Screw Netflix .....another Blu-Ray price increase

[mikeyis4dcats.]

You are receiving this email because you added unlimited Blu-ray access to your account for $1 a month. The number of Blu-ray titles has increased significantly and will continue to do so. As we buy more, you are able to choose from a rapidly expanding selection of Blu-ray titles. And as you've probably heard, Blu-ray discs are substantially more expensive than standard definition DVDs.

As a result, the monthly charge for Blu-ray access is increasing for most plans and will now vary by plan. The charge for monthly Blu-ray access on your 1 DVD at-a-time (Unlimited) plan will increase from $1 a month to $2 a month. The price of your 1 DVD at-a-time (Unlimited) plan is not changing and remains at $8.99 a month.

The new charge for Blu-ray access will be automatically added to your next billing statement on or after April 27, 2009 and will be referenced in your Membership Terms and Details.

If you wish to continue unlimited Blu-ray access for $2 a month, you don't need to do anything. If not, you can remove Blu-ray access anytime by visiting Your Account.

If you have questions about this change or need any assistance, please call us anytime at 1-888-923-0898.

-The Netflix Team

Had I not just had 7 of 8 discs broken in the past 12 days, and been deprived of most of my service paid for for that period, I might be more open to a 300% increase in Blu-Ray cost.

[Silock]

I've had Netflix since they started their service (what, 8 years ago?). In 2 different cities. Literally hundreds of discs.

Not ONCE have I EVER received a broken disc.

Your mailman sucks.

[Valiant]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

christ you're ****ing obstinate. Yes, I'm sure it's a conspiracy by my mailman and others all over the country to vandalize Netflix discs. But only the BluRays. And only recently.

Dumbass.

I am sorry you are an ignorant **** and do not EVEN READ YOUR own links..

The shit goes on back to 07, and even still in your own links says it is the in minority with tons and tons of people (like on here) saying they have no problems.. I am glad your 1% percent minority makes it the norm you ****ing dimwit..

Hopefully they keep ****ing with your discs, the mailmen must know you are a dickhead..

[007]

I will say this much, if Gamefly can afford to put discs in cardboard sleeves, you would think Netflix could as well.

[KCChiefsMan]

I've never had a broken disc from netflix. I dont have a blu ray player though, but if I did I would pay it because I watch a lot of movies and I definately get my money worht

[penguinz]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

2 broken Twilight,

Are you a 13 year old girl?

[007]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Are you a 13 year old girl?

Cruel!!!

[unlurking]

One more vote for never had a single broken disc. Had a few of scratched/dirty ones, only one of which I could not repair.

Also, $1 a month isn't going to break my monthly entertainment allowance, so this doesn't really bother me.

[Saulbadguy]

FWIW Wal-Mart has some decent blu-rays for $10.

[Saulbadguy]

Originally Posted by Guru

I will say this much, if Gamefly can afford to put discs in cardboard sleeves, you would think Netflix could as well.

The cost of material probably does not equal the amount of broken discs they have to replace, where gamefly deals in lower volume and higher priced discs.

[ZepSinger]

I usually just choose from the 12,000+ titles that are available online by connecting my laptop to my 50" plasma. I think eventually most of their catalog will be presented this way....

Z

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Are you a 13 year old girl?

no, but my wife wanted to see it. She works at the public library and staff was supposed to read the book when it came out, but it was so poorly written she stopped halfway through. She wanted to see what the hype was all about.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Silock

I've had Netflix since they started their service (what, 8 years ago?). In 2 different cities. Literally hundreds of discs.

Not ONCE have I EVER received a broken disc.

Your mailman sucks.

I was right with you, had never had a broken DVD in years, and never understood how some people had so many problems with it, but since I started Blu-Ray I've had 8 total in about a year, 7 in 2 weeks.

If you read the links I posted, it isn't a widespread problem, but it happens enough around the country that they ought to be addressing it in some fashion. And the reports of people getting disc after disc after disc all cracked are common amongst those posting.

Some of you ****wits like Valiant don't seem to understand this is not someone snapping the disc in half. This is a 1/16" to 1/4" crack from the outer edge of the disc. The mail carrier is not causing this, it is the sorting machine at the postal facility bending the disc. A Bluray, due to the anti-scratch coating, is more rigid than a dvd and thus more susceptible to damage by the bending pressure of the sorting machine.

For those that do not know, your disc travels to the post office from Netflix pre-sorted in bins by zip codes to speed the process. The USPS takes them, runs them through a sorting machine out to the trucks and sends them to you. The USPS has investigated and determined that some damage occurs at this point. Once you watch the disc and return it, it is scanned and sorted again at the postal facility. This is where most of the damage is believed to occur, because by this point, the person has removed the cover from the mailer. The USPS contends that this flimsier envelope is getting jammed in the machines, and also is the cause of most of the damage because the mailer is now less rigid than before. Netflix knows this, and has of yet refused to address it, saying that the USPS should instead hand sort them (costing the USPS more to do so). USPS last year told Netflix they needed to start paying more for this, and Netflix is refusing.

And again, my biggest issue is that Netflix treats it like a non-issue. After 2 weeks of bullshit, they should at the very least immediately sent the replacements, and preferably given a credit.

[BigMeatballDave]

Originally Posted by Saulbadguy

FWIW Wal-Mart has some decent blu-rays for $10.

Yep. I bought most of them. They have quite a few for $15, also.

[Molitoth]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

no, but my wife wanted to see it. She works at the public library and staff was supposed to read the book when it came out, but it was so poorly written she stopped halfway through. She wanted to see what the hype was all about.

Didn't this book win all kinds of awards? How does that justify "poorly written"?

Not that I'm defending it, I've never read/scene it.


Pride and Glory is a badass movie too, hopefully you won't get that one cracked again.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Molitoth

Didn't this book win all kinds of awards? How does that justify "poorly written"?

Not that I'm defending it, I've never read/scene it.


Pride and Glory is a badass movie too, hopefully you won't get that one cracked again.

I didn't read it, but it's young adult fiction, and Stephanie Meyers is apparently not a good author. Apparently even Stephen King slammed her as being a terible author, and if you know King, he's no Shakespeare and doesn't pretend to be....