Comments for The Mobile Technology Journal of Smilin' Joe Fission http://www.joefission.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 14 Nov 2008 17:39:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 Comment on Movie rental death match: Blockbuster Online vs. Netflix by Mack http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JoeFission-Comments/~3/453165898/ Mack Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:10:41 +0000 http://www.joefission.com/2008/02/movie-rental-death-match-blockbuster-online-vs-netflix/#comment-2796 There's absolutely no doubt the NF throttle DVD delivery. I was one of the very early adopter and the DVD would arrive in 2 days every time. So I switched the 8 at a time and copied the DVD on my Hard drive and send the 8 DVDs back the same day (not to start a black market, just as an experiment! ;) and sure enough the DVDs would suddenly start taking as long as 5 days to arrive. Considering they advertised the plans as "unlimited" it's definitely false advertisement... So I canceled my membership after that, on principals... But my wife ended up signing up! Moral of the story? uhhh... not sure. sorry... :P There’s absolutely no doubt the NF throttle DVD delivery. I was one of the very early adopter and the DVD would arrive in 2 days every time. So I switched the 8 at a time and copied the DVD on my Hard drive and send the 8 DVDs back the same day (not to start a black market, just as an experiment! ;) and sure enough the DVDs would suddenly start taking as long as 5 days to arrive.

Considering they advertised the plans as “unlimited” it’s definitely false advertisement… So I canceled my membership after that, on principals… But my wife ended up signing up!

Moral of the story? uhhh… not sure. sorry… :P

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]]> http://www.joefission.com/2006/05/atari-flashback-2/#comment-2789 Comment on Movie rental death match: Blockbuster Online vs. Netflix by beachlady http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JoeFission-Comments/~3/449205937/ beachlady Tue, 11 Nov 2008 02:49:35 +0000 http://www.joefission.com/2008/02/movie-rental-death-match-blockbuster-online-vs-netflix/#comment-2787 I've been a BB patron for several years...Wanted to try NF but here's how it went. First, BB had a great plan, unlimited trade ins in-store for mailed in movies.....then they made it only 5 per month...Then this November 2008, they "moved up the in-store trade in" to your billing cycle, knocking you out of 3 weeks of in-store trade ins. Then their website no longer listed their customer support number. So,I was highly agitated and checked out Netflix. Well, what I love about BB is their website...NEW RELEASES...you can chose them by "in theaters" or "released on DVD' and that made all the difference to me. On Netflix, it's just "new releases" with no clue was to what is in movies or on DVD yet. So, after much checking on the internet, I finally found the Customer Svc nr for BB and ranted and raved about their cutting off 3 weeks of my in-store tradeins with their moving it up to the billing cycle. They eventually gave me 3 coupons for free rentals, which took up the slack. I still am wondering, though, if Netflix is better. I live 2 miles from a BB store and trading in is nice, plus it gives me a chance to look at the movies newly released in the aisles. Still, I love the surprise of the movies I get, and sometimes the clueless sleeves with no cover are a nice surprise to me. Am thinking of trying out NF. What seems to be in this mix of commentaries is that NF uses a calibration thing about if you order too many movies, they slow the delivery. I live in Chas SC and that puts me closer to NF in Columbia, SC than BB in Charlotte, NC. The turnaround would be only one day. I'm a highend movie watcher, as I hate what's on TV these days. So I'm a bit leary of joining NF only to find their turnaround time for movie deliveries would be one day for awhile, and then be 4 days BB has never let me down...I learned a secret about movie turnaround with them.....I get all my movies within 2 days now. Still, they jerked me around for awhile, until I went rampant on customer service about the loss of a month's trade ins with their changing of the cycle for in-store trade ins. They fixed that and now everything is ok. I just wonder, is NF still better? I’ve been a BB patron for several years…Wanted to try NF but here’s how it went. First, BB had a great plan, unlimited trade ins in-store for mailed in movies…..then they made it only 5 per month…Then this November 2008, they “moved up the in-store trade in” to your billing cycle, knocking you out of 3 weeks of in-store trade ins. Then their website no longer listed their customer support number. So,I was highly agitated and checked out Netflix. Well, what I love about BB is their website…NEW RELEASES…you can chose them by “in theaters” or “released on DVD’ and that made all the difference to me. On Netflix, it’s just “new releases” with no clue was to what is in movies or on DVD yet. So, after much checking on the internet, I finally found the Customer Svc nr for BB and ranted and raved about their cutting off 3 weeks of my in-store tradeins with their moving it up to the billing cycle. They eventually gave me 3 coupons for free rentals, which took up the slack. I still am wondering, though, if Netflix is better. I live 2 miles from a BB store and trading in is nice, plus it gives me a chance to look at the movies newly released in the aisles. Still, I love the surprise of the movies I get, and sometimes the clueless sleeves with no cover are a nice surprise to me. Am thinking of trying out NF.

What seems to be in this mix of commentaries is that NF uses a calibration thing about if you order too many movies, they slow the delivery. I live in Chas SC and that puts me closer to NF in Columbia, SC than BB in Charlotte, NC. The turnaround would be only one day. I’m a highend movie watcher, as I hate what’s on TV these days. So I’m a bit leary of joining NF only to find their turnaround time for movie deliveries would be one day for awhile, and then be 4 days BB has never let me down…I learned a secret about movie turnaround with them…..I get all my movies within 2 days now.

Still, they jerked me around for awhile, until I went rampant on customer service about the loss of a month’s trade ins with their changing of the cycle for in-store trade ins. They fixed that and now everything is ok. I just wonder, is NF still better?

]]> http://www.joefission.com/2008/02/movie-rental-death-match-blockbuster-online-vs-netflix/#comment-2787 Comment on Movie rental death match: Blockbuster Online vs. Netflix by Joe Fission http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/JoeFission-Comments/~3/449205938/ Joe Fission Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:34:13 +0000 http://www.joefission.com/2008/02/movie-rental-death-match-blockbuster-online-vs-netflix/#comment-2786 Hi Aaron, thanks for the detailed comments. I'm still using Netflix, and I'm still pleased, though turnaround time and availability has dropped off for me. But the addition of Starz Play is great, and I've really been enjoying NetFlix's on-demand service, so I completely agree with your comments. I think it all comes down to personal fit. Hi Aaron, thanks for the detailed comments. I’m still using Netflix, and I’m still pleased, though turnaround time and availability has dropped off for me. But the addition of Starz Play is great, and I’ve really been enjoying NetFlix’s on-demand service, so I completely agree with your comments. I think it all comes down to personal fit.

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