TitusMr Gradenko join:2004-06-26 |
Titus
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2015-Mar-5 7:53 am
It could also beNetflix DVD/Streaming subscribers who, for one reason or another, can't return and expect to receive their disks in under a week. I have both services, and my streaming is way up since the disks no longer turnaround in anything resembling a sane timeframe. | |
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| Omega Premium Member join:2002-07-30 Golden, CO |
Omega
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2015-Mar-5 7:57 am
Re: It could also beI have the same turnaround I've always had. Mail it one day, wait a day, receive it the day after. sometimes I have to wait two days between because I miss the mail pick up time. | |
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Re: It could also beI've had a lot of folks e-mail me saying their DVD delivery has taken a major dive. I think they did drop their distribution center count, so I'm guessing different parts of the country are impacted differently. | |
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norm
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2015-Mar-5 9:10 am
Re: It could also beThings have been fine here in the Pittsburgh, PA area. I'm not sure if there's a Netflix distribution center here but I do know there's a Gamefly distribution center here. I would gladly maintain my current subscription cost of $20 something for streaming only if it meant they no longer had a physical medium and instead it was all streaming. Actually, I'd even be willing to pay more for it. | |
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| | | TitusMr Gradenko join:2004-06-26 |
to Karl Bode
The official word is a change in sorting at the USPS. The dive in service for me began around MLK birthday. 3-day total turnaround became 5. Now I'm into a pattern where mailing disks back on Monday means I'll maybe receive the replacements by Saturday. Unlimited is anything but. My call to netflix's 'DVD center' - yes, there is one and you'll find yourself on hold at the main number - amounted to a script whereby you hear "We're working with the PO to resolve the problem." Asking them to explain the problem or the proposed solution is insanity if you do it more than once. | |
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CodeeCB
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2015-Mar-5 2:55 pm
Re: It could also beI haven't had any issues, if I return discs on Monday my new ones arrive weds. I usually keep until Friday and then return so they ship me the new releases Monday for Tues delivery though. Doing away with sat processing cut down the number of discs I receive but it still works out fine if I plan a little bit. Either way I get new discs 2 days after I place the returns in my mailbox. | |
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Titus
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2015-Mar-6 7:03 am
Re: It could also beIt apparently does involve area, and perhaps how the distribution centers are situated. I know my local mail from town has to go 20 miles to a city for a postmark, but still, I used to get 3-day total turnaround 80% of the time. The 2 disks I mailed from the PO Monday arrived at Netflix yesterday. I doubt the new disks will arrive before Monday. That's abysmal 1st class mail service anyway you cut it. | |
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to Karl Bode
Could be. I had slow turnaround for about a month. It's back to normal now. I suspected the weather here in the northeast could have been a factor. | |
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Re: It could also bedidn't they also nix Saturday disc processing or something? | |
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to Karl Bode
I can't speak to what Netflix has done with their distribution centers, but I can tell you that USPS is making changes that negatively impact delivery times. My post office no longer has a one day delivery area for first class mail, everything is at least two days now, even a letter sent across the street. They used to get three daily truck rolls here, 6:00AM, 12:00PM, and 6:00PM. Now they get the first one and that's it, so if you mail something today it doesn't get to the sorting facility until tomorrow, where it has to sit and wait for a truck to take it to wherever. USPS is accelerating their inevitable irrelevance with decisions like these, but that's another story.... | |
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Titus
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2015-Mar-5 10:55 am
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Samual
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2015-Mar-5 10:01 pm
Re: It could also beThat's a very good read. Thank you for sharing. | |
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to Titus
said by Titus:Netflix DVD/Streaming subscribers who, for one reason or another, can't return and expect to receive their disks in under a week. I have both services, and my streaming is way up since the disks no longer turnaround in anything resembling a sane timeframe. I was having disc issues earlier this year and it started taking two days for me to receive the discs. Its not quite back the normal one day for all discs, but over half of them are arriving in one day now. I guess I contributed to the Netflix surge. I watched the thirteen episodes of season three this past Sunday | |
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to Titus
I've had no real disk time problems here in the Chicago area. Netflix no longer processes on Saturdays, so anything you mail on a Friday won't be marked as received until Monday. | |
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| TitusMr Gradenko join:2004-06-26 |
Titus
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2015-Mar-5 9:56 am
Anyway, my strategy is to report the disk missing the day I'm able to do that since the return time is now at 3 or more business days. | |
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DonCE
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2015-Mar-5 1:11 pm
Privacy InvasionSounds like a major privacy invasion that Sandvine is able to collect usage data like that. Does anyone know who the "anonymous" cable company is? I wouldn't put it past Comcast. | |
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Re: Privacy InvasionHow is it a privacy invasion if they are not listing what individual customers are doing? | |
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| CodeeCB Premium Member join:2001-10-01 Minneapolis, MN |
to DonCE
How is it a privacy invasion? If you don't even know the cable company how the hell can you possibly be concerned about individual usage? And even then so what? | |
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| Anonymous_Anonymous Premium Member join:2004-06-21 127.0.0.1 1 edit |
to DonCE
comcast is the only partnered isp in the US | |
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