Anybody Use Netflix?

DOOManiac

<div class="IPBDescription">They good? bad?</div>I've recently noticed that Netflix rents BOX SETS of anime, and so since I'm a movie fanatic anyway, I'm thinking of subscribing for a month or two and renting a ton of anime. But before I do so, I was wondering: do any of you guys use it? If so, are you satisfied? What about the shipping, they pay for it all right?

Vulgar_Menace

GGAAAHHH!!! NOOOOOOO!!!!! DONT DO IT!!! SAVE YOUR SOUL!!!!

MrPink

I use to awhile ago, but I cancelled it, here's a list of pro's and con's

Pro's
-Don't have to go anywhere to get movies
-....thats all I can think of

Con's
-Feels like a chore to get movies (you have to keep the internet thing always updated, whenever you get a movie you have to have it back in the mailbox in a day or so which involves re mailing it back)
-Have to watch movies right away (when you get a movie, you have to watch it within a day or 2 or else you won't get a new one, and you end up losing money on the deal)
-Mailing takes time, for each movie it is at least 3 days there and back, so that's around 1 movie per week
-The movies just keep coming! Sometimes you just don't feel like watching a movie

Vulgar_Menace

I tried to get Battle Royale and they sent me **** porno


in this case **** means the G-word (stupid spellchecker)

DOOManiac

Mr. Pink: The site says you don't have to return them in just 1 day... It also says you can get 3 movies at once, not just 1. And what do you mean by 'the movies jusr keep coming'? Did they send movies even though you didn't request any?

TychoCelchuuu

I've got Netflix: it's really awesome, but I don't take advantage of it as much as I should. If you're really into DVDs and things that they have, I'd say it's totally worth it. But if you're like me and really only rent a few things every once in a while, stick with Hollywood Video or something.

DOOManiac

<i>bumpity bump bump</i>

MrPink

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You don't have to return them in 1 day, but if you don't you get screwed on the prices (when I rented from them, I did the math and if you kept a movie more than 2-3 days, can't remember, it would have been quit a bit cheaper for me to go to blockbuster).

They changed that, it used to be 1 or 2.

They wouldn't send movies you didn't request, but you have a list of movies you set that you want them to send you, and it keeps going down that list and sending you the movies.

airyK

i thought about getting a netflix account for renting anime, but their list of anime wasnt exactly big.. but they do have serveral box sets to rent, i wish they had urusei yatsura box sets- that would really change my mind.

Jammer

On a somewhat related note, I used GameFly (Like Netflix for games) and I was quite satisfied with the service. They work on the same premise, so I'd anticipate no problems.