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The problem with Netflix is the problem with a lot of companies: the customers are taken for granted. If you have a Netflix account, look at reviews of The Bla
by biff 15y ago
The problem with Netflix is the problem with a lot of companies: the customers are taken for granted.
If you have a Netflix account, look at reviews of The Black Tower or The Tudors. For weeks they've been broken -- out-of-sync audio/video on The Black Tower, mislabeled episodes of The Tudors season 2, I guess Whale Wars was also mislabeled (http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/i74kw/after_a_few_completely_out_of_order_seasons_of/ http://www.reddit.com/r/netflix/comments/i74kw/after_a_few_c...). Use the standard form to notify Netflix of the problem or even complain directly into the reviews... you might as well talk to a brick wall. Same thing if you're upset that they constantly wait until right before a series is about to be pulled from instant streaming to post a notice.
None of that would take any significant investment to fix, just a commitment to deliver an excellent customer experience. It's obviously not the reason why the stock price halved itself lately but I feel it demonstrates the sort of lazy arrogance towards the customer experience (as does the Quikster saga) that will ill serve the company when it faces some real competition over the next couple of years.
(I did keep my 2 DVD + streaming plan through the rate increase though.)
- biff 15y agoAh, looks like they finally fixed The Tudors problem anyway. Good news.
- Osiris 15y agoSpeaking of weird streaming issues, they recently added a ton of Star Trek content, so I went back to watch Enterprise. About half the episodes in "HD" were 4:3 and the other half were 16:9. I know the show was filmed and broadcast in 16:9 HD, so why the hell did they encode some of the episodes in 4:3? With all the effort it takes to encode original content, you'd think they'd have really strict policies on how the content is encoded and QC procedures to make sure it's done right. Note: I canceled my streaming subscription in favor of Blu-Ray rentals.