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I've hit the Netflix lottery (1 Viewer)

TheIronSheik

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So about 2 years ago, I signed back up for Netflix where they mail you the discs. It's the standard 2 discs at a time deal. Then, one day, I got an email saying that they were shipping an extra disc because of a problem with one of their mailing facilities. Apparently they had to mail from a different place so it was going to take an extra day. From that point on, Netflix continued to send my 3 discs at a time. I figured sooner or later they'd figure it out and put me back down to two, but a couple months later, they shipped out 4 at a time with no explanation as to why. A couple of months later, 5 at a time.

As of today, I am up to 6 at a time. I figure at this pace, I should be able to open my own rental company in a year or so.

 
I remember signing up to Netflix when they were a new service and 4 out at a time was the normal subscription service. I was sort of happy they dropped it to 2, because I had a hard time keeping up with watching 4 at a time.

 
That's a lot of time watching TV/movies

I'm not sure there are 6 movies right now I'd even want to watch

 
Winning the Neltflix lottery would mean buying $NFLX in 2008 for about $25-$30/share. Never would have imagined a company that rents movies would become a megastock.

 
TheIronSheik said:
So about 2 years ago, I signed back up for Netflix where they mail you the discs. It's the standard 2 discs at a time deal. Then, one day, I got an email saying that they were shipping an extra disc because of a problem with one of their mailing facilities. Apparently they had to mail from a different place so it was going to take an extra day. From that point on, Netflix continued to send my 3 discs at a time. I figured sooner or later they'd figure it out and put me back down to two, but a couple months later, they shipped out 4 at a time with no explanation as to why. A couple of months later, 5 at a time.

As of today, I am up to 6 at a time. I figure at this pace, I should be able to open my own rental company in a year or so.
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:lmao:

Just wait until they show up with a pallet of DVDs.

 
I wouldnt even have a way to view a "disc" if someone gave me one. I guess I could dig out an old laptop or something?

 
Ned said:
In before the follow-up thread "Netflix sent me a bill for $12,669!!!"
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:lmao:

AT&T did this to me recently on my wireless bill, which is ~$80 a month out the door. Got a bill for ~$25, called to check and see what was up. They said, "We're not seeing anything on our end, so enjoy the increased workplace discount!" Next month, $150 bill. "We made a mistake a trued up your bill for the excess discount."

Fingers crossed, Sheik.

 
They've found a great business model where they get paid to use you as their storage facility.

 
TheIronSheik said:
Yes. Watching Blu-Ray movies is sooooooo ancient.
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They can be downloaded fairly quickly from the innertubes and played on a home media device with relative ease at this point. Legality might be gray-ish, but it can definitely be done without a disc. Legitimately too for the snippets of media Netflix et. al. deliver in 1080p as a part of the subscription (e.g., no PPV movies), but definitely not covering the base that's available in Blu-Ray as of yet for new release films.

 
Card Trader said:
People still get discs from Netflix?!?!
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There's no other way to watch recent movies with them. Not everyone wants to wait around for months until they have something available to stream.

 
GoFishTN said:
Card Trader said:
People still get discs from Netflix?!?!
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There's no other way to watch recent movies with them. Not everyone wants to wait around for months until they have something available to stream.
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True. I'm not impressed with Netflix' streaming options. I no longer subscribe to it.

 
mquinnjr said:
TheIronSheik said:
Yes. Watching Blu-Ray movies is sooooooo ancient.
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They can be downloaded fairly quickly from the innertubes and played on a home media device with relative ease at this point. Legality might be gray-ish, but it can definitely be done without a disc. Legitimately too for the snippets of media Netflix et. al. deliver in 1080p as a part of the subscription (e.g., no PPV movies), but definitely not covering the base that's available in Blu-Ray as of yet for new release films.
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Even removing the legality arguement, I don't see how people still care to do this. I used to try torrents and seemed like for every one I found easily, another would take a while to find a download that wasn't another movie, a hand-held camera version, the wrong movie, etc. So many BS files out there.... just not worth the hassle to dig up a perfect quality DVD/BluRay Screener copy... RedBox is $1.50.

 
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mquinnjr said:
TheIronSheik said:
Yes. Watching Blu-Ray movies is sooooooo ancient.
Click to expand...
They can be downloaded fairly quickly from the innertubes and played on a home media device with relative ease at this point. Legality might be gray-ish, but it can definitely be done without a disc. Legitimately too for the snippets of media Netflix et. al. deliver in 1080p as a part of the subscription (e.g., no PPV movies), but definitely not covering the base that's available in Blu-Ray as of yet for new release films.
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Even removing the legality arguement, I don't see how people still care to do this. I used to try torrents and seemed like for every one I found easily, another would take a while to find a download that wasn't another movie, a hand-held camera version, the wrong movie, etc. So many BS files out there.... just not worth the hassle to dig up a perfect quality DVD/BluRay Screener copy... RedBox is $1.50.
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This is honestly no longer true. I remember this being a problem with Limewire when I was in high school a decade ago, but not with torrents. Every single TV show or movie you can think of has a clearly labeled, adequately seeded file out there that's virus-free and usually at the top of any search results, at least on the site I use. The legality of it is certainly in question (well, no it's not--it's illegal), but the quality available and ease of downloading really aren't.Unless you're talking about movies still in theaters. Those are tough.

