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purple hayes
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 Posted: 11/08/04 - 11:49 Post subject: I may be switching over to NetFlix
As some of you may remember, I've been a big proponent of the Blockbuster Movie Pass. Sadly, I've run out of movies that the local Blockbuster carries that I want to see. As a family, we probably rent 8-12 movies a week. You can run through a store's inventory pretty quickly at that rate.
Hopefully, Netflix can solve that problem.
PS - My local Blockbuster doesn't carry any Pee-Wee Herman movies. 
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Pug
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 11:53 Post subject:
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 11:54 Post subject:
Welcome to the Dark Side, PH.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:00 Post subject:
That's the first thing I looked up. 
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:02 Post subject: Re: I may be switching over to NetFlix
| purple hayes wrote: | As some of you may remember, I've been a big proponent of the Blockbuster Movie Pass. Sadly, I've run out of movies that the local Blockbuster carries that I want to see. As a family, we probably rent 8-12 movies a week. You can run through a store's inventory pretty quickly at that rate.
Hopefully, Netflix can solve that problem.
PS - My local Blockbuster doesn't carry any Pee-Wee Herman movies. |
How much do you spend on your Blockbuster pass? You may have to do a 5 movie at a time plan (or even  , but that could get up to $40 a month (I'm paying $30 for 5 at a time). If you keep a good rotation of movies going in and out of the mail, you'll be fine. If you send them all back on the same day you'll have some waiting until you get the next movie.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:03 Post subject:
Am I the only one who's mind is truly boggled at the concept of 8 - 12 movies a week? 
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:04 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | Am I the only one who's mind is truly boggled at the concept of 8 - 12 movies a week? |
Not really. I'm watching fewer movies than I'd like to, but have been watching a lot of recorded programs on the DVR.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:04 Post subject:
You will love it! You'll probably need to get either the 5- or 8-at-a-time plan, considering how many movies your family watches.
They've just dropped their prices, too! 
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:07 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | Am I the only one who's mind is truly boggled at the concept of 8 - 12 movies a week? |
That is a lot of TV. I'm not sure if I could come up with that many movies I'd like to watch.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:08 Post subject:
| MissLes wrote: | You will love it! You'll probably need to get either the 5- or 8-at-a-time plan, considering how many movies your family watches.
They've just dropped their prices, too! |
That's after they raised their prices, so let's not get too excited. 
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:08 Post subject:
| Pug wrote: |
That's after they raised their prices, so let's not get too excited. |
I'm easily excitable.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:09 Post subject:
I love Netflix! Welcome to the fam, PH.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:09 Post subject:
| HighHeat wrote: | | Am I the only one who's mind is truly boggled at the concept of 8 - 12 movies a week? |
We don't all watch all the movies.
That being said, you should see our movie collection at home. It's like a mini-Blockbuster with tons of B&W movies.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:09 Post subject:
| Knoxes wrote: |
That is a lot of TV. I'm not sure if I could come up with that many movies I'd like to watch. |
"You have 303 movies in
your Rental Queue" says Netflix.
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Posted: 11/08/04 - 12:09 Post subject:
| Knoxes wrote: |
That is a lot of TV. I'm not sure if I could come up with that many movies I'd like to watch. |
See, that's the thing. I've never been one to watch movies just to say that I've seen them.
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