Ah. Well, that's a shame. It will muddy up the process for people with kids (for example.)
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sumi - Jun 19, 2008 4:15:23 am PDT #6655 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
le nubian - Jun 19, 2008 4:19:04 am PDT #6656 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yep. Beau is not happy about this at all.
he loses all of his ratings, his queue, his friends.
megan walker - Jun 19, 2008 7:48:32 am PDT #6657 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
It will muddy up the process for people with kids (for example.)
Yes, my sister is not going to be happy about this at all. However, I am because the fact that you couldn't delete a profile once it was created was driving me crazy.
javachik - Jun 19, 2008 8:05:47 am PDT #6658 of 25501
Our wings are not tired.
I didn't get that e-mail! That sucks entirely. Enough to probably have me cancel my account. It's really important for me and my housemate to have different queues.
ETA: I just checked the Netflix site and there is no mention of this. Can someone forward the e-mail to me please?
flea - Jun 19, 2008 8:25:38 am PDT #6659 of 25501
information libertarian
I recall there being some discussion of pay-as-you-go cellphones in the thread. My search-fu is not working, though, so can someone Nilly me, or can we have the talk again? I am ready to join the modern world and get a cell phone, but I want to go cheap and infrequent-use as I start out.
tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 8:35:24 am PDT #6660 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I (and some other folks here) like the Virgin pay-as-you-go service: [link]
Dana - Jun 19, 2008 8:36:19 am PDT #6661 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I have T-Mobile pay as you go and like it fine.
flea - Jun 19, 2008 8:45:29 am PDT #6662 of 25501
information libertarian
Hmm, not T-Mobile stores locally, but they have Virgin at Target, one of my favorite places!!1! I am never going to be able to pick a phone just looking at them online.
Dumb question: if you receive calls on a pay-as-you-go phone, do you get charged anything, either the daily access fee or for minutes or anything?
tommyrot - Jun 19, 2008 8:46:02 am PDT #6663 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I was on some other pay-as-you-go service before (might have been T-Mobile, but I'm not sure). The only problem I had with it was they required you to buy more time every 45 (I think) days, and if you forgot you'd lose all the time you'd already paid for. Of course, if you can stay on top of things this isn't an issue, but Virgin doesn't do this.
DCJensen - Jun 19, 2008 8:58:26 am PDT #6664 of 25501
All is well that ends in pizza.
Windsparrow and I use Tracfone. [link]
It has a basic or advanced phone to choose from, you can get one for $14.99 at wall mart with minimum minutes, and you can buy time and minutes as you go or in 3 month increments.
We initially started out with a phone and a 60-minute 3 month card. ($20), and signed up for the eamils. sometimes the emails send you some great deals as your due date approches.
I think I spent $70 for 260 minutes and 15 months of service the last renewal. (60 minute, 3-mo card+1 year & 200 bonus minutes for $50)
However the offers of bonus minutes are not consistant, and a couple of times I renewed for $20 just to keep the service up.