What grandfathered Netflix plans are folks on?

I know that in addition to the currently offered plans, Netflix also has members on older plans that they have grandfathered. I believe there is a 4 at-a-time for $16.99/mo as well as another 4 at-a-time for $17.75/mo. Are there any others?

I am asking because more than a few users of FeedFlix have written me saying that they'd like to specify an older/granfathered plan so as to get more accurate statistics.

Thanks in advance for everybody's help.

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Permalink Reply by Raghu Srinivasan on August 27, 2008 at 11:01am: Hello again - anybody here on a grandfathered Netflix plan? Please add your comment. Thanks.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on August 27, 2008 at 11:07am: I was originally on the pay-as-you-go plan that was utilized back in the early days, circa 1999. When they went to the monthly system, they converted me to the 4-at-a-time plan for $16.99 which I am currently still on.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Raghu Srinivasan on August 27, 2008 at 11:10am: Thanks Spindaddydad. How did the pay-as-you-go plan work? I thought NF was always a n-at-a-time/month plan.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on August 27, 2008 at 11:19am: I thought NF was always a n-at-a-time/month plan

Nope, at the beginning you bought what I seem to remember were called credits. Each time you rented a movie, it cost you one of your credits. When you ran out of credits, you just purchased more. I think you could buy the credits in batches (i.e. 10, 20 etc., hard to remember).

Sometime around 2000 or 2001 (don't remember) they went to the monthly plans. There were trade-offs when they switched to the monthly plan because for low volume renters it was cheaper the old way (pay as you watch), but high-volume renters prefer the current all-you-can-eat plans for obvious reasons.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Lester on August 28, 2008 at 2:36pm: I didn't anything about all that, interesting. Do you remember about how many DVDs Netflix offered in those days? IIRC, it was a little less than 20,000 when I joined in earlier 2004.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on August 28, 2008 at 2:52pm: Do you remember about how many DVDs Netflix offered in those days?
I don't remember how many they offered back then.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Rosette on August 28, 2008 at 10:44am: really????
4 at a time for 16.99...I am on 4 at a time and pay 7 more bucks a month ..boo hoo; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by unstuckintime on August 28, 2008 at 10:55am: I pay 18.30 for 4. Why so much variance in charges? It's as bad as airline tickets.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on August 28, 2008 at 2:53pm: I think when you add the tax to 16.99 it's about 18.30.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paul Idol on August 28, 2008 at 10:57am: $16.99? Wow. Ouch. I thought I had a good deal -- I'm grandfathered in on a $21.99/month plan for four at a time -- but obviously not. And I've been a member with the same exact four at a time membership since mid-2001.; ▶ Reply to This