$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>









 
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