Comments on: Lessons Learned from the Netflix Price Hike

By: Jo

Jo — Fri, 19 Aug 2011 15:29:58 +0000

I find people’s approach to Netflix’s price hike rate rather odd. If everyone who has been using Netflix forever, used the same amount of energy to go after Congress for the way they are treat American citizens, perhaps there would be an interest from Washington.

I am not trying to change the subject here; I do, however, see an amazing parallel that could be put into action. Many of us get angry with unexpected price hikes, but we don’t do anything about it. But when it came to Netflix, of all things, many were quick to take action.

Why can’t we use this same approach with what’s been going on in Washington. There doesn’t have to be any threats, a show of violence like the Europeans seem to enjoy, stealing, etc. Just let Washington know that we will indeed boycott (fill in the blanks). See where that takes us.

As for Netflix, I cancelled altogether because I had little time to watch the movies. This occurred a day before their announcement of their price hike. How crazy is that?

By: Nova

Nova — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 13:40:20 +0000

I was only using the streaming with netflix so it didn’t affect me. I’ve heard people talking about going with redbox. Two weeks ago I would have raved about redbox, but not now. Not once, but twice in the last week I reserved DVDs online thru Redbox. Both times I went to go pick them up, something was wrong with the redbox and I couldn’t get my DVDs. So, I had to call customer service and wait several minutes so I could reverse the charges. I might not ever use them again. It almost seems like there are less and less affordable option for renting DVDs.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:26:17 +0000

As an addendum: one of the things to always consider when you sign up for anything that you voluntary spend money on each month is that the price will ALWAYS go up eventually and so right from the get go you need to carefully consider how much you can afford to pay for these extras on a monthly basis and I always found that it seems they all raise their prices around the same time. You might keep paying the increase and find after a few years what started out as a $25-30 a month expense is now running $100 a month and you haven’t had a raise or enough of a raise in the same amount of time to keep up with the expense but now you are hooked.

By: Gail

Gail — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:21:13 +0000

And some of us use rabbit ears and can actually pick up several TV channels and have built up an impressive library of videos and DVDs on the cheap and so have no need of Netflix and have never used it.

By: jon29

jon29 — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 00:21:45 +0000

If you look around, you can still get deals on Netflix.

By: Thippi

Thippi — Wed, 03 Aug 2011 05:36:46 +0000

Well said Jennifer Derrick I was shocked and very frustrated to see a 60% increase and wished Netflix would have explained a little more why they’ve increased their prices. If they would have said it basically the way the commenter 4-AR wrote, I would have been more inclined to stay & choose elsewhere to save some money. But I chose to cancel due to how they treat their costumers. I can go elsewhere to get my TV time like Hulu & Redbox.

By: Ethan

Ethan — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:12:04 +0000

I had thought that Netflix was a great deal for our movie watching amount. We normally are able to watch a couple or at most three DVD’s a month. With a three year old in our home she tends to watch many of the live streaming kids videos. Not sure if we are going to continue on with our plan though. I’m trying to add more to my savings account each month not take from it. That’s why I originally cut back the cable because of their price hikes.

By: William

William — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 21:39:59 +0000

I must agree with Jennifer Derrick on this. While the increase will not (break the bank)with me, I do find I have begun spending more time watching programs on Netflix than I should. Being a writer this is not good since it shifts my attention away from my writing. However, I do enjoy a good movie now and again especially with well thought out FX. On August 4th I will be cancelling my subscription to Netflix. As of late I have enjoyed going to the Theater with my son or daughter. I forgot how nice the big screen was.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 23:25:15 +0000

I’ve been a Netflix customer for some time now and I preached the good word to so many people about it. Well this is the last straw with this company as they obviously do not care about their customers and treat them very poorly. There are a lot of other options out there, and honestly, their instant streaming service library is a DISGRACE! We live in a society of capitalism, tell Netflix how you feel by not paying this greedy company any more money!!

By: ric austin

ric austin — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 08:35:49 +0000

netflix, i spent 40 mins telling you all the reasons yo should take care of your current customers better.(for whatever reason, it didnt post…) literaly, worship the folks who built you a company. im not gonna type it all out again, but for real? 60%? that means u gotta lose 60%(oh wait- more than that… you think we like you that much?!?!?!) of your customers to post a loss. shareholders will be happy. not just with you, but with all of your competitors. i urge people to switch. i love netflixx, and work in a job where i spread the word. people, spread the word about alternatives. 10%? ok. 20 %…? ummm ok still…60%… someone said amazon has a thing….? if 60% drop netflixx, i bet alternatives pop up all over… just sayin. speak with your wallet… its summer, drop flixx, and see whats available come the cold months when we r back indoors. for real, maybe its a sign we watch too much tv.. ask me again in the fall when i am embracing the cheaper alternative…!