Netflix sued for throttling

[DaiShan]

Originally posted by: torpid
18-22 is not unreasonable compared to the guy on ATOT who said he "watched" 9 a week.

9 isn't really that unreasonable. When I lived in the dorms every single night I'd have someone over to watch a movie and have a few drinks etc.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Let's say you get 2 movies a week max.

That's $2 a rental delivered to your front door with no possibility of late fees.

It's a screaming deal no matter what the self-righteous whiners tell you.

Then don't advertise it as unlimited if you're putting artificial restrictions.

Call the wahmbulance!

In life, it behooves you to learn to read between the lines, think for yourself and realize that companies are trying to make money and have logistical realities.

When you signed up, you should have said to yourself. Cool, I can watch a whole bunch of movies for $15 a month. Let's see how low I can get my average cost per movie down before they balk at sending more. Gee, how surprising to think that they monitor that number too...

 

[Lumathix]

Originally posted by: HomeBrewerDude
yep, its a repost, but in general, the concern only applies to heavy renters. I personally, think that Netflix is screwing up with the throttle tactic.

I'm quite happy with Netflix, but we only watch about 12 movies a month.

12 movies a month? 3 movies a week is alot. To OP, if this guy isn't getting throttled, most of those stories must be coming from people that watch TONS of movies. I have the 3 movies at a time service from Netflix, and I've never had a problem. As a matter of fact, I watched and returned Fantastic 4 a few weeks back, and they never received the shipment for some reason. I filled out the shipment problem section on the website, and they responded in less than a day, updated my Queue, and sent the next movie out with an apology email for the inconvenience. All in all, I'd say I'm 100% satisfied with the service. BTW I watch probably 1 movie a week max, just for perspective.

 

[GasX]

I guess my point is that we don't need to sue Netflix for using the word "unlimited". If you really feel cheated by this thrttling thing, go rent 30 movies a month at the local video store and see if it costs more

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: Triumph
I'm sure my roommates will be throttled. They get a movie, burn it, and send it back the next day for another!

whats any different than someone getting a movie, watching it that night, and sending it back the next day? thats what i do usually

 

[Reckoner]

They'll lose. It's in the Terms of Agreement that they have the right to throttle you if you are a heavy renter.

 

[Phoenix86]

Originally posted by: Mwilding

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Let's say you get 2 movies a week max.

That's $2 a rental delivered to your front door with no possibility of late fees.

It's a screaming deal no matter what the self-righteous whiners tell you.

Then don't advertise it as unlimited if you're putting artificial restrictions.

Call the wahmbulance!

In life, it behooves you to learn to read between the lines, think for yourself and realize that companies are trying to make money and have logistical realities.

When you signed up, you should have said to yourself. Cool, I can watch a whole bunch of movies for $15 a month. Let's see how low I can get my average cost per movie down before they balk at sending more. Gee, how surprising to think that they monitor that number too...

Pfft, please. If I sold you a service and delivered what I though was fair (counter to what we agreed to), you'd have me in court too.

Or are you saying your a doormat?

You don't see cable limiting my views "just because I watch a lot". Yes I realize the reasons, it's not practical. If anyone need to call the waaaambulance, it's netflix.

Netflix offered unlimited service.
People made use of it.
Reality sets in.
WAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

You know a family can watch a lot more than 9/week. Netflix should have know too, it's their business.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
They'll lose. It's in the Terms of Agreement that they have the right to throttle you if you are a heavy renter.

The point is that it wasn't in the terms of agreement when they signed up.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Looney

Originally posted by: Mwilding
Let's say you get 2 movies a week max.

That's $2 a rental delivered to your front door with no possibility of late fees.

It's a screaming deal no matter what the self-righteous whiners tell you.

Then don't advertise it as unlimited if you're putting artificial restrictions.

u mean like all u can eat buffets where u can't bring a cooler or stay overnight?

 

[Reckoner]

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
They'll lose. It's in the Terms of Agreement that they have the right to throttle you if you are a heavy renter.

The point is that it wasn't in the terms of agreement when they signed up.

The Terms of Agreement also state that they can change the terms at any time, with or without notice.

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats

Originally posted by: torpid

Originally posted by: PaulNEPats
They'll lose. It's in the Terms of Agreement that they have the right to throttle you if you are a heavy renter.

The point is that it wasn't in the terms of agreement when they signed up.

The Terms of Agreement also state that they can change the terms at any time, with or without notice.

And they were doing the practice for a period of time between when the guy signed up and when they changed the terms of service. Then they changed the terms of service after having already throttled the guy for a noticeable amount of time.

 

[DrPizza]

For what it's worth, many of you are looking at the number of movies, on the premise that the people renting them are single. How about the family of 4 that rents a couple of movies for the kids, and a movie for the parents? When I rented from the video store, there were quite a few times when I'd get 4 or 5 movies for 1 night (on a weekend). My wife and I might watch 2 of them, and the other 2 would be for the kids' entertainment. (And on rare occasions, I seem to remember an extra movie for "later" viewing after the kids were asleep 😉 😀 )

 

[torpid]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
For what it's worth, many of you are looking at the number of movies, on the premise that the people renting them are single. How about the family of 4 that rents a couple of movies for the kids, and a movie for the parents? When I rented from the video store, there were quite a few times when I'd get 4 or 5 movies for 1 night (on a weekend). My wife and I might watch 2 of them, and the other 2 would be for the kids' entertainment. (And on rare occasions, I seem to remember an extra movie for "later" viewing after the kids were asleep 😉 😀 )

That's a good point. Although the guy who complained about not getting 9 movies a week actually claimed to watch all 9 per week.