Author Topic: Netflix price structure changes, ppl rage. (Read 41562 times)

Rama · « **Reply #30 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 02:01:43 AM »

Quote from: Fiero on Jul 15, 2011, 04:02:09 PM

Quote from: Rama on Jul 15, 2011, 12:50:05 AM
Well that's one endorsement. I do need to visit. I've never been. I've been to Dallas...and Lubbock, but not Austin.

Why the fuck would you choose to go to Lubbock? Dallas, Austin, San Antonio. These are the only places I will go (and Big Bend).

Wedding. Not by choice. It was for my cousin and he ended up divorced anyway.

Fiero · « **Reply #31 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 03:41:58 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Jul 15, 2011, 10:39:16 PM

Not even to Houston to find Bernie?

I suppose ... but I don't care for the city.

joe · « **Reply #32 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 01:43:13 PM »

I didn't realize Bernie was missing.

Lost in Houston: The Bernie AKA Story.

The D · « **Reply #33 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 04:09:01 PM »

Quote from: B E C K on Jul 12, 2011, 10:01:21 PM

So I was reading about the change at my computer at work and thinking, 'oh, that's balls', but then I went into Merla's acct (since she's the primary acct holder and pays for it) and lo', I go to look at the plans and her price point of 23.98 is the same. Apparently... only cheapos are effected by this.

That's because current account holders won't see their price increase until September.

IDE · « **Reply #34 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 07:11:05 PM »

Ohhhh you gon get it in september!

Time for a fly by night company to swoop in and make money off netflix passing the buck to the consumer instead of eating their fiscal shit pie themselves.

If I had some start up capital I'd be all over this.

It would be called Netflixxx and every stream/dvd would start off with HGG.gif before the previews.

gwynn · « **Reply #35 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 08:12:32 PM »

I think you should call it Cinephile, or perhaps FlixBox, or the ever popular Movie Gunge.

B E C K · « **Reply #36 on:** Jul 16, 2011, 11:28:07 PM »

Quote from: Dangerous D on Jul 16, 2011, 04:09:01 PM

Quote from: B E C K on Jul 12, 2011, 10:01:21 PM
So I was reading about the change at my computer at work and thinking, 'oh, that's balls', but then I went into Merla's acct (since she's the primary acct holder and pays for it) and lo', I go to look at the plans and her price point of 23.98 is the same. Apparently... only cheapos are effected by this.

That's because current account holders won't see their price increase until September.

I've always been able to see the price changes if I go into her account to change the plan. In fact, it shows the DVD and streaming only options and the combined single-disc option w/ streaming at the new prices. So I don't believe I'm viewing an old price for the upper-tiered plans. It gives me an option to change plans and says if we change it, we're stuck at the new price point. But there is no new price increase showing for "two discs + streaming" and over that I can notice.

B E C K · « **Reply #37 on:** Sep 19, 2011, 02:39:57 PM »

Netflix Separates Its DVD, Streaming Businesses:

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Netflix Inc. is separating its DVD-by-mail business from the online movie streaming service it sees as the future of entertainment consumption.

In announcing the changes, CEO Reed Hastings also apologized to subscribers for the way the company communicated its decision to split the two services, which raised prices for those who want both.

The mail order plan will be renamed "Qwikster." In a few weeks, Netflix subscribers who want to get DVDs by mail will go to a separate website to access Qwikster. The streaming business will continue to be called Netflix.

Members who subscribe to both services will have two entries on their credit card statements. Instead of Netflix, the distinctive red envelopes that end up in customers' mailboxes will now say Qwikster.

[more at the link above...]

Um, are they TRYING to get rid of customers? Aren't the combined services what makes it different from competitors? Who the hell wants to go to two different websites? And Qwikster is a stupid-ass name.

Fiero · « **Reply #38 on:** Sep 19, 2011, 03:13:09 PM »

Fucking god damn it.

Definitely switching to just streaming and also saying I lost the DVDs I have because I sort of have lost them.

blanktoe · « **Reply #39 on:** Sep 19, 2011, 06:02:37 PM »

Aren't they expecting to lose 1 million customers by the end the of the year? I think they're trying to kill the DVD service and just become a video game service.

B E C K · « **Reply #40 on:** Sep 20, 2011, 01:58:59 AM »

If I were paying for this, I'd probably axe it all. I wonder what the hell happens to my queue with the switch since I'm only a sub-account of Merla's.

blanktoe · « **Reply #41 on:** Sep 20, 2011, 06:04:50 AM »

It goes bye bye.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #42 on:** Sep 20, 2011, 09:09:10 PM »

I got that email from Reed what's his face, and he can lick my ass with as much fake sentimentalism as he can muster, which is a lot. It was all, "oh, I love and miss what we were...fuck it, we be streaming from now on!" They can take Quixster and choke on it.

