I was wrong. I had sent a post to the List defending Netflix. I said that I had seen no evidence that Netflix was deliberately slowing down sending out DVD movies in the 5+ years I have subscribed. This was and continues to be true for me (maybe the fact that I live 5 miles from Netflix headquarters makes a difference). However, CNN yesterday carried a story yesterday where the CEO of Netflix admitted that it was their policy to slow down sending out DVDs to "heavy users" (11 or more per month for the 3 out-plan) to reduce the number of movies the heavy users can get in a month to keep their costs down!!
Here is the CNN link: http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/netflix.penalty.ap/index.html Their mailing slow down is understandable...it costs $0.78 for two way postage on each DVD, but is inconsistent with their earlier "unlimited" statements. Having lost the lawsuit brought by plaintiffs that claimed a slow down policy, Netflix now states in the Agreement that a customer must accept as a condition of signing up for the service that there is the possibility of a throttling down of the mailings as the number increases. For some reason I still get over 20 a month. Even at 10+/month it is a great deal compared to driving to the local brick & mortar rental store. Phil -- ---------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
