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Marina wrote:
It's the same here. If you ring a mobile in Finland, the caller pays,
but if the mobile is abroad, the owner pays. I think it's because the
caller may not know that the mobile they are calling is abroad, so they
wouldn't be aware of the higher charge.

My sisters tell me that if I call them in Mexico from the US on their
cell phones, *they* get charged a higher fee than if I was calling from
Mexico. I can't believe that! *I* am paying for international long
distance, why should they be charged anything extra?

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Marina wrote:
It's the same here. If you ring a mobile in Finland, the caller pays,
but if the mobile is abroad, the owner pays. I think it's because the
caller may not know that the mobile they are calling is abroad, so they
wouldn't be aware of the higher charge.

My sisters tell me that if I call them in Mexico from the US on their
cell phones, *they* get charged a higher fee than if I was calling from
Mexico. I can't believe that! *I* am paying for international long
distance, why should they be charged anything extra?


They shouldn't. That's weird. Who's their carrier?

kili

On 2006-03-10, jmcquown penned:

What kills me is now you get to watch commercials when you go to a
movie theatre. We already pay megabucks to get a ticket, ridiculous
prices for some popcorn (which we all know costs next to nothing) or
some candy and a soda. Now you have to sit through 5 minutes of
commercials.


I think (might be wrong) that movie theaters generally lose money on
tickets, but make money on the concessions.

Either way, it's a rare movie that can compel me to go see it on the
big screen. Yay netflix.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

I think (might be wrong) that movie theaters generally lose money on
tickets, but make money on the concessions.

Yeah, that's what I've heard too. The entire ticket price goes back
to the studio, so the only way theaters stay afloat is by overpricing
the concessions.

Either way, it's a rare movie that can compel me to go see it on the
big screen. Yay netflix.

Yay on this side, too. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Netflix. Digital Cable, DVR,
and Netflix. I never need to go out again.

Jane
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Jane wrote:
Yay on this side, too. I LOVE LOVE LOVE Netflix. Digital Cable, DVR,
and Netflix. I never need to go out again.

I fired Netflix after learning of how they penalize people who rent a
lot of movies. I now use blockbuster.com, which is 3 bucks cheaper per
month (I got a special deal, their normal price is the same as netflix)
and I get 2 free in-store movies per month. Their regular plan includes
4 free in-store movies per month.


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On 2006-03-14, Victor Martinez penned:

I fired Netflix after learning of how they penalize people who rent
a lot of movies.

I know that used to be true, but I think it was addressed.

Actually, it was never "a lot of movies" -- it was people who always
request the latest blockbuster as soon as it's released to DVD. Since
most of my Netflix usage is to watch TV series without interruptions,
even if they're still playing that game, it doesn't matter to me.
I've never had a problem getting the movies I want. I typically have
at least 50 movies in the queue, and only once or twice in the last
two (?) years have I gotten the second DVD in the queue instead of the
first, presumably because all of the first were already rented out. I
love the fact that I can hold on to a DVD indefinitely without
worrying about late fees.

I now use blockbuster.com, which is 3 bucks cheaper per month (I got a
special deal, their normal price is the same as netflix) and I get 2
free in-store movies per month. Their regular plan includes 4 free
in-store movies per month.

I refuse to use Blockbuster. I can't tell you how much money I've
wasted because if you are late by a day, they charge you for a full
additional rental period. They may have changed that, but I don't care;
as far as I'm concerned, they're scum. They're the whole reason I
switched to Netflix. They also sent their lawyers after my brother for
owing money once. It was on the order of two bucks or something.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
I know that used to be true, but I think it was addressed.

Nope. It was "addressed" by making it official policy.

