I agree with Neb52...
Netflix has always had movies that I cannot find elsewhere...
They arrive in two days or less - I live close to a distribution center - I assume.
I've been VERY happy with my Netflix experience.
my $.02
To be fair, there are a some movies that are available on Blockbuster but not from Netflix.
I've used a similar deal with the local video store, but their selection is puny (DVD pickup and return is done manually rather than through the mail), so I'm almost through with them. I've looked at Netflix's catalog, and it's awesome. If I had more free time, I would sign up with them next.
I would choose Netflix over Blockbuster because BB is always on the hustle to mess up its customers with "late fees" and whatnot. Why bother with a company that's trying to sc--- you?
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NOW they're REALLY competing with netflix. First they lowered their price to 17.49 (which in turn forced Netflix to drop their price to 17.99), and dropping that even further to 14.99 and increased their library to over 30 thousand movies (Netflix once bragged of over 25 thousand, while BB could brag of only 25 thousand). And doubling their number of distribution centers.
Now if they could only do something about their lousy website. Man, does my computer drag ever so slowly on their site. TOO MUCH java script all over the damn place.