I've already put Netflix into my personal list of companies to hate (AOL, and Qwest are the other two, with Bank of America and up-and-comer, always at the edge). Why - because my girlfriend signed up, didn't like, stopped the billing during the trial period - and just in the last two weeks they've somehow xharged her $11 each time for three films she never asked for AND never received.

Hmm - did you try calling them up? (1-888-638-3549)

I've never had problems - even with films we lost. Love the service - couldn't do without it

I've not had trouble with them either, and I no longer run up late fees like I did when I was too lazy to bother walking to the store to return something (which is how they made their money until some chains stopped charging late fees).

It's been my experience that cancelling anything is a pain in the butt. But I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.

The business press is losing their love for the company, though - reasons range from their arrogance about competition to taxes

A word of warning regarding TV shows. Don't put the disks right next to each other in the queue, space hem out a bit, or you may end up getting the disks out of order.

As I discovered when I got Desperate Housewives 2 way before 1:)

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And thank you
- Temple

Thanks to all who responded.

In my Netflix's infancy I have seen "Rosemary's Baby," "The Warriors," and plotted a speed course to Queue Position #1 with the Marx Brothers' "A Night At the Opera."

It's fantastic to hear some perspectives and chrome on Netflix. Lucky me to be standing on the shoulders of Those Which Came Before. Based on my tastes and viewing frequency, I hope that the service will be a good fit.

I was also sick of paying out late fees for such classics as The General's Daughter or Cops and Robbersons - why is it *always* the awful movies that end up costing you more?

Are there other competitors jockeying for the Netflix market? I heard that Blockbuster was doing something; any anecdotal evidence that they are better, worse, or indifferent?

What's also lost in all this is that "Diamonds Are Forever" is STILL a crappy movie.

Don't bother with Blockbuster or the other competitors - stick with Netflix

Diamonds are Forever is not perfect, but who can resist a Bond film, even the bad ones?

Re: "Resisting the bad Bonds"

You know, I *used* to agree with "even bad is good," until Roger Moore circa Moonraker.

And for the record, I am very, very wary of Messengers Daniel "Layer Cake" Craig and Martin "Both Zorro Movies" Campbell re-re-re-inventing the Bond franchise.

If you like Bond, I have a related question in my new Quiz

On TV series in Netflix: The only chance of getting discs out of order is if you're talking about multiple *seasons* of the same show. For multiple discs within the same season, Netflix automatically tracks those, and won't ship disc 2 until disc 1 has shipped and so on.


Very nice, and a relatively recent new feature.

I've been a member of Netflix since 1999, before they switched to the current all-you-can-watch pricing model!

I also just signed up for netflix; one movie at a time. The third dvd I received came in a damaged envelope and I could not use it for return. They made an exception and sent me my next movie so I could return them both in the same sleeve. So, I'm pretty happy with the service.

My first movie: 3-Iron. Loved it!