Apr
10
2004
Netflix is my friend
For the longest time I kind of looked down my nose at Netflix, didn't really know why, just seemed like a goofy idea to me. Well I finally decided I'd try out their 2 week trial membership, and I must say I'm duly impressed. Here's a quick timeline for you:
- I signed up for my trial subscription on Saturday night.
- Monday morning, I received 3 movies from my queue, Underworld, The Order and Reservoir Dogs.
- Monday night I watched Underworld (bad story, but visually appealing).
- Teusday Morning I put Underworld back in it's pre-stamped ready-to-go envelope, and stuck it in the mail to Netflix.
- I got an email Wednesday morning that they'd recevied Underworld, and would send out a new movie to me by Friday.
- I got an email Wednesday afternoon that they were sending Road to Perdition.
- Thursday afternoon I checked my mail and there was Road to Perdition, in that little nifty red envelope.
Call me a geek, but I would love to see how they manage all of the ins and outs of delivery so many movie so quickly. If I wanted to I could watch a new movie every single day (they allow you 3 out at a time). I've got about 80 different movies in my queue at this point, and I'm sure I'll keep them well past the 2 week trial.