Comment Re:I noticed this as well. (Score 1) 521
I've rented both the original version of Solaris (very good, but don't start watching it late at night) and Raging Bull within the past two months. I get my movies from the Georgia facility, and they arrive just like clockwork - usually two postal days after the mailing notice. I've never had a DVD lost, either, and I've been a member for a year and a half now.
I'm the kind of member netflix probably hates - I'm on the 4-at-a-time plan, and spouse and I blow through a lot of movies pretty quickly. Admittedly, my tastes run to foreign/indie/unknowns, so the VAST majority of what's in my queue at the moment is available now:
Current queue: 55 (11 of those are awaiting release, so we'll call it 44)
Current marked Very Long Wait: 2 (4%)
Current marked Long Wait: 5 (11%)
Current marked Short Wait: 0 (0%)
Current marked Now: 37 (84%)
Spouseling and I have been catching up on some TV shows, such as 'Sex in the City', 'Six Feet Under', and 'The Prisoner', so these high numbers aren't quite so appalling as they might seem:
Movies out April 2003: 10 (+2 mailed back in the last 48 hours)
Movies out March 2003: 8
Movies out February 2003: 8
I think my secret is to do what I've been doing for a long time: use netflix to seek out the movies that aren't in the mainstream. I joined Netflix precisely because I could not get foreign/indie/older/controversial movies on DVD in northeast Alabama. I have so many movies that I want to see that the immediate (un)availability of any one movie is not a deal-breaker for me.
I'm the kind of member netflix probably hates - I'm on the 4-at-a-time plan, and spouse and I blow through a lot of movies pretty quickly. Admittedly, my tastes run to foreign/indie/unknowns, so the VAST majority of what's in my queue at the moment is available now:
Current queue: 55 (11 of those are awaiting release, so we'll call it 44)
Current marked Very Long Wait: 2 (4%)
Current marked Long Wait: 5 (11%)
Current marked Short Wait: 0 (0%)
Current marked Now: 37 (84%)
Spouseling and I have been catching up on some TV shows, such as 'Sex in the City', 'Six Feet Under', and 'The Prisoner', so these high numbers aren't quite so appalling as they might seem:
Movies out April 2003: 10 (+2 mailed back in the last 48 hours)
Movies out March 2003: 8
Movies out February 2003: 8
I think my secret is to do what I've been doing for a long time: use netflix to seek out the movies that aren't in the mainstream. I joined Netflix precisely because I could not get foreign/indie/older/controversial movies on DVD in northeast Alabama. I have so many movies that I want to see that the immediate (un)availability of any one movie is not a deal-breaker for me.
