Posted on 09/19/2011 5:56:25 AM PDT by Usagi_yo
I was just in it for the DVDs. I cancelled months ago when they had the first price increase.
I just dropped the DVDs-by-mail. I’ll keep the streaming for now.
I’m so glad I got the same email. It reminded me to go cancel my subscription. 8.99 -> 16.98 in a year. No thanks.
The streaming content was already BAD enough but once the Starz shows disappear since their contract expired (and not renewed) it’s about to get pathetic.
Qwikster is about as bad a name as you can get. Sounds like a convenient store or something. Tip for Mr CEO maybe something like ‘MailFlix’ or something to at least stay in the same branding realm.
The company NEEDS to make a change. DVD's are dead. Streaming is the future. A GREAT service is trying to survive is a RAPIDLY changing market....and y'all just whine that you want it the way it always was.
Too friggin' BAD.... Drop their service. Find something better. Start your OWN business.
But, GADS man, stop the whining....you sound like a bunch of liberals who can't comprehend that business needs to MAKE MONEY and want them to subsidize YOUR way of life...
I’m so glad I got the same email. It reminded me to go cancel my subscription. 8.99 -> 16.98 in a year. No thanks.
The streaming content was already BAD enough but once the Starz shows disappear since their contract expired (and not renewed) it’s about to get pathetic.
Qwikster is about as bad a name as you can get. Sounds like a convenient store or something. Tip for Mr CEO maybe something like ‘MailFlix’ or something to at least stay in the same branding realm.
I love the streaming movies. I don’t even bother much with DVDs. But they need to get the best stuff on streaming to make that work. The took deadliest catch off, and I’m sure it was because the producers wanted to sell DVDs. A lot of good movies out that Netflix hasn’t gotten into streaming yet. Unless they fix that, it wont work.
Agreed, which is why netflix streaming business needs to focus on that side of the business, and the mail business can focus on areas where they can win, like the aforementioned rural areas.
I’m just saying, I think it’s a good move, although netflix and mailflix would’ve made more sense as names.
Why not NetlixDVD.com and NetflixNet.com or something like that? Qwikster? Sounds like Shyster.
Does this mean they've cancelled the recent price hike, that we will be paying the same for streaming + 1 DVD as we did last month, only now with a separate CC charge for each?
I’m can’t believe my fellow patriots on this site use services like Netflix. For the sake of convinience you’re willing to abandon American jobs such as Blockbuster, a company founded by Americans who made it their mission to provide entertainment to all Americans no matter how rural, and instead people like you are using Netflix, a company founded by foreigners who donatesa large amount to libs every election cycle and uses illigial mexicans in their warehouses to pack the DVDs into sleeves to mail them out to you.
Are we really so willing to sacrifice our values for a little bit of money and time?
Modest price increases are to be expected; Netflix's price increase (depending on the plan used) was in the neighborhood of 60%.
The cost of DVDs hasn't gone up.
The cost of postage has gone up maybe 2 or 3%.
That leaves the cost of streaming. If the cost of streaming has somehow gone up 60% (which is doubtful) then they need to do a better job explaining it.
Oh, and this was far from an apology. It was am explaination that the CEO gave with a smary smile on his face. It was an announcement of the split.
This is being done to save Netflix and nothing else.
The DVD rental industry has a few more years at most and everyone knows it. Qwikster is being set-up as a business that will die quietly in the near future.
Netflix will now be able to advertise that their most expensive plan is under $8 a month. Streaming is far more lucrative because it requires a much smaller staff, no packaging, no postage and the product never gets damaged, lost or worn-out.
Don’t forget that netflix is losing Starz in February.
/sarcasm
Not sure this is the brightest idea a company ever had. Are they just trying to ruin it?
Now, we will have to maintain two separate lists of titles on two separate websites.
The integration of the two on the current website made them easier to maintain.
Additionally, the Post Office may be closing our regional processing center (30 miles away) and moving processing to the state capitol (150 miles away). That would probably add an extra day to DVD turnaround time; thus reducing the number of monthly DVD deliveries by 3-4. If the PO also stops Saturday delivery, that would reduce the number even more — and make Red Box a better value.
The list of new DVD titles has been real great in recent months. Most of the titles in my DVD list are NOT ‘must see’ titles. I lived without mailed DVDs for decades. I can easily live without them again.
I don’t mind it. I prefer the streaming video, but I do rent DVD’s for the selection and I will continue to do so. (once I can get new releases and a better selection with the streaming, I’ll let the DVD’s go.)
I don’t understand why everyone is so upset about this. It’s basically the same thing, they’re just restructuring.
It doesn’t make sense to me why this it’s really necessary, but I’m not going to have a cow about it.
What perfect karmic symmetry in that screwer/screwee number inversion !
The thing is, what market? In our town *every* video store has shut down over the last five years. We have a tiny selection with a Red Box at McDonalds, but that’s it. For us, NetFlix is the only game left. They crushed everyone else.
Who hasn’t raised their prices lately? Have you been grocery shopping lately?
Had the CEO come out and explained to the customers about the studios and distributors causing them angst BEFORE the price increase, dollars to donuts, there wouldn’t have been as many people dropping. This is just frosting on the cake for those who were ticked already.
Netflix is in a death spiral. I will be surprised if they pull out at all.
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