Netflix BD disc rental discussion thread - Page 281

Originally Posted by au-734 

"Hit or miss" has not been my Netflix experience so far. Until I re-arranged my queue, I've always received the new weekly release when mailing a Blu-ray on Saturday.

Originally Posted by mailiang 



Ditto.



Ian

Originally Posted by au-734 

"Hit or miss" has not been my Netflix experience so far. Until I re-arranged my queue, I've always received the new weekly release when mailing a Blu-ray on Saturday.

Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman 

Come August, doing the Saturday return trick comes to an end since no more USPS on Saturday.
So now we need to turn them in on Friday and hope the USPS sorting gets it there on time for Monday.

Originally Posted by rdgrimes 

Not so fast. The only thing being dropped by the USPS is home delivery. It's not likely to effect Netflix at all, other than you won't get discs delivered to your home on Saturday. PO Boxes not effected, post offices still open and sorting centers not effected.

Originally Posted by aaronwt 

Of course it will affect Netflix. If there are only five delivery days during the week instead of six, then there will be less discs mailed out and returned since there is one day less where they are delivered. Which means that Netflix will spend less on postage.

The Postal Service is making the announcement today, more than six months in advance of implementing five-day mail delivery schedule, to give residential and business customers time to plan and adjust.

Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman 

Netflix also will not be getting any discs picked up/delivered to them on Saturday.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

NF Picks up their disks at Postal Sorting facilities daily as well as delivering outgoing disks .. one of the reasons they have such a good deal on the postage cost ..

Originally Posted by rdgrimes 

Exactly. They pick up and deliver (pre-sorted) at the USPS sorting center. So the only thing that changes is home delivery, and you'll still be able to drop discs at the post office on Saturday and have them checked in on Monday (if you can do that now).

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

I think that will be the case .. nothing has been said by the USPS as far as drop off at their corner mailboxes either .. I would guess that dropping disks into those blue public mailboxes or at the Post Office itself would maintain the same NF scedule that we enjoy now ..

I always drop off anyway so no big deal to me ..

I guess we'll see if that works ..

Originally Posted by rdgrimes 

With respect to the blue corner mail boxes: Not all of them have a daily collection schedule, and those that do may not be picked up on schedule. As always, its best to drop at the PO.

And if you use a PO Box for your delivery address, you'll still get discs on Saturday too.

Originally Posted by mgkdragn 

While I know they don't collect on Sunday, I've never seen one that did not have a Monday - Saturday schedule posted on the box .. at least in my area ..

Originally Posted by aaronwt 

I know of two in areas I frequent that don't collect on Saturday. But those are also near businessess so they probably don't collect on Saturday because those businesses are typically closed.

Originally Posted by au-734 

For years, I've set my queue up to have new releases at the top, titles with a wait status, then available titles in somewhat random order. I always return at least one title on Saturday to get the new release on Tuesday.

Last Saturday, I returned two titles expecting to get "Company Of Heroes," a 2/26 release and one other title. Over the weekend, I had a little time to burn and re-ordered my available queue by highest to lowest star rating. When I checked Netflix this morning, instead of shipping "Company Of Heroes", they are shipping "True Grit" and "A Bridge Too Far."

The only explanation that I can think of is that "True Grit" (projected 5 stars) and "A Bridge Too Far" (projected 4.75 stars) have higher predicted star ratings than "Company Of Heroes" (projected 3.5 stars).

Has anyone else seen/noticed this?

Originally Posted by rdgrimes 

Not so fast. The only thing being dropped by the USPS is home delivery. It's not likely to effect Netflix at all, other than you won't get discs delivered to your home on Saturday. PO Boxes not effected, post offices still open and sorting centers not effected.

Originally Posted by lovinthehd 

I've also had pretty good, but not infallible, experience in timing my new mailings for Tuesdays (i.e. making sure I get it in Monday's mail for delivery to Netflix Tuesday). Really popular releases sometimes I have to wait even then...

Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman 

I here you.
It seems a couple years ago, I could consistently count on getting a Tuesday new release when I had a disc checked in on Monday but now I'm lucky if I get one every other month.
I've pretty much given up on getting new releases from Netflix.
If they didn't have a vast blu-ray catalog selection, I probably would drop them and just use the library and Redbox for my rentals.

Originally Posted by mailiang 

Sorry to hear that, but it hasn't been an issue for me. Almost every Tuesday or Wednesday, new releases come to my door. BTW, like your avatar!

Originally Posted by moob 

Same. Netflix has been incredibly quick the last few months/year.

Originally Posted by moob 

Lol. Sorry Plasmaman.

Continuing the streak, Skyfall is on its way.

Originally Posted by 42Plasmaman 

That's a "calalog" release now isn't it?

Originally Posted by moob 

Yep. It's one of the ones that has a month-delay on Netflix. Hey...it's new to me. lol

Originally Posted by Fabricator 

but what i DO NOT LIKE i that they do not have the preview any more

Originally Posted by mailiang 

Ditto. It's on it's way along with The Man with the Iron Fists. You may have to wait 28 days, but unlike BB, there's rarely a wait.