Netflix goes from $7.99 a month to $16...WHAT???

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UPDATED: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 15:30
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GREENKA61

Sunday, July 17, 2011 11:44 PM

I really loved Netflix, but I'm not paying for price gouging. I'll discontinue their "service" when my month is up in August - after all, I can borrow all of the movies and video games I want for free from the local library.

STEGASAURUS

Monday, July 18, 2011 5:31 PM

It's easy to call it "price gouging" when more money is being asked of you. However, it appears that the studios are simply asking for their fair share. They were getting a pittance when Starz had the rights to show their movies. No one that I know actually "buys" the Starz channel. Usually it's bundled into a three or four channel premium pack. But when Netflix bought the rights to stream Starz content, the amount of viewing went up, but the studios were still only receiving their pitance they had agreed with to Starz. Basically with Netflix, Starz got HUGE bump in viewership. I'd be upset if I were the studios too.

However I am a tad upset with the spinning that Netflix is putting on it. They are labeling it as "Streaming with 1 (or more) DVDs. I am old school Netflix. My plan was "1 DVD with Free Streaming" and they just brushed my package under the run and act like it never existed. I've switched to streaming only, but may just do away with that and go with Hulu. I haven't decided yet.

-Steg

GREENKA61

Monday, July 18, 2011 5:44 PM

I'm sorry, but when Netflix saves a fortune on postage by getting people to video stream, and then raises the prices anyway, that is price gouging.

STEGASAURUS

Monday, July 18, 2011 6:05 PM

But you don't know (and may never know) what's going on behind the scenes. They are not going to point the finger at someone else, because that someone else could just simply pull their business. When we raised our prices at a store I used to work for, we were told to tell the customers that it was simply an industry standard change. We were not allowed to say what the real reason may have been (rent increase, power bill increases, vendor charges, manufacturer charges, etc). That's just not how business is done.

Besides, since you're talking siply about the streaming, they actually reduced their price. It's 7.99 for streaming, when (according to them) it was 8.99 and then 9.99 for streaming - oh, and a DVD.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not happy about the price change. But I can understand it.

-Steg

FREMDFIRMA

Monday, July 18, 2011 6:14 PM

There's also, as I learned from asking a few subscribers I know, and personal experience yesterday, technical-reliability issues.

The latest has been mildly publicized, but when visiting my ex and her new husband yesterday, half the damn service seemed to be out, unavailable, or screwed up, and the few things we did try to watch wound up dropping in the middle, restarting, and all amount of other hassle - to which I commented "and you still pay them ?" and they shrugged it off, telling me that happens all the time, erk.

Could be local, but again, if I pay for a service, and you fail to provide it then bill me anyway...
You're a thief.

-Frem

I do not serve the Blind God.

STORYMARK

Monday, July 18, 2011 10:24 PM

I've been streaming for some time now, and there has been one evening where I could not access the service. An inconvenience, sure, but nothing works perfectly 100% of the time.

But yes, it could be regional, and service provider may make a difference.

"I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him."

STEGASAURUS

Tuesday, July 19, 2011 3:00 PM

I just received an email from them today saying that they were experiencing technical issues. They offered me a 3% credit on my next bill if I was one of the folks who were having issues.

-Steg

SHINYGOODGUY

Wednesday, July 20, 2011 3:30 PM

On a couple of ocassions I had a problem streaming from Amazon and they reimbursed the cost of the movie I was streaming, although I did get to see the entire movie. Some companies do that whether it was a PC or internet server problem. (So far I've only had that experience with movies from Amazon while at work. I sometimes have down time of 2 and 3 hours).

Below is a link to an article that speaks directly to the purchase of streaming rights by Netflix.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/01/us-netflix-idUSTRE75064G2011
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SGG

Tawabawho?

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