Bye Bye Netflix

I do not use Netflix I don't think they get movies that quick enough especially if have a cheaper membership they limit your access online and such. Why not try the free basic version of Hulu. At least it is free. I go on Hulu a lot because I do not have tv service.

I have the same plan as you, unlimited 1 dvd at a time and unlimited instant streaming. But my email told me that as of Sept if I want to keep both my cost will go up to $15.98! I wonder why they gave us different prices. I too am very unhappy about this second price increase, and I don't think this new price is worth what the plan gives. I am really upset because I have around 100 dvds in my queue that are NOT available for instant viewing....but I do not want to continue getting them if it's going to cost me that much. I MAY keep just instant viewing, for a while at least, but I'm still upset about all those movies that aren't available for instant. They need to have more choices for instant streaming.

In the free market you can choose between Netflix and your local store or Red Box vending machines.

i had considered joining it but i really like old movies and tv shows and they really dont have much of that. i can get what i want from the library for free!!

I just posted a discussion against Netflix new price fix on the coming months. This could certainly anger million of Netflix online subscribers. People would consider other options than Netflix. Such increase will not help their business at all. I hope they will understand this market trend. There are many more competitions who will want more customers.

I think what they are doing is going to make them lose a lot of there customers. i do the live steaming and i will stay with them but i only do the live steaming because my wife use it for her job and she need something to do when she is not walking about the property. but yeah they are going to lose a lot of customers.

I was very upset. And then they try to make it sound good by saying Netflix offers options. Netflix was fine the way it was. They are raising their prices due to the fact that all the rental stores are closing or not doing well. So they raise their prices because they can and that leaves some of the people who belong to Netflix feeling like they don't have a choice. However they are wrong because all the $1 movies that you are talking about are becoming more common everywhere. You have joined me in the outrage and I am only hoping that others also realize that Netflix no longer seems convenient.

For me they want more money so that they increase again so go for it if I wear you never involve.

Before the recession I used to be a Netflix member and I also pay the monthly membership. At first I rent many titles but later because I was busy I tend to rent only 1 or 2 titles per month so I was actually wasting my membership fee. Still it was much better than Blockbuster where you can spend much more plus you have to drop by the store all the time and beat the return date before they charge you more. Then the RedBox machines came and it became so convenient for me because its located a few blocks from where I was living, so I decided to quite Netflix. You can just rent a movie for a buck and then return it the next day which is not a problem for me so I just rent on weekends and it saved me a lot of money. Now I live in another country. I miss those red machines but the renting and tickets here are much cheaper so I still love the tradeoff!

I love netflix. I don't get any DVD's so I watch the collections they have. I have watched some movies I had never thought of seeing and never saw on TV. We gave up HBO etc because those were so expensive. I used to rent dvds but with my health I would forget to take them back so thats why Netflix works so well. I bought the Wii over Christmas so we can watch it on our 42 inch TV I am catching up on episodes of Greys Anatomy I did not get to see. I also have been viewing Wild China it has some breathtaking scenic pictures and really depicts the culture I love my netflix as I usually watch something on my laptop before falling asleep Sorry it did not work for you.

In this economy, many niche companies feel like they can raise prices arbitrarily because most of their competition has disappeared. I think Netflix is following this pattern--they are raising prices again because they think they can. I have only used Netflix on a trial basis, but now I am sure I will never join. If I am going to pay a lot for movies, I would rather go to the movie theater with my family and make an "event" out of it. Otherwise, if my kids and I like a particular movie so much that we want to see it again and again, I'll just buy it!

Here in the UK we have LoveFilm.com we can get out 2 dvds and unlimited online for £14.99 a month which is ok seen as we can get out as many as we want to a month as soon as we send them back we get new ones. Is there a lovefilm equivalent in the US?

I know a lot of people are upset with the changed and the outage that just occurred. My streaming was down for hours here. I'm not really upset with the changes but they aren't going to affect me because all i use is the streaming on the ps3. Even if i did get dvds i wouldn't think that it is that big of a deal. To me its just a couple extra dollars and I am a college student. I will not be canceling my membership with them unless something else goes wrong. I've had netflix for quite some time now and i really enjoy just being able to watch tv shows and movies right away on my ps3.