Comments on: Netflix Delays Its Movies and Sells Out Its Customers http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/ Smashing Politics, Technology, TV & Pop Culture Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:21:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Anthony Williams http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-10780 Anthony Williams Sat, 28 Aug 2010 09:59:52 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-10780 I reserve all the time for redbox. Its faster then a ATM transaction when u reserve. All i do is swipe the same credit/debit/gift/visa card in the redbox machine then my movies pop-out and I'm on my way. the nearest redbox is 1 mile away from me. my girlfriend timed me 1 time. from the time I walked out the door, jumped in my car, jumped out my car, used the redbox, jumped back in my car, parked, jumped out the car, walked in the house, handed my girlfriend three new redbox movies, she clocked me at 5m:57s that's like 2 mins per movie. I was lucky no one was in line. one time I had to wait 35-40mins while this fat lady picked out 3 movies. trust me leaving was not an option. YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD MY GIRLFRIEND WINE & COMPLAIN!!! when I walked up I was the only person behind her. by the time the lady left the machine there was a line of 25 people. so not every redbox rental is a pleasant experience. I love netflix 2. but I can't seem to get my girlfriend interested in it. even though I let her use my online disc for her ps3. she only streamed one moive then gave up on it. she swears by redbox. netflix has alot of weird and stupid/subtitled foreign/Homosexual/low-budget/useless/thoughless/brainless/without humor/without worth even exsisting/ bullshSS movies. I reserve all the time for redbox. Its faster then a ATM transaction when u reserve. All i do is swipe the same credit/debit/gift/visa card in the redbox machine then my movies pop-out and I’m on my way.

the nearest redbox is 1 mile away from me. my girlfriend timed me 1 time. from the time I walked out the door, jumped in my car, jumped out my car, used the redbox, jumped back in my car, parked, jumped out the car, walked in the house, handed my girlfriend three new redbox movies, she clocked me at 5m:57s

that’s like 2 mins per movie.

I was lucky no one was in line. one time I had to wait 35-40mins while this fat lady picked out 3 movies. trust me leaving was not an option. YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD MY GIRLFRIEND WINE & COMPLAIN!!!

when I walked up I was the only person behind her. by the time the lady left the machine there was a line of 25 people. so not every redbox rental is a pleasant experience.

I love netflix 2. but I can’t seem to get my girlfriend interested in it. even though I let her use my online disc for her ps3. she only streamed one moive then gave up on it. she swears by redbox. netflix has alot of weird and stupid/subtitled foreign/Homosexual/low-budget/useless/thoughless/brainless/without humor/without worth even exsisting/ bullshSS movies.

]]> By: Matt Acres http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-10777 Matt Acres Sat, 28 Aug 2010 08:01:30 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-10777 @Robert Landry "I hate going to Redbox expecting a movie, only to have it already rented out or not even carried to begin with." You can watch movies online with netflix, but you don"t no how to go online and reserve a local redbox movie? LMFAO. The redbox website shows you what movies are still in stock at your local redbox dispensary. And if you reserve the movie of your choice it will be there. LOL I bet you never even used redbox. you are probably a shill for netflix. I definitely aint trying to root for redbox, I know I am die-hard netflix user and only used redbox once. Hands down netflix wins! I'll stick with my ps3 and stay up watching netflix all night every night. It just kills me when I read someone downing a company when that person has never used the services or is just not smart enough to employ all of the features of the service and then cries inadequacy! Robert please just be yourself and don"t add crap to your comment just cause your trying to create false empathy with people to fit in. If most everything I stated is wrong, there is at-least 1 part that is not wrong. regardless of the fact if a movie is carried or rented out, You can check online to see what movies are at your local redbox and in stock. It is literally ten times faster to reserve online. the person at redbox in line behind you loves the kind of person who did everything at home. reserving online will make your time at the redbox machine seem almost to fast to have actually done anything @Robert Landry

“I hate going to Redbox expecting a movie, only to have it already rented out or not even carried to begin with.”

You can watch movies online with netflix, but you don”t no how to go online and reserve a local redbox movie?

LMFAO. The redbox website shows you what movies are still in stock at your local redbox dispensary. And if you reserve the movie of your choice it will be there.

LOL I bet you never even used redbox. you are probably a shill for netflix.

I definitely aint trying to root for redbox, I know I am die-hard netflix user and only used redbox once. Hands down netflix wins! I’ll stick with my ps3 and stay up watching netflix all night every night.

It just kills me when I read someone downing a company when that person has never used the services or is just not smart enough to employ all of the features of the service and then cries inadequacy!

Robert please just be yourself and don”t add crap to your comment just cause your trying to create false empathy with people to fit in.

