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I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.

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I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.
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TV Shows that Never had a Chance

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Evil Herbivore replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.'

it's all been said before: but wait statuses can be a month or two - especially on high demand or rarer titles. NF doesn't focus on new release stuff at all - less than 1/4 of it's catalog. REad hacking article about NF members added over 2 million…

March 2

Scott P replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.'

It makes sense that it would change status. If it's number 495 in your queue, it's likely there won't be a long wait when it comes up.

March 2

Greg replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.'

I agree 100%. I had about 30 movies in Q on average, and since about November, almost half showed a wait. Many of these were movies that had been out for 2 or 3 months. Out of desperation, I put my NF account on hold and tried Blockbuster Online a…

March 2

Cheryl replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.'

I dropped down a disc at a time and opened a one at a time account at ClassicFlix. This is totally an experiment on my part--I like classic movies more than any other genre, there's stuff there I don't find at Netflix. It depends on how long it take…

February 26

ColdOne replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know This is an old Gripe BUT.'

Dropping your disc count has a good chance of moving you down the priority list, that may be part of the reason why you're seeing longer waits now. I bet there's a lot of good stuff you're missing out on but, if you really think there are no more m…

February 26

Sciwolf359 replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know Throttling is an old Gripe BUT.'

Well I did drop down the amount I get at one time. As far as my viewing habits I just refuse to watch some genres of film and I really don't want to take the chance on 1 or 2 star movies.

February 26

ColdOne replied to Sciwolf359's discussion 'I know I know Throttling is an old Gripe BUT.'

"Throttled" is the wrong word, but there is no doubt that Netflix prioritizes delivery of discs that are in demand. Anyone who tells that they are not doing this is ignorant or lying. There have been a few reported cases of people moving a title up…

February 26