. I think their Webpage is kind of hard to navigate for newer movies.
For instance, you click on the new releases tab and the first thing you see is a movie that was released 2-3 months ago
The first movie on my list is “The informant!” release date February 23rd 2010 next is “District 9” release date 2010. WTF?!?
Where are all the movies released in the last few weeks? Oh wait, you have to look them up by name…. *Sigh*

Try this link. It lists the new releases for the week. They change for the next week sometime Saturday night or Sunday:
http://www.netflix.com/AllNewReleases
 
If there's one thing I don't like about Netflix, it's that I can't categorize my Instant Queue. So when I want to watch something on my PS3, I have to scroll back and forth on the menu until I find it. "Queue" really doesn't even make sense for the Instant stuff, since you can watch any of it whenever you want.
 
Temis, in one of the Blockbuster Sucks threads, weren't you one of the ones championing Netflix in this regard? They had just signed a deal basically agreeing not to carry new releases from one of the companies (forget which one) for a month after release, and everyone said this wasn't a big deal. You now want new releases quickly? Believe i was told in that one that Netflix customers didn't care about new movies, and ones that did could just use RedBox...

Okay, that just answered my question. I came in here to gripe about the fact that The Blind Side wasn't available on Netflix till April (:rolleyes:), yet I got it at Best Buy on Tuesday.

Don't judge- somebody has to help Sandy pay her divorce lawyer and I help out my neighbors. :rommie:
 
Okay, that just answered my question. I came in here to gripe about the fact that The Blind Side wasn't available on Netflix till April (:rolleyes:), yet I got it at Best Buy on Tuesday.

Don't judge- somebody has to help Sandy pay her divorce lawyer and I help out my neighbors. :rommie:

If you really cared about her you'd buy a copy of All About Steve too. :shifty:
 
I have a feeling a lot of those internet-less Americans are super old.

Yes because 40% of the country is super old. :rolleyes:

It has to do with the fact that 25% of American live in poverty and many live in the middle of nowhere.

I'm not debating that, but there are still plenty of super old people who refuse to get computers, let alone the internet. I encounter them all the time. Nowhere did I say that all of the 40% were super old, just that a bunch of them probably are.


Here's a shocker -- there are a lot of people, who aren't old, who don't have cell phones or even televisions. And no, I'm not talking the Amish. And I won't comment further on your lack of life experience.


Anyway, the upcoming Post Office restructuring is going to impact Netflix:

Netflix is the big loser in Postal Service changes



Company faces hard choice if Saturday delivery service is eliminated

In the face of naysayers who have long predicted its demise, Netflix has had a remarkable few years. In 2005, the Los Gatos, Calif.-based DVD rental service boasted 4.2 million subscribers and enjoyed net earnings of $41.9 million. Last year, the company netted $115.9 million, and its bright red envelopes made their way into the homes of 12.3 million subscribers nationwide. The company's NASDAQ-listed stock price tripled in that period. 2010 is shaping up to be another stellar year. On Feb. 25 of this year, Netflix enjoyed a red-envelope day of sorts: It surpassed former industry leader Blockbuster in movie rental revenue for the first time. Meanwhile, as mom-and-pop rental stores close up shop and Blockbuster enters a period of major retrenchment (the Dallas-based company recently announced plans to close 500 stores), Netflix's subscriber base looks set to expand.
Netflix is in many ways the epitome of the 21st century company: It's based in Silicon Valley, it sells its services exclusively online, and it employs a hip bit of Web-speak in its name. But even as it boasts many of the trappings of a New Economy juggernaut, Netflix is still almost entirely reliant on that most 19th century of institutions: the United States Postal Service. Indeed, Netflix is the Postal Service’s biggest corporate customer.

More details in the article.
 
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Yes because 40% of the country is super old. :rolleyes:

It has to do with the fact that 25% of American live in poverty and many live in the middle of nowhere.

I'm not debating that, but there are still plenty of super old people who refuse to get computers, let alone the internet. I encounter them all the time. Nowhere did I say that all of the 40% were super old, just that a bunch of them probably are.


Here's a shocker -- there are a lot of people, who aren't old, who don't have cell phones or even televisions. And no, I'm not talking the Amish. And I won't comment further on your lack of life experience.
:rolleyes:

I am continually amazed at how seriously you take my posts.
 
If there's one thing I don't like about Netflix, it's that I can't categorize my Instant Queue. So when I want to watch something on my PS3, I have to scroll back and forth on the menu until I find it. "Queue" really doesn't even make sense for the Instant stuff, since you can watch any of it whenever you want.

What do you mean categorize? You can order the movies online, just like the DVD queue.
 
If there's one thing I don't like about Netflix, it's that I can't categorize my Instant Queue. So when I want to watch something on my PS3, I have to scroll back and forth on the menu until I find it. "Queue" really doesn't even make sense for the Instant stuff, since you can watch any of it whenever you want.

What do you mean categorize? You can order the movies online, just like the DVD queue.

I know you can order them, but I'd like to be able to group them into categories/genres, so that if I want to watch a SciFi movie, I can pull up my SciFi folder, or if I want to watch a Comedy, I can pull up my Comedy folder. Basically, I have a ton of shit on my Instant Queue, and I don't want to have to browse through all of it to figure out which movie I want to watch.
 
If there's one thing I don't like about Netflix, it's that I can't categorize my Instant Queue. So when I want to watch something on my PS3, I have to scroll back and forth on the menu until I find it. "Queue" really doesn't even make sense for the Instant stuff, since you can watch any of it whenever you want.

What do you mean categorize? You can order the movies online, just like the DVD queue.

I know you can order them, but I'd like to be able to group them into categories/genres, so that if I want to watch a SciFi movie, I can pull up my SciFi folder, or if I want to watch a Comedy, I can pull up my Comedy folder. Basically, I have a ton of shit on my Instant Queue, and I don't want to have to browse through all of it to figure out which movie I want to watch.


Oh, I see. That does make sense. Can you do that for the normal DVD queue? I've never looked.
 
If there's one thing I don't like about Netflix, it's that I can't categorize my Instant Queue. So when I want to watch something on my PS3, I have to scroll back and forth on the menu until I find it. "Queue" really doesn't even make sense for the Instant stuff, since you can watch any of it whenever you want.

What do you mean categorize? You can order the movies online, just like the DVD queue.

I know you can order them, but I'd like to be able to group them into categories/genres, so that if I want to watch a SciFi movie, I can pull up my SciFi folder, or if I want to watch a Comedy, I can pull up my Comedy folder. Basically, I have a ton of shit on my Instant Queue, and I don't want to have to browse through all of it to figure out which movie I want to watch.
That would be very cool actually, that's gotta be a pretty easy fix. I'm surprised they haven't work it in yet.
 
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