If most everything I stated is wrong, there is at-least 1 part that is not wrong. regardless of the fact if a movie is carried or rented out, You can check online to see what movies are at your local redbox and in stock. It is literally ten times faster to reserve online. the person at redbox in line behind you loves the kind of person who did everything at home. reserving online will make your time at the redbox machine seem almost to fast to have actually done anything

]]> By: Robert Landry http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-10124 Robert Landry Tue, 13 Jul 2010 23:12:06 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-10124 Netflix is definitely worth the price that you pay for it. I have averaged around a two to three day turn around which, is an average of 10 to 12 movies a month, not including instant movies, for 9 buck plus tax. So, yeah it sucks that we don't get new releases right away but for that go to redbox, but that is just as hit or miss. I hate going to Redbox expecting a movie, only to have it already rented out or not even carried to begin with. You could always look at going to the video store, but then you end up paying $5.00, for a movie. So, is Netflix, selling out, I don't think so. One question though, do all new movies not allow you to skip previews, or is that just netflix and red box. Netflix is definitely worth the price that you pay for it. I have averaged around a two to three day turn around which, is an average of 10 to 12 movies a month, not including instant movies, for 9 buck plus tax. So, yeah it sucks that we don’t get new releases right away but for that go to redbox, but that is just as hit or miss. I hate going to Redbox expecting a movie, only to have it already rented out or not even carried to begin with. You could always look at going to the video store, but then you end up paying $5.00, for a movie. So, is Netflix, selling out, I don’t think so.

One question though, do all new movies not allow you to skip previews, or is that just netflix and red box.

]]> By: Glenn http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-8294 Glenn Thu, 11 Feb 2010 00:53:39 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-8294 Smash, you are so right. I want new releases, not another 80's flick I can watch for free on cable anyway. The studios are bullying and doing nothing but turning off this potential viewer. I guarantee I won't buy a movie just because they delay the rental availability. Nonsense! And what about Blockbuster? I can walk in there and get a new release from day one. What is the difference, from the studios perspective? Anyway, keep up the fight. Netflix needs to stand up for their customers before we all jump ship. Smash, you are so right. I want new releases, not another 80’s flick I can watch for free on cable anyway. The studios are bullying and doing nothing but turning off this potential viewer. I guarantee I won’t buy a movie just because they delay the rental availability. Nonsense! And what about Blockbuster? I can walk in there and get a new release from day one. What is the difference, from the studios perspective?
Anyway, keep up the fight. Netflix needs to stand up for their customers before we all jump ship.

]]> By: smash http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-8032 smash Fri, 08 Jan 2010 17:34:10 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-8032 Thanks for the thoughtful response, Lil’ Tim. We predict that other studios will be doing the very same thing to us Netflix customers that Warner Bros. is doing –namely, set up their own agreements based on their mutual self-interest. That, we argue, erodes the very basis for being able to get a New Release like “District 9”, as you mentioned, any time in the future. Never has technology been so advanced in our ability to access movies. But don’t tell that to the studios because they’d still prefer to squeeze us and force us to buy their movies and deprive Netflix, and us, from fulfilling one of the singular reasons why we are even members in the first place. We want those new films when they’re out. But Netflix isn’t going to bat for us. Yes, Netflix has an impressive array of films and documentaries. But it isn’t the only thing out there. Ever tried Green Cine, for example? http://www.greencine.com Thanks for the thoughtful response, Lil’ Tim. We predict that other studios will be doing the very same thing to us Netflix customers that Warner Bros. is doing –namely, set up their own agreements based on their mutual self-interest. That, we argue, erodes the very basis for being able to get a New Release like “District 9”, as you mentioned, any time in the future. Never has technology been so advanced in our ability to access movies. But don’t tell that to the studios because they’d still prefer to squeeze us and force us to buy their movies and deprive Netflix, and us, from fulfilling one of the singular reasons why we are even members in the first place. We want those new films when they’re out. But Netflix isn’t going to bat for us. Yes, Netflix has an impressive array of films and documentaries. But it isn’t the only thing out there. Ever tried Green Cine, for example? http://www.greencine.com

