Netflix is making me mad!

Do you know if they increased just instant streaming? I haven't heard anything about it nor received an e-mail. Is it only DVD's? I know many people that are leaving netflix because of it.

I heard they were going to raise their prices, just wasn't sure when that would be. I used to have netflix like years ago, but dropped it because I just didn't watch enough dvds to make it worth it*of course I like watching the instant watch shows and movies though.. So maybe I will opt for the instant only. It sucks that everything is raising.... Except for our wages.

My plan only went up by $3. I get 3 DVDs at a time plus streaming.

When I had netflix I paid 8.99 a month unlimited but this was before you could get the movies right to your TV. This was just the mail order type. So if I was able to waatch When I moved to Puerto Rico we found a place where you rent three movies for $5.35. We have to go to the store and pick the movies and return them but I think its a better deal for me. Especially since there were times I didn't have the time to watch movies when I was with netflix so I felt like I was wasting money. Now we rent movies when we know we are going home to watch them at that moment.

my husband and I have already decided that we are going to drop the dvd's completely and go to all instant streaming. Since we bought a whole year in a advance back in January from Christmas money we have a bit longer on our plan(at least that is the response that I got when I emailed asking). We only really get 2 movies a month that we sit down and watch on DVD, so anything we really want to watch we can run to the Redbox and get it.

I LOVE Netflix. I think it is the best, and the cheepest form of entertainment there is. It is way better than teevision. No commercials. No repeats, unless YU want to see something again, and a vast amount of films to choose from. I think the subscription cost was ridiculously low. I will be moe than happy to pay for any increase. Even at $16, it is still cheeper than television.

I am not having the same issue, but a totally different one with netflix. For starters, my husband say that they were going to be raised to somewhere around $15. My Netflix got taken out of my Paypal, and the price was the same as always. Now, I am in Canada, so we can't get DVDS. However, there are a lot of movies that we want to see that are not available up here, so it's a bit of a rip-off. There are a few Canadian TV shows I like that I watch, but that's about it. Anyway, you have just explained it to me, without even realizing it, and I explained it to my husband. Obviously, we can not get DVDs up here, so we are not getting the option to pay for them. But as you said, those who want instant viewing, AND DVDs have to pay for both plans, and that's the $15-ish that my husband read about in the article. I guess the article he read was not that clear, because what you said was news to him too, but it explained A LOT.

When I signed up for Netflix (at the end of November) it was with a 30 day free trial before the trial was up they had raised the rate by a $1, I was of course irritated but kept it. We enjoyed it so much that 2 months ago I extended my plan to include 2 DVD's out at a time, so I was none to please to find that they had raised the rate on me a 2nd time in less than a year and by a huge jump, in my opinion. I was so angry that I immediately canceled the DVD part of my account. I hope that others do the same and show Netflix where we all stand, that a 60% increase in a down economy is unacceptable. Shame on you Netflix!

yeah, i got that too, deciding what to do. It wasn't an issue, because we didn't use the streaming, but now that Dearra's discovered that feature, I have to think whether I want to pay extra to keep it.

I'm not too happy with them either. I think they are getting way too greedy. They have to be making a ton of money now but they want more. They see the way of the future to be streaming all of the movies and doing away with the mailed dvd's. It's pure profit for them since they save in the cost of the dvd's themselves, plus postage and equipment to sort and stock them. What they don't seem to care about though are all of their customers that don't have broadband internet and are unable to stream movies very well. Not everyone has good enough internet service to be able to stream movies so they are turning their back on those people, probably a lot of the customers that helped them get where they are today. I think they are trying to use their existing customers to fund their needed increase in computer infrastructure to be able to expand their streaming capacity. Right now, they don't have much of their inventory of movies available for streaming, especially the new releases, so they need a huge number of servers and equipment to be able to offer more or all of their movies for streaming. I think it's going to backfire on them though. I read an article today that said there is a huge number of their customers that are upset over this move and some people are dropping them altogether or reducing their plans to fight the price increase. I plan to drop the streaming part of the plan and just keep the dvd plan. I am going to check out the Redbox thing too and if I like that, I may drop Netflix altogether. Netflix was a great service that provided a great value for a cheap price but they are increasing the price to a point where other options are cheaper, so their deal doesn't look that good anymore. Blockbuster was also a great deal at one point and they increased prices and reduced service so people left them and look where they are today. Now Netflix seems to be going down that same road. Pretty dumb move if you ask me...

You should probably try Hulu. I've been on this website for almost two years now and they have the best shows on there. They also have Hulu Plus now if you wanna pay for membership. I just don't know how much it costs. Hopefully, it's lower than what you're paying for Netflix.

Though netflix as been very convenient, I don't think they offer enough choices. Well I used to have the netflix where it was linked to your gaming console and you retrieve videos through your console, I never really tried the version where they mail the DVDs to you, therefore I am not sure about the amount of choices. But I am certain that the console option did not offer many choices, therefore I dropped them. During my time with netflix however, I did not face any price changes. I also would not agree to their 1 DVD at a time, just doesn't feel right especially with the time given when it comes to mailing the movie. Then again, I never ordered their DVD so I am not sure how long it takes, but if it takes long, yes I would hate their 1 DVD at a time, in addition to price increase.

It really sucks what netflix is doing, their price increase if near 60%, I think they are trying to take advantage of the large market they have. Hulu is a good other option. There are also other sites on the web where you can watch quality movies and tv shows for free such as ice films

Yes they are making other people mad too they are going to lose a lot of customers by raising there prices. oh well bad for them

I don't know of anyone who is happy with them. Keep what you need or watch local channels like I have to. Right now, money is too tight and with Obamaitis, it might even get worse. hugs, quita

I just signed up with netflix last week. I am still in the one-month-free trial period. Although I don't get to see a lot of movies, my kids are definitely enjoying all the Sponge Bob they could get at. I also have a feeling that after I finally decide to get netflix permanently, and start paying, they would also change their plans on me so I could pay more. So, I am seriously doubting I will continue after this free month is over.

I just read this last night on yahoo. I am sure with their postage those mailing envelopes, with the Obamacare health for their employees and a number of other things that we can't even manage running a company gets in the way to make money and keep the customer happy. I had hoped they would drop the DVD's and have a list of movies watch on demand like our cable companies have so we would not have to mess with DVD's and just pay 1.00 for each one like blockbuster and redbox rental kiosks have. I used to have the get a dvd come through the mail and I found it was hard to get the family together at the same time to enjoy it so I just kept the movies and shows to my TV instantly and gave up the DVD. If there is a movie I really want to see, I will go rent it at one of the boxes available but I hate to have to run back and forth to carry a DVD and if I am busy and don;t remember then I have to pay for another day. So the instant works good for me without any DVD. There certainly are enough choices on there without having to spend gas and time to get to a box to rent a movie. Since I have the instant to tv plan and no DVD's my plan is not going up But as I said it sure would be awesome if they would come up with a plan to watch a new run movie on demand instead of having to wait to get the DVD in. That would be my best idea then people could pay for what they want to watch.