Actually, it was never "a lot of movies" -- it was people who always
request the latest blockbuster as soon as it's released to DVD. Since

It happened to me with both old and new movies. The top 3 movies in my
queue would show up as "available now" (including TV series) but I'd get
the 4th one in the queue instead. Not good when I get disc #4 of a
series without getting #1,2, and 3 first. :-/

I've never had a problem getting the movies I want. I typically have
at least 50 movies in the queue, and only once or twice in the last
two (?) years have I gotten the second DVD in the queue instead of the
first, presumably because all of the first were already rented out. I
love the fact that I can hold on to a DVD indefinitely without
worrying about late fees.

My experience was like yours at first. Then came a couple of TV series I
watched fanatically, so that I was sending back discs the day after I
got them. This ticked off their computer algorithm and marked me as a
heavy user.

I refuse to use Blockbuster. I can't tell you how much money I've
wasted because if you are late by a day, they charge you for a full
additional rental period. They may have changed that, but I don't care;

Not an issue with online rentals.


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On 2006-03-14, Jane penned:
I recently read an article about that 'problem', too. Apparently
some people watch the movies as soon as they get them and put them
back into the mail the Very Next Day (horror!), and for those
people, Netflix slowed down their deliveries. In my early days of
Netflix, I used to be able to go through 3 mailings a week. That
has slowed down to maybe 2. Big whoop. As far as I'm concerned,
renting at least 4 DVDs a month is still a big leg up on
Blockbuster's prices, or Hollywood's prices, or pretty much anybody
else's prices. Besides, they come to my door! How cool is that?

I've watched the entire Buffy show via Netflix, plus Angel, Scrubs,
and several other series ... never experienced a slowdown. We are
also very lucky in that there's a processing center in Denver, so we
basically get next-day service.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

On 2006-03-14, Victor Martinez penned:

It happened to me with both old and new movies. The top 3 movies in
my queue would show up as "available now" (including TV series) but
I'd get the 4th one in the queue instead. Not good when I get disc
#4 of a series without getting #1,2, and 3 first. :-/

Gross. That has literally never happened to me with netflix.

My experience was like yours at first. Then came a couple of TV
series I watched fanatically, so that I was sending back discs the
day after I got them. This ticked off their computer algorithm and
marked me as a heavy user.

Weird. I have done this, too, and never have problems.

Maybe it's offset by the fact that I frequently get a movie and don't
feel like watching it for a few months ... I mean, not all the time,
but it happens.

I refuse to use Blockbuster. I can't tell you how much money I've
wasted because if you are late by a day, they charge you for a full
additional rental period. They may have changed that, but I don't
care;

Not an issue with online rentals.

Sure, but I still hate them.

--
monique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully

pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca

I quit Netflix when it got to where even if I returned disks first thing on
Monday morning, I would not have the next set for the next weekend. Since
we only had time to watch on weekends, this meant we only got DVD's every
other week. And I know it wasn't the postoffice.

Jo
"Victor Martinez" wrote in message
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Monique Y. Mudama wrote:
I know that used to be true, but I think it was addressed.

Nope. It was "addressed" by making it official policy.

Actually, it was never "a lot of movies" -- it was people who always
request the latest blockbuster as soon as it's released to DVD. Since

It happened to me with both old and new movies. The top 3 movies in my
queue would show up as "available now" (including TV series) but I'd get
the 4th one in the queue instead. Not good when I get disc #4 of a series
without getting #1,2, and 3 first. :-/

I've never had a problem getting the movies I want. I typically have
at least 50 movies in the queue, and only once or twice in the last
two (?) years have I gotten the second DVD in the queue instead of the
first, presumably because all of the first were already rented out. I
love the fact that I can hold on to a DVD indefinitely without
worrying about late fees.

My experience was like yours at first. Then came a couple of TV series I
watched fanatically, so that I was sending back discs the day after I got
them. This ticked off their computer algorithm and marked me as a heavy
user.

I refuse to use Blockbuster. I can't tell you how much money I've
wasted because if you are late by a day, they charge you for a full
additional rental period. They may have changed that, but I don't care;

Not an issue with online rentals.


--
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