On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 3:40 AM, PGage <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sun, Jul 17, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Wesley McGee <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Since I've been buying those 3-month Netflix gift cards and using those to >> pay for the service, I learned that I will go to October 8th before the new >> pricing affects me (three month sub started July 8th). However, the question >> is I still have one gift card left. What will happen when I try to redeem >> that. (Netflix's system does not allow one to redeem multiple gift cards. I >> can't attempt to redeem my remaining card before September 8th.) >> > > I asked a Netflix representative about this very question today. I was told > that when the current gift card expires (actually a little before) you will > get an email asking if you want to apply another gift card. If you respond > yes, you will then be able to go to your account online and apply the gift > card to your existing account, at the existing rate. You will not be able to > change plans, but you can keep the one (presumably combined disc/streaming) > you are already paying for with a gift card, and in fact can continue as > long as you have cards (though it is not clear how long you can continue > extending this - I guess they are not selling any new cards of that > denomination, though maybe if you bought up a whole bunch on the aftermarket > you could keep your current combined plan/rate for a long time?).
Coincidently enough, this morning while looking around at the nearby Best Buy, they still had a small stack of Netflix cards at the old price, though the display normally holds three stacks. (I'd guess there was six or seven left.) Looks like this particular store will get rid of the cards through natural attrition as people think to attempt that strategy. -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://drawing-a-blank.tumblr.com (I bought one.) -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
