Yes, right before I started driving. Pisses me off still.
Netflix's new ludicrous pricing plan
- Thread starter Pepe Silvia
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Pepe Silvia
Occasional Pre-Show
Did it hit $5 in 2008 for anyone else?
Then everyone bitches now when it's $3.65-ish
Then everyone bitches now when it's $3.65-ish
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
Nope, Luckily for me I live in SD, gases prices here somehow always mange to be less than what the national average is, in fact I saw today gas is $3.48
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
$0.96/gallon?
Yeah, like 12-13 yrs. ago I beleive
I remember when gas was getting up around the $1.50 mark, people bitching about it, then spending the same on a 20 oz. bottle of water
Moon Knight
Original Prince of Darkness
It is a red state so they may have no gas tax, MAY. Also the Dakota area's oil industry is blowing up. It was either ND or SD that had the highest growth rate in America of over 7% last year.
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
$0.96/gallon?
We also did not have cell phones or youtube.
Jay Sherman
Jay Sherman Mark.
Gas is down 3.45 here in Virginia, but ironically more then 4 a gallon not for up in DC.
To support what I said about increased licensing costs:
http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/08/technology/netflix_starz_contract/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2z
Quite a difference in expenses for Netflix. Especially considering:
Remember what I said about the greedy content providers? There you go.
http://money.cnn.com/2011/07/08/technology/netflix_starz_contract/index.htm?hpt=hp_t2z
Quite a difference in expenses for Netflix. Especially considering:
Remember what I said about the greedy content providers? There you go.
Nate DaMac
Fuck erbody but me
Christ.
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
I read that article the other day. That still doesn't explain why the price of DVD by mail is justified in going up at all.
You realize Netflix is just one company, right? They're not two different separate entities, operating under two different budgets, right?
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Isnt it only a difference of like 10$? Can someone explain to me what the huge obscene crime here is?
Sure, it's really easy. A company facing an increase in costs greater than 10 times what they are paying now, are asking customers to pay an extra $6 to continue to receive the same package (which is likely to continue to grow in benefits) they currently receive.
The audacity is staggering, I know.
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Oh, ok, not 10$. 6$. I can see the need for such outrage.
The nerve of some of those bastard companies.
The nerve of some of those bastard companies.
justinsayne
Cody Rhodes is an excellant
They're asking people to pay about 62% more for the same thing they were getting before, in the e-mail it says nothing about the package "growing in benefits", people have a right to there initial anger, this comes after the raised the price less than a year ago by about 20%
I really don't care anymore, I'm prolly gonna keep the streaming, but switch to the 2 DVD out plan instead since it's only $4 more than the 1 DVD out +streaming plan anyway, I figure if I'm gonna pay more I may as well get more out of it
I really don't care anymore, I'm prolly gonna keep the streaming, but switch to the 2 DVD out plan instead since it's only $4 more than the 1 DVD out +streaming plan anyway, I figure if I'm gonna pay more I may as well get more out of it
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
Yea, but dude. Its 6$
Mighty NorCal
SHALL WE BEGIN?
......It's six dollars
Jeezy-chreezy, for realz? I'm amazed the service isn't $29.99 a month or something that actual feels like an adult expense (food, rent/mortgage, utilities, gas/transportation, telecommunications, internet, etc). For all it offers Netflix is an absolute steal. This is all just a luxury. Honestly now, we're talking about watching TV shows and movies.
Don't get me wrong, people are free to feel how they feel but I don't see the outrage being equal to the alleged offense.
P.S. The "Growing Benefits" probably, alludes to things like an ever increasing content library and reinvesting in better/faster content delivery technologies. It's really not as if all this extra $$$ is going into corporate profits. If anything most will go to licensing fees as Netflix tries to keep itself above water.
Don't get me wrong, people are free to feel how they feel but I don't see the outrage being equal to the alleged offense.
P.S. The "Growing Benefits" probably, alludes to things like an ever increasing content library and reinvesting in better/faster content delivery technologies. It's really not as if all this extra $$$ is going into corporate profits. If anything most will go to licensing fees as Netflix tries to keep itself above water.
shattered dreams
Hexagonal Hedonist
You do realize they have "explained" this as a way to better address the cost of each aspect of the business individually? Why should people be happy that their money is going to subsidize the cost of a service they do not even use for others? We are talking about almost a 100% increase in price for the DVD by mail service (the way you do the math) within this year for a company that has no noticeable significant increases in cost for this aspect of their business.
And if it were three dollars people would still be upset. Nobody likes paying more money.