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In response to "I'd love to know where else you're going to find unlimited DVDs & streaming for under $16" by Guy

Well...at Netflix, until September, that's where. How many places do you know of that can raise their prices by 50% and not have people bitching? nm -- nm

Posted by Jim (aka Jim) Jul 13 '11, 18:30

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50% is such an asinine figure for this discussion. Its $6!!!! -- nm - Guy Jul 13, 18:36 28
- You may be different, but every dollar I spend matters to me, Guy. - kelly Jul 13, 18:40 6
  - Like Colin said, if that is your situation, maybe Netflix wasn't a good choice to begin with -- nm - Guy Jul 13, 18:42 5
    - If you're wondering if your replies are getting worse and worse, the answer is yes. -- nm - David Jul 13, 18:45
    - if *what* is my situation, exactly? - kelly Jul 13, 18:44
    - how obnoxious. -- nm - b. Jul 13, 18:44 2
      - Why? Luxuries are the first thing to go in a tight financial situation -- nm - Guy Jul 13, 18:45 1
        
        your judging is obnoxious in and of itself, but add in that - b. Jul 13, 18:50
- What if you went to a theater and the ticket cost $10. You go tomorrow and the same movie at the same time is $16. - JaxSean Jul 13, 18:40 2
  - He would be fine with that, because Guy isn't the type to complain about things. -- nm - David Jul 13, 18:41
  - I would say, Thank you sir give me another -- nm - Guy si. Ralph Nader supporter? Really? Jul 13, 18:41
- If starbucks raises prices 50% there would be outcry there too -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 18:38 4
  - Yes, but they are already way overpriced. - Guy Jul 13, 18:41 2
    - To YOU. To my wife, Starbuck's is perfectly priced. But if her coffee went from $1.60/day to $2.40/day...she may not think so. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:43 1
      - Not to me - compared to alternatives -- nm - Guy Jul 13, 18:44
  - Or McDonald's or Target or *insert ANY business here* -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:39
- No, it's $6/mo ongoing. 50% is perfectly cromulent in that context. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:37
- I pay $10/month right now. They want to make it $15/month. Is that NOT a 50% rate increase? -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:36 11
  - If I pay $1 for a hot dog and the vendor raises it to $1.50, that is also a 50% increase, but its also $.50. - Guy Jul 13, 18:38 10
    - the percentage is a way of comparing it to any other rate increase. if the hot dog all of a sudden cost you $7, you wouldn't be saying "it's only six - dogbert Jul 13, 18:46
    - And $6 is 12 times as much as $0.50. All of which sidesteps the point that 50% is a large percentage increase. - David Jul 13, 18:40
    - You are such a sucker!!! Anyone getting a 50% pay raise this year? -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 18:40 4
      - Ummm ... Not quite that much. But getting there. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:41
      - Hell anyone getting a 5% pay increase this year? -- nm - Bacon Jul 13, 18:40 2
        
        1.8% for me, thankyouverymuch. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:41 1
        
        Then you can afford to pay us more. -- nm - Guyflix Jul 13, 18:46
    - And if you're on a budget, it could be enough to red-flag it for removal. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:40 2
      - Like I said...I already cancelled the DVD portion. So, Netflix is down $2/month from me. Woo hoo!!!! -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:40 1
        
        I cancelled my Zip.ca almost a year ago ... And I don't use Netflix Canada. Don't have time to waste money on that. -- nm - Beryllium Jul 13, 18:42
but they've been giving it away, jim! -- nm - b. Jul 13, 18:31 6
- Haven't they, though? - Guy Jul 13, 18:34 5
  - it might have come across better if they'd waited until their next earnings report to make the changes. they said part of the increase is because of - b. Jul 13, 18:42 1
    - There's already some information on this. Their Starz contract alone will increase over 1000% percent - Guy Jul 13, 18:44
  - No one is saying that Netflix hasn't been a great value. We're objecting to a 50% price increase. I can't even imagine what people would do if - Jim Jul 13, 18:36 2
    - 50% increase on a $100 cable bill is vastly different than a 50% increase on a $10 netflix bill -- nm - Guy Jul 13, 18:36 1
      - But you get SO much more from cable? Look at all the channels you get there? They're practically giving away ESPN. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:38
Or, even more troubling, have people blindly defend them for doing so. -- nm - David Jul 13, 18:31 6
- Exactly...it's one thing to say "it's worth it TO ME"...another altogether to defend it. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:32 5
  - eh, a private business providing a non-essential service should be free to charge whatever they like. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 18:37 4
    - Of course...and their customers should be free to bitch, moan, complain and cancel their service. -- nm - Jim Jul 13, 18:37 3
      - it's the moaning I don't get. cancelling may get them to change. moaning won't. -- nm - mafic Jul 13, 18:41
      - Or cut their subscriptions which is what several people here have said they did. -- nm - David Jul 13, 18:41
      - Agreed. But I'm free to laugh at them and wait until they realize its still the best deal around -- nm - Guy Jul 13, 18:39

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