$17.99 a month for 3 DVDs? Her in Boston, I pay $9.99 a month for 3 DVS. "Caveat emptor" really applies these days given the focus on business (and de-focus on consumers) by our government.
George --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, "brent wodehouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/02/10/netflix.penalty.ap/index.html > Netflix sends frequent renters to the back of line > Policy designed to reduce number of films rented for monthly fee > Friday, February 10, 2006 > > > SAN FRANCISCO, California (AP) - Manuel Villanueva realizes > he has been getting a pretty good deal since he signed up > for Netflix Inc.'s online DVD rental service 2-1/2 years ago, > but he still feels shortchanged. > > That's because the $17.99 monthly fee that he pays to rent up > to three DVDs at a time would amount to an even bigger bargain > if the company didn't penalize him for returning his movies so > quickly. > > Netflix typically sends about 13 movies a month to > Villanueva's home in Warren, Michigan - down from the 18 to 22 > DVDs he once received before the company's automated system > identified him as a heavy renter and began delaying his > shipments to protect its profits. > <snip> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/