2 Things I Gotta Know About Netflix

By on January 20, 2006 in Tech

I’ve been using Netflix for about nine months. It’s cheaper that the pay-per-view I used to use on that TIVO-hating DirecTV, it has a much wider selection, and movies take an average of one day to get to and from my front door and the local Netflix distribution facility. I put two returns in the mail on Tuesday and I got two more yesterday. This is not an exception; it’s the rule.

So here are my questions:

1) If you watch movies, why in the world would you not be a Netflix customer? I really want to know. If you rent movies but don’t use Netflix please tell me why. Comments preferred so we can all talk about it.

2) How in the world can something this cool and inexpensive make enough money to last? You know that “this is too good to be true” feeling. Well I have it where Netflix is concerned. Someone give me hope that I am going to be able to use Netflix forever. Mr. Netflix, raise the monthly charge before you let yourself go out of business, ya hear.

Someone help me out here.

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  • http://Russell.supersized.org/ Russell

    I loved Netflix in a former life, but then i ran out of movies and time so I stopped.I too wonder how they can make a profit.

  • http://bill.wards.net/ Bill

    If you watch a lot of movies, Netflix is a great deal. But movie watching falls into the category of things most people want to do more than they actually do. At least that is how it is for me. Maybe I could get 3 movies from Netflix, watch them in one sitting, send them back and get 3 more, ad infinitum. If I did that, it’d be a great deal compared to going to the local video store and paying $4 a pop.But in reality I barely have time to keep up with the Law & Order episodes my DVR keeps recording. I tell you, I’m a slave to that thing. So the Netflix discs just sit there, and I’ll send them back after a few weeks or even months, unwatched half the time. In the meantime I’d have been better off not subscribing at all. At least with the local video store, I’d have the threat of late fees keeping me from just neglecting the discs.