Comments on: Cash Saver or Money Drain?

By: Neil

Neil — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 16:03:39 +0000

Definately thanks for the link. turns out i’ve lost $90 by going thru next flix rather than renting them.

By: superfriend

superfriend — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 22:21:26 +0000

I guess I’m just not that into movies. Spend too much time on the net I guess. Actually the cost of taking the family to the movies has turned me off to movies in general.
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But, that Red Box down at the supermarket is 1.00 for a movie for a night. For the few times I want a recent movie – instead of the 5th time watching National Treasure or Happy Gilmore – its pretty cheap.

By: Jason Geyer

Jason Geyer — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:15:29 +0000

I think my stats are deceptive, too, as the bulk of the DVDs I watched were in the first two years, when I got off work at 4:30 every day (plus I had no cable, and watched no TV). The last 2 years I’ve probably averaged maybe 2-3 dvds per month. If I have free time, I’m watching stuff like Breaking Bad, BSG, LOST, Mad Men, etc. and not so much the copy of The Fountain that I’ve had for 2 months. And I’ve put the account on hold 3 times.

Still, beats Blockbuster

By: JuliusMarx

JuliusMarx — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 16:08:36 +0000

Hmmm…. looks like I’m OVER paying. I think that’s cuz the I watch SO much stuff on TV instead of my Netflix. Also I’m on the BluRay plan and there wasn’t an option for that.

You’ve rented 93 DVDs over 30 months from October 10, 2006 to April 07, 2009.
Your plan costs $16.99/month so you’ve paid $509.7 total.
Your average price per rental was approximately $5.48 each.
Average rental costs elsewhere are $4.99 each (not including late fees).
You’ve overpaid approximately $45.63 over that time period or $1.52 per month.
Here’s some more about your renting habits…
You kept each rental for around 21 days on average.
The longest you kept a single DVD was 149 days.
You rented about 3 DVDs each month.
You’re not taking full advantage of your current plan. You could be renting 19 DVDs each month.

By: Hellpop

Hellpop — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 04:05:32 +0000

Huh. How very interesting. My stats were pretty similar to yours, Otter. Of course, there are other factors to consider as well. For one thing, we suspended out DirectTV in part because we watch a lot of tv shows on Netflix. And, like you said, Netflix offers a lot of options that Blockbuster or Hollywood just doesn’t have. But we really gotta start getting through our movies faster….

By: Newt

Newt — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:30:19 +0000

One of the coolest, informative posts I’ve seen in some time. Looks like I’m doing a pretty good job with my NetFlix. It didn’t list my instants either, which add up tons more. Very cool.

By: j1h15233

j1h15233 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 22:05:56 +0000

Does anyone take full advantage of their plan? 19 movies a month is a lot of free nights.

By: CantinaDan

CantinaDan — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:25:38 +0000

Awesome! I’ve been kinda curious about how my Netflix activity stacks up. You had a movie for 104 days?!? LOL.
Here’s mine:

You’ve rented 397 DVDs over 39 months from January 30, 2006 to April 08, 2009.
Your plan costs $16.99/month so you’ve paid $662.61 total.
Your average price per rental was approximately $1.67 each.
Average rental costs elsewhere are $3.75 each (not including late fees).
You’ve saved approximately $826.14 over that time period or $21.18 per month.
Here’s some more about your renting habits…

You kept each rental for around 7 days on average.
The longest you kept a single DVD was 34 days.
You rented about 10 DVDs each month.
You’re not taking full advantage of your current plan. You could be renting 19 DVDs each month.