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Monday, November 06, 2006
it's a mystery!
We are attempting to use Netflix's free two-week trial to get through the entire second series of "Star Blazers" AND the entire first season of "Who's the Boss?" (because, of course, we are so happening). We don't watch enough movies on a regular basis to make it worth paying $24 a month to be able to watch whichever ones we want, four at a time, but"Star Blazers" is a series that T has been telling the kids about for years, and the library only has the first series. (my personal mental jury is still out on why they're called series instead of seasons. Did they take more than one year to air, is that it? Or is it just those wacky Japanese being inscrutable again?). Also, I have always had a not-so-secret affection for "Who's The Boss?" (and "Coach", too... hmm... maybe ONE month at $24), which makes me extra frustrated that only the first season is available on DVD. What is WITH those people?
Anyway. The mystery to which I alluded in the title of this post has nothing to do with anything in the preceding rambling paragraph. The mystery is this: How does Netflix get those movies back and forth so fast? They're just using regular US Mail -- the same US Mail that ordinarily takes two or three days for a letter to move from my local post office to the one 25 miles away where my husband works, the same US Mail that can't guarantee overnight shipping even with their guaranteed overnight shipping if one of the addresses involved is in my dinky rural ZIP code. So how is it that one measly workday after dropping that magic red envelope into a mail slot, it arrives at a facility that's a three-hour drive away -- which, in Postal Service time, should merit at least a two-, possibly a four-day transit for lowly ordinary mail? Do they bribe the employees with chocolate? My personal theory involves benevolent little elves.
Comments
The office (or whatever you call it) is in San Jose. You send it on Monday. They get it Tuesday and send it Tuesday and you will get it Wednesday. (weekends take longer) HOWEVER, if you are sending the dvds faster than they like, they will not send it the same day. That only happened to us once and it was a new movie. you should not have any problems with tv shows. At least that was my experience
Posted by: debi at November 6, 2006 12:30 PM
I wanted to add one more thing. When I had netflix, I only had the 9.99 and not the 24.99 one. So they might be happier to send you guys more since you pay more.
Posted by: debi at November 6, 2006 12:37 PM
What is star blazers?
Posted by: debi at November 6, 2006 02:16 PM
Yeah you can get like one out at a time for like ten bucks a month. And yes, if you are watching movies at breakneck speed they slow down their pace. It sucks. I had that problem. But yeah, they are pretty fast.
Posted by: jenn at November 6, 2006 08:38 PM
are you enjoying your "Whos the boss?"
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