B E C K · « **Reply #43 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 02:27:43 AM »

I think they're seriously jumping the gun with this shit.

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Many of us take broadband Internet access for granted. But a new government survey paints a different picture of the nation.

In a survey of more than 100,000 people in more than 50,000 households across the U.S., 40 percent reported no broadband or high-speed access to the Internet, while 30 percent said they have no Internet access at all.

Sponsored by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and conducted by the Census Bureau, the survey found that most of those interviewed said they either don't need broadband or find it too expensive. Some said they have no computer, but many of those in rural areas reported that broadband is simply not available.

^ From http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10454133-94.html

That's a huge amount of people that could have Netflix and not be able to stream shit. Even if you assume that everyone with Netflix has an internet connection at home and discount that 30 w/ no connection at all, the low-speed folks outnumber the high-speed ones. As if the Netflix's stream offerings come close to their DVD catalog anyway. Balls.

IDE · « **Reply #44 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 03:08:26 AM »

Fuck these people that say its too expensive. It's 1$ a day. They can burn in slow INTERNET hell.

joe · « **Reply #45 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 05:05:09 AM »

I find the video quality of Netflix streaming abhorrent. That's Netflix Canada, though. Our selection is also fucking pathetic.

Rama · « **Reply #46 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 11:58:26 AM »

Quote from: B E C K on Sep 22, 2011, 02:27:43 AM

I think they're seriously jumping the gun with this shit.

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Many of us take broadband Internet access for granted. But a new government survey paints a different picture of the nation.

In a survey of more than 100,000 people in more than 50,000 households across the U.S., 40 percent reported no broadband or high-speed access to the Internet, while 30 percent said they have no Internet access at all.

Sponsored by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) and conducted by the Census Bureau, the survey found that most of those interviewed said they either don't need broadband or find it too expensive. Some said they have no computer, but many of those in rural areas reported that broadband is simply not available.

^ From http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10454133-94.html

That's a huge amount of people that could have Netflix and not be able to stream shit. Even if you assume that everyone with Netflix has an internet connection at home and discount that 30 w/ no connection at all, the low-speed folks outnumber the high-speed ones. As if the Netflix's stream offerings come close to their DVD catalog anyway. Balls.

Did I ever mention that I was one of those people that can't get broadband? I just wanted to make sure cause I can't remember if I ever did.

joe · « **Reply #47 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 03:02:32 PM »

Yeah, you've mentioned it. Broadband service ends at the edge of your lawn, or some such.

Fiero · « **Reply #48 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 03:30:32 PM »

Then run a cable to the sidewalk.

Rama · « **Reply #49 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 03:40:51 PM »

It's not that close. It is like 1.4 miles away.

Rodent of Unusual Size · « **Reply #50 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 08:11:28 PM »

I have DSL, but it tops out at 1Mbps. As a result streaming doesn't work all that great, and forget anything in HD.

Fiero · « **Reply #51 on:** Sep 22, 2011, 08:56:24 PM »

Quote from: Rama on Sep 22, 2011, 03:40:51 PM

It's not that close. It is like 1.4 miles away.

I would be calling the company that would be providing broadband every fucking day to complain.

B E C K · « **Reply #52 on:** Sep 23, 2011, 12:40:30 AM »

My streaming speed is relatively okay as long as both Merla and I aren't both playing a game or loading something while using Netflix.

Rama · « **Reply #53 on:** Sep 23, 2011, 12:56:50 AM »

Quote from: Fiero on Sep 22, 2011, 08:56:24 PM

Quote from: Rama on Sep 22, 2011, 03:40:51 PM
It's not that close. It is like 1.4 miles away.

I would be calling the company that would be providing broadband every fucking day to complain.

Doesn't do much good. Till someone else ponies up the cash to run the lines (the ISPs just don't do that around here.) then they won't do it. It's bullshit, but bullshit I have to live with for the time being.

Fiero · « **Reply #54 on:** Sep 23, 2011, 05:10:11 PM »

Or move.

Rama · « **Reply #55 on:** Sep 23, 2011, 08:44:02 PM »

I've tried that. Looked about a dozen houses, and I don't mean drove by it and noticed the for sale sign, but actually went inside and looked around with an agent. Even put an offer in on one. Lost it, but at least I tried. Ah well.

Fiero · « **Reply #56 on:** Sep 23, 2011, 08:48:51 PM »

Do it again and again andd again

Fiero · « **Reply #57 on:** Oct 10, 2011, 12:55:54 PM »

Just got e-mail from Netflix.

No Qwikster. Everything is staying at Netflix.

Sam · « **Reply #58 on:** Oct 10, 2011, 03:37:41 PM »

Ha ha, we really had you going with that whole Quickster thing, didn't we? Psych!

B E C K · « **Reply #59 on:** Oct 11, 2011, 12:26:13 AM »

Someone. Fire. Reed. Hastings. NOW.