 
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When I was in college, I signed up for this netflix for porn thing. I got the first movie (One of hustler's up N cummers) and never returned it. That's why I never do the netflix discs, only streaming. I never get around to returning the discs. I also dont go to the library.

 
ConnSKINS26 said:
[icon] said:
mquinnjr said:
TheIronSheik said:
Yes. Watching Blu-Ray movies is sooooooo ancient.
Click to expand...
They can be downloaded fairly quickly from the innertubes and played on a home media device with relative ease at this point. Legality might be gray-ish, but it can definitely be done without a disc. Legitimately too for the snippets of media Netflix et. al. deliver in 1080p as a part of the subscription (e.g., no PPV movies), but definitely not covering the base that's available in Blu-Ray as of yet for new release films.
Click to expand...
Even removing the legality arguement, I don't see how people still care to do this. I used to try torrents and seemed like for every one I found easily, another would take a while to find a download that wasn't another movie, a hand-held camera version, the wrong movie, etc. So many BS files out there.... just not worth the hassle to dig up a perfect quality DVD/BluRay Screener copy... RedBox is $1.50.
Click to expand...
This is honestly no longer true. I remember this being a problem with Limewire when I was in high school a decade ago, but not with torrents. Every single TV show or movie you can think of has a clearly labeled, adequately seeded file out there that's virus-free and usually at the top of any search results, at least on the site I use. The legality of it is certainly in question (well, no it's not--it's illegal), but the quality available and ease of downloading really aren't.Unless you're talking about movies still in theaters. Those are tough.
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I forgot about RedBox, that would be a decent solution @ $1.50 a pop to rent in BluRay if you don't want to be involved in the download scene.

 
mquinnjr said:
ConnSKINS26 said:
[icon] said:
mquinnjr said:
TheIronSheik said:
Yes. Watching Blu-Ray movies is sooooooo ancient.
Click to expand...
They can be downloaded fairly quickly from the innertubes and played on a home media device with relative ease at this point. Legality might be gray-ish, but it can definitely be done without a disc. Legitimately too for the snippets of media Netflix et. al. deliver in 1080p as a part of the subscription (e.g., no PPV movies), but definitely not covering the base that's available in Blu-Ray as of yet for new release films.
Click to expand...
Even removing the legality arguement, I don't see how people still care to do this. I used to try torrents and seemed like for every one I found easily, another would take a while to find a download that wasn't another movie, a hand-held camera version, the wrong movie, etc. So many BS files out there.... just not worth the hassle to dig up a perfect quality DVD/BluRay Screener copy... RedBox is $1.50.
Click to expand...
This is honestly no longer true. I remember this being a problem with Limewire when I was in high school a decade ago, but not with torrents. Every single TV show or movie you can think of has a clearly labeled, adequately seeded file out there that's virus-free and usually at the top of any search results, at least on the site I use. The legality of it is certainly in question (well, no it's not--it's illegal), but the quality available and ease of downloading really aren't.Unless you're talking about movies still in theaters. Those are tough.
Click to expand...
I forgot about RedBox, that would be a decent solution @ $1.50 a pop to rent in BluRay if you don't want to be involved in the download scene.
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How's that different than getting it from Netflix?

 
TheIronSheik said:
mquinnjr said:
ConnSKINS26 said:
[icon] said:
mquinnjr said:
TheIronSheik said:
Yes. Watching Blu-Ray movies is sooooooo ancient.
Click to expand...
They can be downloaded fairly quickly from the innertubes and played on a home media device with relative ease at this point. Legality might be gray-ish, but it can definitely be done without a disc. Legitimately too for the snippets of media Netflix et. al. deliver in 1080p as a part of the subscription (e.g., no PPV movies), but definitely not covering the base that's available in Blu-Ray as of yet for new release films.
Click to expand...
Even removing the legality arguement, I don't see how people still care to do this. I used to try torrents and seemed like for every one I found easily, another would take a while to find a download that wasn't another movie, a hand-held camera version, the wrong movie, etc. So many BS files out there.... just not worth the hassle to dig up a perfect quality DVD/BluRay Screener copy... RedBox is $1.50.
Click to expand...
This is honestly no longer true. I remember this being a problem with Limewire when I was in high school a decade ago, but not with torrents. Every single TV show or movie you can think of has a clearly labeled, adequately seeded file out there that's virus-free and usually at the top of any search results, at least on the site I use. The legality of it is certainly in question (well, no it's not--it's illegal), but the quality available and ease of downloading really aren't.Unless you're talking about movies still in theaters. Those are tough.
Click to expand...
I forgot about RedBox, that would be a decent solution @ $1.50 a pop to rent in BluRay if you don't want to be involved in the download scene.
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How's that different than getting it from Netflix?
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Just another avenue, but whatever works best for you GB Sheik.

 
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