Re:Not an improvement but biz as usual. (Score 1)

i think your judgement against netflix may have been a little hasty. while a disproportionately large number of netflix envelopes getting lost in the mail seems to go against general experience with the usps, the difference is that netflix envelopes are much more conspicuous that your typical package. when a netflix envelope comes through the system, it is very clear what is being mailed and that it is valuable. and because the envelopes are small, i imagine it would not be difficult to steal one discreetly. neither of these points are as true for other packages. anyway, i've seen reports similar to that below, which makes me believe that it is more likely that usps workers are stealing discs rather than netflix somehow lying about receiving discs and attempting to get customers to pay for them (this seems to be what you were implying?). "According to court records, between January and March of 2005, 503 Netflix DVD movies destined for Lyons, Colorado were reported missing or stolen. Netflix told investigators the loss represents 23.33 percent of all DVD movies mailed to that postal area." http://9news.com/acm_news.aspx?OSGNAME=KUSA&IKOBJE CTID=9d25e532-0abe-421a-019e-c94fd786b109&TEMPLATE ID=0c76dce6-ac1f-02d8-0047-c589c01ca7bf