Does Anyone Get Netflix Through the Mail? (disturbing, watching, rent)
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I do one DVD and streaming. Lots of stuff I like is not available via streaming.
Timing seems to depend on when during the week I return the DVD.
Generally, if I send the DVD back on a Monday, they receive it on Tuesday and if it is something that is available at the local distribution center, I usually get the next one on Wednesday. If it isn't local, then I'd get it on Thursday or Friday.
If I don't send it back until Friday, I won't get another one until the following Tuesday at the earliest, since they no longer ship from their distribution centers on Saturdays.
The USPS has recently relaxed their local delivery standards as holding trucks until the last possible moment was killing them in overtime being paid to entire units which sat and waited for the last first class letter. What was overnight is now two days, except premium express mail
The USPS has recently relaxed their local delivery standards as holding trucks until the last possible moment was killing them in overtime being paid to entire units which sat and waited for the last first class letter. What was overnight is now two days, except premium express mail
Interesting. Do you know when this started? Just so happens my dvd with a Tues scheduled delivery came today - a day late - Wednesday. And my Wednesday dvd is nowhere to be found (in my mailbox). So I'm getting 2 day delivery for the first time...
The USPS has recently relaxed their local delivery standards as holding trucks until the last possible moment was killing them in overtime being paid to entire units which sat and waited for the last first class letter. What was overnight is now two days, except premium express mail
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Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn
Interesting. Do you know when this started? Just so happens my dvd with a Tues scheduled delivery came today - a day late - Wednesday. And my Wednesday dvd is nowhere to be found (in my mailbox). So I'm getting 2 day delivery for the first time...
I know a lot of people stream Netflix, but I don't think their streaming selection is good. I get one at a time through the mail. I live just a few miles away from their local warehouse, so when they stick a movie in the mail, they say I will get it the next day...and I do!
Except the last couple of movies have taken two days, getting here a day after they say. Not a big deal, but considering that in the past they have been known for throttling and had to settle a class action suit about it, I am wondering whether throttling is starting again or the mail service is just a little slow.
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Originally Posted by oeccscclhjhn
Interesting. Do you know when this started? Just so happens my dvd with a Tues scheduled delivery came today - a day late - Wednesday. And my Wednesday dvd is nowhere to be found (in my mailbox). So I'm getting 2 day delivery for the first time...
Yep, same thing is happening to me! It started January 1 and has happened with every DVD thus far in the New Year.
I've received Netflix DVDs since 2006 and have been getting 1 day delivery about 99% of the time the past 9 years. Now suddenly it's two days....except for my latest disc which was scheduled to arrive Tuesday. Did not arrive Tues or today, Wed. So that will be a 3 day delivery...IF it arrives tomorrow.
I came to the movie forum just now specifically to see if anyone else is having the same problem. They are definitely "throttling" DVD users again.
Interesting. Do you know when this started? Just so happens my dvd with a Tues scheduled delivery came today - a day late - Wednesday. And my Wednesday dvd is nowhere to be found (in my mailbox). So I'm getting 2 day delivery for the first time...
Officially the districts dropped to the lower standard on January1. Before many districts were not meeting the overnight standard anyway. Local managers are now looking to push back carrier starting times to their historical norms so carriers will leave for the streets with the mail available early and people won't still be receiving their mail at 7 to 9 PM
Officially the districts dropped to the lower standard on January1. Before many districts were not meeting the overnight standard anyway. Local managers are now looking to push back carrier starting times to their historical norms so carriers will leave for the streets with the mail available early and people won't still be receiving their mail at 7 to 9 PM
Now that is very interesting you said that because the last two times I got my netflix dvd, it didn't come when the email said it would, which was unusual because it ALWAYS comes on the day netflix says it will. So, I was supposed to get my dvd yesterday. I got home from work & nothing was in my mailbox. Today when I left for work, for whatever reason I looked in my mailbox & there was the dvd. What??? So that must mean that the mail carrier didn't get the mail delivered until what, 6 at night? That's weird, very weird. So, it's the exact opposite of what you just said, lol.
So that must mean that the mail carrier didn't get the mail delivered until what, 6 at night? That's weird, very weird. So, it's the exact opposite of what you just said, lol.
In my area, when my regular mailman is not on duty, the fill in normally tacks on the route to the end of their normal one, so a normal 12-2pm delivery moves right to around 4pm or later.
In my area, when my regular mailman is not on duty, the fill in normally tacks on the route to the end of their normal one, so a normal 12-2pm delivery moves right to around 4pm or later.
This, most routes end at 4:30 these days. If the district is short handed carriers start carrying two to four hours of overtime off of vacant routes at that time.
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