Walmart DVD Rental
Submitted by k3vin on Sun, 07/18/2004 - 08:45
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I have become so irritated with the turnaround time of Netflix, I have signed up for the upstart Walmart service. I already tried MovieSlate, and it did not have the selection I am used to at Netflix. Walmart has way less indies and gay titles. What a shocker.
the poll is messed up, You can use the discussion to discuss it.
I tried WalMart DVD rentals last year and had a mixed reaction to their service. Many title went from Available to Not Available (or whatever terminology they use) overnight. Also, Netflix still has a far better selection of in stock movies than any of their competitors (and probably always will). Blockbuster is prepping their online rental site and it looks pretty poor to me. Especially if they refuse to rent unrated/NC-17 rated movies.
Well after 1 week of the walmart rental, I am not impressed with their processing time. AND the Louisville office of Netflix is on the ball. I wonder if it is One person there that is bad?
I was utterly unimpressed with the turnaround time with the *.mart. Make me think Speedy Gonzales was working in Louisville' Netflix office. Their selection lacked, their availability lacked. I canceld my "free"membership after 3 movies. and 3 weeks. I did not want to come close to having to pay them anything. This is a classic example of what could have been "You don't know what you've got until it's gone". I had no basis for comparison with Netflix. *.mart's rental service was a gift. The gift of appreciation of Netflix.
Please stand by...
I know that there are a lot of Netflix haters out there for some reason, but their service has increased dramatically in the years that I've been a member. *Almost* everything I want (mostly new releases, old classics and foreign films) is available when I want it (unlike in past years). Occasionally discs do get lost in the mail, but that's life and it's not Netflix's fault. Frankly, I'm surprised more DVD's don't get lost or stolen or damaged during delivery.
I agree. without a basis for comparison, it is easy to complain. It reminds me of the time I had a job at one of the cushiest companies that ever existed. Young workers fresh into the workforce, complained we were being treated like "children" or "being watched all the time". They'd quit, go elsewhere, then come crawling back not realizing what a gem of a company we were working for.
When I started with Netflix, they had one warehouse - in San Jose. I am in Kentucky and it was 3 days there 3 days back. But still I managaed to get 20 movies a month on a 4 movie plan. Then they put an office outside of Atlanta, which in post office airmail world, is right around the corner from me. 2 day turnaround tops. Now with the new Louisville warehouse, it can take 5 days there, one day back. Something is up.
I am trying walmarts 30 day "free" trial, and see how fast they get the movies to me. They are only offering the trial on the 2 at a time plan. If I do not like it, maybe I can request a different warehouse, or get new labels.
I've been using Netflix since they began in 1998. Since then their service has generally improved to the point now that I can rent virtually any movie I want and have it in my mailbox within 2 or 3 days. There are rarely Long or even Short Waits for titles anymore. I have had a few discs lost in the mail, but that kinda stuff happens. It's not their fault. The only way they could conceivably improve in my mind would be to start stocking DVDs from other regions and/or open a distribution center within a day's mailing from New Orleans. But, even without those things, it still beats going to a local bricks & mortar video store, which wouldn't have the titles I wanted anyway!
Um, I don't think you can pose multiple questions in a single poll. You have to divide this up into four polls or otherwise force a voter to respond to only one of the questions.
I was not sure if it would work or not. I guess the radio buttons kept switching if you tried to do the other answers.