Make the best of Netflix streaming

Based on some of my previous posts regarding Netflix (60% Price Increase?! Give me a break! and Is it another nail in their coffin?), people feel strongly about the company.  Despite the price increase, many of us stuck with them because it’s still one of the best deals out there. If you’ve switched over to [...]

Is it another nail in their coffin?

I know I’ve written about Netflix a few times this year: in February when I raved about the great customer service and back in July when they announced their price increase.  Customer reaction to the increase was stronger than Netflix anticipated: they lost one million more subscribers than they estimated.  Investors reacted poorly to Netflix’s [...]

60% price increase?! Give me a break!

My mouth dropped open when I read the email from Netflix last week.  When I saw the subject line said Price Change and New Plans, I figured Netflix was going to raise the price $1-$2 per month.  Boy was I wrong. Netflix, which I’ve touted in pasts blogs as setting a good example for other [...]

Netflix-Setting a good example

I love my Netflix. I admit it. I only need to drop the movie in my mailbox and never have to worry about late fees and no trips to the video store.  I have 475 movies in my DVD queue and 196 in my instant queue, with some overlap between the groups. I recently found [...]

Redbox freebies

In our house, we very rarely go to the theater to see a movie.  It’s expensive to take a family of four, even if you don’t visit the concession stand.  For the price of one trip to see a movie , you can usually buy the DVD (not a Blu-Ray version).  I don’t want to [...]