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Why Do People Want Everything For Next To Nothing?

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You quickly realize how many nutcases are sharing the planet with you, when you read blog comments attached to posts about pretty rational things.

Take for example, Netflix’s announcement that their unlimited plan that lets you do all of the streaming while having one physical disk out at a time, all for $9.99/month, was going to be eliminated.

Now you can have a $7.99 plan that includes unlimited DVDs (1 out at a time), a $7.99 unlimited streaming plan, or both.

So, for $15.98, you can continue to have what you had yesterday at $9.99.

Oh the humanity! A 60% increase! Overnight! GASP!

The comments sections everywhere, Twitter, and Facebook have erupted into outrage. People talking tough about sticking it to Netflix with threats of taking their business elsewhere. Ingrates are saying that they’ve enjoyed Netflix, but this is it… the relationship is over! There are those complete dopes who can only muster up four-letter words to drop into the comments sections to express their outrage. %$ YOU NETFLIX!

Reality: Netflix gives people a ridiculously great bargain for years, and then when they ask for a little more — $5.99/month more to be precise &mdash to cover additional streaming costs, or royalties that have to be paid, people are ready to dump Netflix altogether?

I’ve been a customer since 2000. I love Netflix. I wish they streamed at 1080p instead of 720p, but streaming is convenient. They are really fast at receiving my physical discs and sending out the next one in my queue. They have a great website. They have a huge selection. At $15.98, it’s a great value.

Some of you might be too young to remember having to drive to the local video store to pick up a VHS or DVD, wandering around in the store looking for something worth watching in the store’s horrible selection, picking something out, paying $2.99 for a 2 night rental, forgetting to drive it back on time, getting charged another few bucks for the late fee… And I’m saying this while back in the 80′s my family owned a video rental store.

It still amazes me that there are video rental places that are still in business.

So where are all of the outraged people going to go? I will bet that half of them stay with Netflix, and the other half will go somewhere else, realize how much the alternatives suck, and return to Netflix.

Sure, Amazon has streaming, but you’re paying $2.99-$3.99 per rental, good for only 48 hours (at least that’s how it was the last time I checked). They give Prime members free streaming on a limited selection, but it’s mostly stuff you wouldn’t have paid for anyways.

I will remain a loyal Netflix customer as long as I feel that I’m getting value out of their service. I look at it this way: For the cost of two movie tickets at a theater where I’ll have to deal with uncomfortable seats and other rude theater goers, I can have unlimited movies for an entire month, delivered right to my mailbox or streaming device. If these price hikes ensure Netflix continues to improve and works towards 1080p streaming, they can keep hitting my credit card.


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