I have 200 movies in my Netflix queue. I don't see how Columbia House could help me out with that. ...

t gives ita the Glare

Netflix and Columbia House are both things of the bad.

What's the problem you see with Netflix, Gus?

JZ and libkitty should also be receiving theirs

JZ got her package. She was very happy and hopped around and made noises.

I'm in love with Netflix. It's sending me Homicide now. I did get an e-mail from them about the suit, but I haven't read it yet. What's the what?

Also, is the full run of eps from Homicide S1 and S2 available anywhere? S1 and S2 DVDs on Netflix are selected eps. Anyone know if that's the only way they've been released?

Um. I mean, "Hi!" How is everyone?

Yeah, I'm not seeing the downside to Netflix. Perhaps movie rental is bad?

Hec, great! Should be some fun hours. Damn them for cancelling my fun.

What's the problem you see with Netflix, Gus?

Thank you for asking, Brenda.

One: They lie. They have different fulfilment schedules for people who use the service to the maximum of the agreement they have uttered, versus the people they are trying to rope in.

Two: They attempt to rope people into agreements that are onerous. Pay the sum every month, even if it is not a good deal.

Three: None of the stuff they offer really belongs to them.

Ownership is a big deal for you, isn't it, Gus? Do you think that only movie studios should rent movies, or is the whole concept of rental flawed? I mean, Netflix owns the copies of the movies they're renting me -- just like any store owns anything it's selling to me.

As far as I can tell a) I'm happy with the timing of Netflix sending me movies, whether I'm maxing out or being slack--if I weren't, I'd not use them anymore and b) like with the first point, I'm an adult--even if they had tried to rope me into anything--what they charge me is well worth what I get.

Addition of cereal:

We reserve the right to allocate and ship DVDs among our subscribers in any manner that we, in our sole and absolute discretion, determine.

...

In determining priority for shipping and inventory allocation, we give priority to those members who receive the fewest DVDs through our service. As a result, those subscribers who receive the most movies may experience that (i) the shipment of their next available DVD occurs at least one business day following return of their previously viewed movie (ii) delivery takes longer, as the shipments may not be processed from their local distribution center and (iii) they receive movies lower in their queue more often than our other subscribers. Other factors that may affect delivery times, include, but are not limited to, (i) the distance between the distribution center from which your DVD was shipped and your delivery address, (ii) the timing of your placement or adjustment of movies in your queue and (iii) circumstances impacting delivery by the U.S. Postal Service.

That seems pretty clear to me, Gus--why do you claim they're lying?

Yes. Add to that the fact that I've been able to rent obscure movies that no video store within driving distance of me would have, like Reason to Believe and Nowhere (which I actually got to see before it was supposed to be released in the U.S.) and Netflix is well worth my pittance each month. Especially since having to return movies within a specific number of days—different for each of the three local stores I frequent—is a big annoyance to me. My last Blockbuster late fee alone is still larger than what I've paid so far for Netflix membership in total.

Still waiting for someone to address the Netflix dishonesty. ita's Libertarian points aside.

They are Bad Guys. Their service is not a square deal.