Comments on: Why Do People Sign Up For Netflix?

By: anon

anon — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:13:35 +0000

Actually, he was right. You are referring to the cheapest UNLIMITED plan, which is 8.99. If you only pay 4.99 per month, you can only get two movies a month.

By: anon

anon — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 06:11:44 +0000

If you want to watch box office bu77$41t, then redbox is fine. But if you have a taste in movies that goes any further, you won’t be able to find what you want. You can probably, however, find it within Netflix’ extensive selection.

Hop off your high horse, buddy, and develop a decent taste in movies.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 17:16:43 +0000

The loss is for people like you who have become a Redbox customer apposed to Netflix.

I personally use both.
-Redbox for the new releases i want to watch now
-Instant Que for most of what I watch through Netflix (which fits into typical American consumerism behavior)
-video by mail for the rest.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 18:41:45 +0000

Red Box actually doesn’t get some of the new releases anymore. WB and a couple other companies cut their ties with RB so good luck getting their movies from one. I even work at Blockbuster and I still have a Netflix subscription. Why? Because regardless of how you look at it, it’s still more efficient than Red Box, and because I can stream the movies. You say it’s cheaper to use Red Box? Wrong. As long as you aren’t keeping the disc for a week without watching it and making sure to send it back immediately after watching it, then you can easily get more discs/dollar than at Red Box.

I won’t even go into the fact that Netflix has almost every movie you could possibly want whereas Red Box only has a small selection (even for new releases its still a small selection) and is even larger than Blockbuster’s selection.

By: Julia

Julia — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:13:28 +0000

I use netflix because of instant access to movies online, plus new releases via snail mail. I also use the library, Blockbuster and Redbox. But with Netflix I do not have to spend gas $ to go get it or return it. In the end the cost is about the same if you factor in gas.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:25:17 +0000

I completely understand your comments and I do not use netflix. Occasionally I use redbox, but mainly, I use my local library where they have nearly as many new releases as any video store, I can place holds on them to get them when they are available, I can have them for a week and best of all THEY ARE FREE!!!! Yes, FREE. I do not have to pay anything at all. So, in that case, why the heck are you paying $1.05 for something that you could get for free is my question. But, I really do understand the netflix people, too, because it IS hard when you have little ones. Also, I used redbox one night, went to turn in the movie the next evening, the box was full and would not accpet returns! My choice was to either pay for another night I did not need or to drive around looking for another box that may or may not be full! That was very annoying. I’ve also noticed that the search features on the box leave a LOT to be desired. There should be a way for someone to view available movies while someone else is making their selections or returning their movies, even if it was just a rotating view of available movies or something. And there should be something CLEAR from driving by whether it is full and unable to accept returns!

By: dralezero

dralezero — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 20:05:39 +0000

I like to rent from Family Video. They have 2 movies for $1 for 5 nights on the releases that have been out a while. That’s 50cents a movie. At least where I am it can take 3 days for me to get a new movie from Netflix. For say 30 days a month that gives me possible of 10 movies a month at 89cents each (8.99/mo) (I’m not counting tax here). I can get 17-18 movies a month at that cost going to local video store and not worry about getting it in the mail on time. I have 5 days so the next day I can return the 2 movies and get 2 more.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:04:10 +0000

RedBox is wonderful if you love New Release movies but it has its disadvantages also. One major disadvantage of Redbox is the selection is very limited and the vast majority of the movies are New Releases because they are limited to the capacity of the machine. The truth is not every movie lover always wants to watch the latest movie released 100% of the time they wish to watch a movie. I do watch New Release movies but I love to watch a lot of the classic movies also so for me Netflix is the best option. If you just only love to watch New Release movies, than Redbox is perfect for you, but Netflix would be a lot better choice on someone who wishes to watch older movies and television shows such as Lost. One thing I do love about Redbox is that it cost only $1/night which is a wonderful price for the latest movies but another disadvantage of Redbox is the possibility of receiving a damaged or unplayable DVD in which you still get charged for.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 14:48:21 +0000

I havent seen (while skimming the responses) anyone mention what I believe to be the most valuable feature of Netflix.
Streaming videos that can be delivered 2 ways:
1: direct to your computer for instant view,
2: download to a compatible PVR (there are several models to choose from and they start at around $100)
coupled with the 1 dvd out at a time plan for 9.99 is an unlimited accsess to the Netflix instant movie libraryvia the internet. In essence I pay $9.99 a month to exponentially expand my video library.

By: huh

huh — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 08:32:58 +0000

“Let’s take a look at the cheapest Netflix plan, $4.99 for one movie out with a maximum of two movies a month.”

What? It’s no wonder he doesn’t understand why people choose Netflix. He doesn’t even understand how it works. It’s not one or two movies PER MONTH. It’s one or two movies AT A TIME. If you receive them, watch them, and return them on the same day and your local center is one day away by first class mail, that one or two DOZEN PER MONTH.

By: xxxx

xxxx — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:15:46 +0000

1.People like me pay a lot more in late fees than one month netflix charges.
2.Iam not a fan of watchng the latest movie always.
3.Likes to watch foreign movies.
4.iam impulsive too…just don’t plan when to watch a movie and hate to make a trip to redbox with my kids!!!so,always a good movie is avaialble online ,when ever you want.
5.mostly convinience.I don’t like running around redbox two times in a two days.I better not to watch anything at all.

By: Ken

Ken — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:47:41 +0000

Let me start by telling I am retired and I have a problem getting around and really don’t like to go to theaters, beside the cost, to see 3 to 4 movies in a months time, even at senior prices, for two the cost is $12 to $14 dollars per movie. With Netflix I have the 3 DVD plan for $16.99 plus FL tax of $1.19 total $18.18. I watch 6 movies a week and sometimes an extra 3 for weekend watching. Another plus with my subscription I am able watch up to 8 select movies a month through my computer.

Once and a while when I don’t get a recent release from Netflix I know by Monday what will be in the mail, THEN I will reserve from Redbox on line after midniht or early morning, and usually catch the new release before it is all rented.

One other thing in favor of Netflix is being able to watch all of last seasons series without having to spend the big bucks to buy the boxed series which most likely will be watched one time. Try that with Redbox.

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By: Netflix watcher

Netflix watcher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:15:13 +0000

that is illegal and u should not do something like that. It is considered stealing and the people who make those movies work hard and desreve to get paid and when u do what u do they lose some money from it

By: Netflix watcher

Netflix watcher — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:04:38 +0000

I rent netflix movies for $18.88 including tax. I watch the movie the night it comes in and then send it back in the next day. I rent more then 18 movies in a month so actually the price of the movie is lower then 1 dollar after the first 18-19 movies I watch. Netflix movies do get there in 1 business day which is great. Since I have a plan that allows 3 at a time I will have a 3 movies soon and each day after I get the movies I will send them back 1 at a time so that I always have a movie and always have something to watch.