You know what, good on them for listening to the customers, realizing they made a mistake, and for trying to fix it. I don't see that happen often enough with big companies.
Netflix Kills Qwikster
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Here's an idea go back to the base price of $10 for 1 DVD and unlimited streaming and stop fucking with a business model that made you so successful in the first place. If they actually got new movies within the month they're released instead of like now just getting Tron it'd be worth more but they don't so it isn't, and its time they realize that.
Well no shi-
Okay, to be fair, I agree, it was good to see no apologies and overall I think that was a good way to handle things. It's also good to hear a company listening to the groans of customers for a change (for the better, no less!) because this was one of those ideas that should have been shot down from the start, but was a precocious bugger that made it out of the gate while no one with sense enough to stop it was looking.
Amazon offers digital content in addition to physical, all in one site. Last time I checked, they helped put one of their "competitors" out of business (i.e. Borders). I think it's good that Netflix shaped up to see that if Amazon can offer damn near anything on site, there is no need to force consumers into splitting up accounts for digital vs physical content.
Colour me unsurprised. Unless netflix had a crippling case of not wanting money, it was only a matter of time.
Hey, did you hear about netflix's new service they're offering?
No, I didn't give a fuck either.
No, I didn't give a fuck either.
I signed up for the streaming, but considering not everything was available to stream, the option to get the dvd was nice.
Now granted, there was certainly enough stuff streaming that I could have gotten my money's worth. But I quit anyway when they split the services and raised the price, just because. Yeah, it's an option I probably wouldn't have used, but I'd still like that option.
I also knew when I quit that I'd go back one day, and I'm sure I still will. But not yet. I have to see how this plays out and revisit what they have available. After I quit, I think they lost Starz or something, and I don't know what that included.
Now granted, there was certainly enough stuff streaming that I could have gotten my money's worth. But I quit anyway when they split the services and raised the price, just because. Yeah, it's an option I probably wouldn't have used, but I'd still like that option.
I also knew when I quit that I'd go back one day, and I'm sure I still will. But not yet. I have to see how this plays out and revisit what they have available. After I quit, I think they lost Starz or something, and I don't know what that included.
I'm glad they're keeping a single website for everything. I can understand why they might have to split things up on the back end(the business part we don't see), but there was really no reason to split things up on the user end. This keeps everything nicer and easier to use from our side, so yay!
But I don't get the big deal about the price increases. Inflation is a reality. The USPS is nearly bankrupt and about to raise prices again. Third parties are raising their streaming fees and/or pulling out altogether, neither of which is Netflix's fault. And even at the new price, Netflix is one of the best deals in video content, period. And even without Starz, it has a heck of a good streaming selection. The loss of Starz is hardly crippling.
I'm just wondering about the video game thing. I'm also a GameFly customer, so depending on just how much extra they charge for access to video games I could end up with a single account that costs less than the two separate accounts I have now. We'll see . . .
But I don't get the big deal about the price increases. Inflation is a reality. The USPS is nearly bankrupt and about to raise prices again. Third parties are raising their streaming fees and/or pulling out altogether, neither of which is Netflix's fault. And even at the new price, Netflix is one of the best deals in video content, period. And even without Starz, it has a heck of a good streaming selection. The loss of Starz is hardly crippling.
I'm just wondering about the video game thing. I'm also a GameFly customer, so depending on just how much extra they charge for access to video games I could end up with a single account that costs less than the two separate accounts I have now. We'll see . . .
I don't think heeding the whines and jeers from your customers is a bad business model. I think Netflix just made some bad choices and needs to realize what their subscribers actually want and stop Facebooking shit up.
Oh lord... Man people can be fooled SOOOO easily!
HELLO! THIS MEANS JACK POOP!!! It's a freaking smoke screen and it seems like EVERYONE is falling for it like morons!
"OH hey! Sorry you all hated things the changes we made. Tell you what.. we acknowledge we screwed up! So to make things right, we'll change.. THE NAME! That's right, the people have spoken! We aren't going to change the name of our service anymore hurray!!!!"
But that wasn't what pissed people off. What pissed them off is that you hiked up the PRICE of service 60% and took away an option from the service which is what enticed people to you in the first place. Especially since newer movies don't make it to streaming fast enough, and a lot of older good obscure stuff isn't streaming either, the one disc out system with streaming worked GREAT.
Screw netflix... too many other options out there now, and with Redbox ready to rollout it's streaming service this holiday season, Netflix is about to get the booty end of the stick.
HELLO! THIS MEANS JACK POOP!!! It's a freaking smoke screen and it seems like EVERYONE is falling for it like morons!
"OH hey! Sorry you all hated things the changes we made. Tell you what.. we acknowledge we screwed up! So to make things right, we'll change.. THE NAME! That's right, the people have spoken! We aren't going to change the name of our service anymore hurray!!!!"
But that wasn't what pissed people off. What pissed them off is that you hiked up the PRICE of service 60% and took away an option from the service which is what enticed people to you in the first place. Especially since newer movies don't make it to streaming fast enough, and a lot of older good obscure stuff isn't streaming either, the one disc out system with streaming worked GREAT.
Screw netflix... too many other options out there now, and with Redbox ready to rollout it's streaming service this holiday season, Netflix is about to get the booty end of the stick.
At one point Netflix was almost perfect. Streaming for all the anime and shows I couldn't find in re-runs on cable, DVDs in the mail with no late fees for new releases or those foreign films that didn't seem to make it to streaming, and all at a lower price than adding something like HBO to a cable package.
Then things went crazy and I went down to just the streaming service.
I know it's mostly just a physiological thing on the price but a bit of a roll back on the price for the streaming and DVD combo might help to patch things up with the customer base. Unless they were going to do something like add games to the mix and then the price would seem like a great deal. Right now it seems like it's pay more for a bit less than you had in the golden age of Netflix.
Then things went crazy and I went down to just the streaming service.
I know it's mostly just a physiological thing on the price but a bit of a roll back on the price for the streaming and DVD combo might help to patch things up with the customer base. Unless they were going to do something like add games to the mix and then the price would seem like a great deal. Right now it seems like it's pay more for a bit less than you had in the golden age of Netflix.
They would like to, however since this did turn out to be such a successful business model many of the film studio's and other companies who get revenue from DVD sales are doing whatever they can. The 2 years before Netflix came out, DVD sales were at an all-time high. So these companies are trying to drive Netflix out of business by increasing the costs to get licenses to show and rent out movies, and by not giving them new releases immediately.gphjr14 said:
Not much Netflix can do about this. They are being forced to pay more so they have to charge more if they want to stay in business. They do need to make a profit in order to keep going.
to answer that question in the title? No no it will not. At least not me.
coincidentally i cancelled my dvd plan the same day they sent me the Email about keeping the 2 the same XD
coincidentally i cancelled my dvd plan the same day they sent me the Email about keeping the 2 the same XD