]]> By: Lil Tim http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-8028 Lil Tim Fri, 08 Jan 2010 06:26:23 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-8028 I wonder what implications this move has for the future of media. For me, and I imagine for numerous others, Netflix still holds an unbeatable selection of movies, INCLUDING things like documentaries and independent films (Food, Inc. being an example), and I'm not sure their selection is ever going to run out of value for me. I have about 400 movies in my queue, plus many instant streaming titles. I stream all the time. So, it will take much larger change to Netflix's model for me to stop using their service. The question this raises is whether or not changes to Netflix, or to any other distribution model for media for that matter, will begin to influence the consumption decisions of its customers. For example, I like to get a new release every now and again, like District 9, which I got the day it came out to Netflix. But if movies don't come to Netflix for a month? Well, for me, I'll just wait for another month, assuming I can't get it at Redbox. And, as Gary said, I'll continue to go through my really long queue of movies and I'll watch more content from my DVR and from my collection of vodcasts. I'm not going to kowtow to Warner just because they want to increase their sales and will slap around Netflix and its end customers to do so. I don't think the "temperament" in this article is at all an exception, and I'd be willing to bet that mine is more of an exception than the one portrayed above. But, will we see a shift? Unless Netflix gets some serious competition, which I just can't see happening right now, will there be a subset of customers like me who stick with it and mold our consumption of media based on the collective availability of content through Netflix, Hulu, internet TV, and cable? And choose to be less interested in media that is made harder and more expensive to access? Especially when networks and movie studios are putting the screws on distributors, might it not be better for us as consumers to "vote with our dollars," and start to choose different forms of media rather than eat it from Fox and Warner and other heavy-handed corporations? I guess time will tell. I wonder what implications this move has for the future of media. For me, and I imagine for numerous others, Netflix still holds an unbeatable selection of movies, INCLUDING things like documentaries and independent films (Food, Inc. being an example), and I’m not sure their selection is ever going to run out of value for me. I have about 400 movies in my queue, plus many instant streaming titles. I stream all the time. So, it will take much larger change to Netflix’s model for me to stop using their service.

The question this raises is whether or not changes to Netflix, or to any other distribution model for media for that matter, will begin to influence the consumption decisions of its customers. For example, I like to get a new release every now and again, like District 9, which I got the day it came out to Netflix. But if movies don’t come to Netflix for a month? Well, for me, I’ll just wait for another month, assuming I can’t get it at Redbox. And, as Gary said, I’ll continue to go through my really long queue of movies and I’ll watch more content from my DVR and from my collection of vodcasts. I’m not going to kowtow to Warner just because they want to increase their sales and will slap around Netflix and its end customers to do so.

I don’t think the “temperament” in this article is at all an exception, and I’d be willing to bet that mine is more of an exception than the one portrayed above. But, will we see a shift? Unless Netflix gets some serious competition, which I just can’t see happening right now, will there be a subset of customers like me who stick with it and mold our consumption of media based on the collective availability of content through Netflix, Hulu, internet TV, and cable? And choose to be less interested in media that is made harder and more expensive to access? Especially when networks and movie studios are putting the screws on distributors, might it not be better for us as consumers to “vote with our dollars,” and start to choose different forms of media rather than eat it from Fox and Warner and other heavy-handed corporations? I guess time will tell.

]]> By: smash http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-8022 smash Thu, 07 Jan 2010 19:43:12 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-8022 The point of the piece was to highlight Netflix thinking of its own self-interest and its business interests with Warner Brothers instead of providing a more improved movie experience for its own customers. That’s the layman’s definition for selling out. Making the customers wait 28 days before they can see a New Release completely goes against the promise Netflix made to its subscribers who count on having access to a new DVD or Blu Ray every Tuesday. In fact, one of these days we may see the category “New Releases” removed from Netflix altogether. Watch the rest of the movies in our queue in order to calm ourselves down? Wait those extra days and just put up with it? We think not, and we don’t think ours is a “rare” temperament. Check out the many negative responses to this contract deal on the Internet. The point of the piece was to highlight Netflix thinking of its own self-interest and its business interests with Warner Brothers instead of providing a more improved movie experience for its own customers. That’s the layman’s definition for selling out. Making the customers wait 28 days before they can see a New Release completely goes against the promise Netflix made to its subscribers who count on having access to a new DVD or Blu Ray every Tuesday. In fact, one of these days we may see the category “New Releases” removed from Netflix altogether. Watch the rest of the movies in our queue in order to calm ourselves down? Wait those extra days and just put up with it? We think not, and we don’t think ours is a “rare” temperament. Check out the many negative responses to this contract deal on the Internet.

]]> By: Gary http://smashgods.com/2010/01/06/thanks-netflix-you-just-sold-us-out/#comment-8021 Gary Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:47:55 +0000 http://smashgods.com/?p=435#comment-8021 Why don't you watch a few of those other 200+ discs in your queue while you wait the extra 28 days? How often does the latest release automatically become a higher priority than the many other titles in your queue? Never does for me and I suspect most Netflix subscribers feel the same. If this happens often for you, then I think you have a rare temperament that may not be right for Netflix. Why don’t you watch a few of those other 200+ discs in your queue while you wait the extra 28 days? How often does the latest release automatically become a higher priority than the many other titles in your queue? Never does for me and I suspect most Netflix subscribers feel the same. If this happens often for you, then I think you have a rare temperament that may not be right for Netflix.

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