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- millixaw, on 10/12/2007, -2/+36I thought NetFlix Guilt was what you felt when you promptly copy the DVD and return it the day it arrives?
- rauz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25Too bad, City of God is not hard to watch and it's a great movie.
- Panserbjorn, on 10/12/2007, -2/+17We're supposed to feel guilty for doing that?
Oops. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11Totally agreed. I highly recommend City of God to anyone
- angelp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5I once kept a movie for over a year and a half....they never charged me a dime.
Yes, I know I'm trifling. - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Not until you can keep it for an unlimited amount of time, it's a monthly fee rather than Pay-per 24 hrs, and it's all in HD.
- moisie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3A similar thing happens to me, the latest of which is that I have now had saw II for over a month. Partly because of the World Cup but partly because I've not been in the mood for a "horror" film it's sat unwatched, I will force myself to sit down and watch it at some point but I can't help but feel I should have just sent it back straight away, re-added it and have gone through a load more in the time I'd have saved.
- Phatt138, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Truly, the author SHOULD feel guilty for not watching City of God. As aforementioned, it's not exactly difficult to get through. A movie that powerful shouldn't be one of those, "I rented this because I felt like I should see it to expand myself..."
It's one of the most tremendous movies commonly available. I'd be more worried about my taste in cinema than my charges at NetFlix...can't buy class, after all. - sophiaperennis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Netflix loves these type of customers who keep a DVD for months.
- UltraNurd, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I had a few weeks of heavy workload a few months back, and my queue didn't move at all... three movies, just sitting there. Le sigh.
- richiestang78, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Who cares, thats why we have online rental so we can keep them as long as we want.. Whats there to feel guilty about, is having the movie taking away from someone else having it, no netflix has massive supplies of each movies. I think there are better things to feel guilty about people.
- diggdat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This cracked me up as I have just returned the "Passion of the Christ", unwatched, after a couple of months. I watched endless "24" episodes and "Lost" episodes during that time.
There just never seemed to be a time that drew me to the heavy content of that movie.
I was interested in it when I put in the queue and added it back thinking I might still watch it some day... - MITBeta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Actually, thinking about it more, the right way to calculate the cost of the movie is to divide the total paid over 11 months ($198) by the number of movies watched in that period. Let's say the author saw 3 to 5 movies per month, that makes the cost of ANY movie, no matter how long it was out, be $3.60 to $6.00 per movie.
- Jacobi, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I do this all the time and it makes no damn sense. I'm on a three out at a time plan and like to watch the movies within a week of getting them, but sometimes I just get backed up and will keep the same movies for a month and sometimes two. I also fall into that trap of renting an artsy movie, but watching it after all the popcorn stuff.
- Toast1185, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1$66 in opportunity cost, not actual dollars. RTFA ;)
- ElectroBot, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1That's the reason why On-Demand (it transfers or downloads to your set-top box or computer) services will be more popular than Netflix is now.
- theCr3ator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I go through movies like water. I am on the 4 at a time plan and watch about 8 -12 movies a week, 1/2 to feed my anime addiction and the other half for poluar movies/documentaries. I usually watch them while working, the same way people listem to music it just helps me concentrate better on what I am working on. I cant say I have any guilt if I dont return a movie right away but I dont see the point in holding onto a movie for a better time to watch it. Return the thing and get a movie or show that you would be interested in watching at the time. People should feel guilty for wasting their money not on feeling pressured to watch a movie.
- badfrog, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1If I've had a DVD for more than a week, it gets ripped to my file server for playback on XBMC and mailed back.
- joelsp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I think my favorite quote of this article was "Episodes of “The Daily Show” and “Letterman” pile onto our DVR"
Mainly the part where he says Letterman, and this article is being written for MSNBC.
An interesting perspective nonetheless. I reallty need to get a NetFlix Account. - digitalrhino, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I just sent back The 400 Blows and The Bicycle Thief after having them for nearly exactly one year. For about 3/4 of that time i completely forgot i had a Netflix account.
- aleib, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This article totally relates to me. Im on the 3 at a time plan, I've held movies for 6-7 months. My Tivo has weeks and weeks worth of tv shows that I'll probably never watch. Just not enough time.
- MITBeta, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The author's math isn't quite right. 1/3 of $18 times 11 might equal $66, but he might have seen 5 movies per month for each of those 11 months, despite keeping one movie out for that whole time. My guess is that the actual cost of the movie was a lot less than $66.
Periodically I go through my Netflix account and divide the number of movies that I've seen by the total amount of money that it has cost me. I'm averaging about $3.03 per movie... - rnelsonee, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1I did the Netflix -> burned DVD thing for a while, but after 300 movies (including City of God - great movie by the way) I just totally lost steam, and had 5 movies out for 8 months. I got smart and reduced my plan to 3 at a time, but still didn't return them all. I'm sure most diggers can sympathise with the fact that if I can do it online, it's no problem (like changning the plan). But actually remembering to physically lift DVDs off my desk and put them in the mailbox? Crazy.
- D4r7h3v1l, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1As my first movie on BO, I ordered A History of Violence. I had it for 3 months before returning it.
- theCr3ator, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Sorry for the double post. Firefox is screwy today
- Dracker, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0$66 for a movie? Renting stops being practical when it's more expensive than buying.
- celopes, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1But, where can you find the TV series??? I know it is good, but where to find it subtitled and everything?
- mmrz, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0And at times it's slow as hell
- domokunt, on 10/12/2007, -7/+6and dont forget the tv series city of men. highly recommended!!
- AdverseE, on 10/12/2007, -2/+1I thought Netflix guilt was what one felt when they sent back a DVD unwatched due to NOT being able to copy it.
- Philbert, on 10/12/2007, -8/+311 months? Last time I had someonething out for 4 months they cancelled my account and charged me like $30 for the movie
- theCr3ator, on 10/12/2007, -5/+0I go through movies pretty quickly. I am on the 4 at a time plan and watch about 8 -12 movies a week, 1/2 to feed my anime addiction and the other half for poluar movies/documentaries. I usually watch them while working, the same way people listem to music it just helps me concentrate better on what I am working on. I cant say I have any guilt if I dont return a movie right away but I dont see the point in holding onto a movie for a better time to watch it. Return the thing and get a movie or show that you would be interested in watching at the time. People should feel guilty for wasting their money not on feeling pressured to watch a movie.
- Dempf, on 10/12/2007, -11/+2City of god is a P in the D.
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