But was that intentional delaying or limited supply? I know when I get some of my low demand movies they take longer to get to me, when I look at the envelop I see they didn't come from the fulfillment house nearest me but came from somewhere else. It's probable for these low demand movies they don't have copies at every fulfillment center. I've been with NetFlix a long time, mostly they're fast, sometimes they're slow, sometimes one movie is slow while everything else is going fast. I don't sweat it, I have enough other entertainment options that whether I get my NetFlix movies on Friday, Saturday or Monday I'll still be fine.
there seemed to be a couple of delays. it would take them a day or 2 after i returned the film (directly to the post office on their return address) before the dvd would be logged in on the computer as having been returned.
then another day delay before sending out the next one.
this was a few years ago. the delay times seemed to be pretty constant (unlike what other people are reporting), so i assumed the delays were intentionally built into their system.
it had the appearance of intentionally limiting the number of videos i could get each month, so i quit.
however, intention is pretty hard to guage accurately--i'm making an assumption based on the consistent time pattern