Long and Very Long Waits

I am increasingly frustrated and irritated that the movies I really want to view are not available when requested. More and more, the only ones I can rent are those that are second or third on my list. What's up. New releases are rarely available right away. I'm ready to cancel this subscription and go down the street to Blockbuster. Anyone else experiencing this?

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Permalink Reply by Pihk on September 5, 2008 at 10:27am: Welcome to the community! Its full of friendly people! I'm sure someone will be right along to help you with your issue. Welcome!

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Permalink Reply by Spindaddydad on September 5, 2008 at 11:04am: Thanks for the introduction Pihkal!

M, Netflix is great for many things, new releases is not one of them. Mainly for the same reasons they are also so difficult to find at Blockbuster stores... everybody wants them. What I do is uses Netflix to queue up movies I want to see. If there is a new release that I absolutely HAVE to see, I try to find it available at a rental store. And ocassionally I get lucky and receive a new release from Netflix. Good luck!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Slappy on September 5, 2008 at 2:11pm: Sorry I am so behind on my new releases that I have 400+ other movies ahead of them.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Headcheese on September 5, 2008 at 2:19pm: I'm on a very long wait for Salo that just got released in this country finally, but ya know what? Blockbuster wouldn't touch that film with a ten foot pole so I have no choice but to wait until the other sickos are done watching it so they can send it off to this sicko! It's the name of the game.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ed8r on September 5, 2008 at 4:22pm: What has surprised me is that I almost NEVER used to have that problem and then - seemingly all of a sudden - every new release at the top of my queue, whether movie or TV show, is passed over for something below it. As far as I know I am renting at approximately the same rate as ever, but a little over a month ago, they stopped sending me new releases, even though I was careful to be sure that a disc was checked in on a Monday so they could send the new release out for Tuesday delivery.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by thatboy on September 5, 2008 at 4:34pm: I haven't had much problem getting new movies on their release date. It's just a matter of making sure there's an open slot for when they become available. However, if you miss the initial release date, then there will be a long wait. Doesn't bother me because there's lots of other things I want to watch, but others here have suggested Redbox as an easy way to supplement your NF flow with popular new releases.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Headcheese on September 5, 2008 at 4:41pm: Ha! Good idea thatboy! Do you think Salo is sitting at my local Redbox?? *smirk* No that really is a great suggestion for new releases.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by thatboy on September 5, 2008 at 4:58pm: The key word there is popular new releases, Heady. When it comes to stuff like Salo, I think NF gets three copies and lets the sickos duke it out amongst ourselves. ; ); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ed8r on September 6, 2008 at 5:19pm: Yes, that used to work for me too. But as mentioned above, over the last two months that seems to have changed.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ed8r on September 8, 2008 at 11:21am: Well, well, well . . . finally it's my turn to get a new release again. It's about time.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Ed8r on September 8, 2008 at 12:34pm: No, I was wrong. They're sending me the disc, but from a distribution center on the other side of the country. Sheesh. Anybody know how long that's supposed to take?; ▶ Reply to This