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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 2:28 pm
Kc, it IS. At first when I looked at synopsis on Netflix, was turned off by the idea of F word, violence, and everything else that goes with it. It is full of that. But it is GOOD. All the characters are complicated. You have to pay attention. I'm confused about a lot, character-wise in particular. I'll probably wait a while and watch it all again. For all the talk there was about it, I hardly heard anything about plots. That's good so I know nothing about it as I watch. From what Nick said and what I heard generally, something "big" happens in the last season (5). I have no idea what that is. I'm near the end. Currently on second to last episode of season 4. Commentary tracks don't work on seasons 1 - 4 on these DVDs that I ultimately got for nothing. I'm seriously thinking about getting a good complete set for myself. Yes, it is that good. Good if you're interested in the whole drug scene (in Baltimore) and everything that goes with it. Referring to link above, The Law and The Street are constant throughout the series. The Port, The Hall, The School, and The Paper come and go with the seasons. Did you watch Homicide: Life On the Street when it was on? I was a faithful viewer of that. I have all seasons of that on DVD and haven't watched it as yet. Rissa, pretty much everything involved is paper except for the disks. The disks are just in envelope kinda things -- not paper, a little plastic and something else. Strange packaging. I think the set was an Asian import because there are Asian characters on the disks (legal?). When I first got them, they really wreaked. Better after being in the open for a few weeks. There is still some smell though. Mame, have to wait a while before I can put them near an open window. It's cold here in the Chicago area.
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Urgrace
Member
08-19-2000
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 9:59 pm
Colordeagua, why not just get new disc sleeves or plastic holders for them. If you need any of the written content or pictures, copy it or print it from the internet and put it in with the discs or stick it in the slot on the plastic holder. Throw the old "stinky" ones away.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, January 03, 2009 - 10:37 pm
Urgrace, good idea. There is very limited info about the series on and in the box...because they may be illegal imports? Kc, please e-mail me. My addie is in my profile. Hopefully spam filter won't catch it.
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Taysmomcj
Member
03-24-2008
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 6:19 pm
New topic here... I don't do business with netflix, but I have to say that their customer service is great. I was checking my bank account balance tonight and noticed a pending charge from netflix. As I said, we don't have an account with them, so it really shocked me. I first called my bank, but because the charge is pending, they would not remove it. They said I had to wait until the charge actually posted, then file a dispute. So I looked up the customer service number for netflix and I was speaking with a rep in less that 3 minutes. He was so helpful. He was able to verify that I did not have an account with them and in a matter of minutes had the charge being removed from my checking account. He did also verify that someone was trying to use my card. I really dodged a bullet here. I immediately called my bank back and canceled my card so that nothing else could be done with it. In this day, it's sometimes hard to find good customer service. It's refreshing to deal with a company who has great service!!!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 7:06 pm
Tays, I'm currently on my third or fourth membership with Netflix. (Joined, cancelled, etc.) In the distant past their customer service reputation was BAD. Netflix earned a generally bad all 'round reputation. But a year or so ago things changed -- I guess in a big way. I haven't needed to contact customer service myself, but happy to hear a firsthand positive report.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, January 04, 2009 - 9:31 pm
I've also only had extremely BAD customer service from Netflix, but I'll be very happy if it's changed!! You really did dodge a bullet there, Tays, what luck that you spotted the charge before any more were added on.
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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 5:45 am
I've been with Netflix since 2001 and never had a problem with them.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 6:06 am
A year or so ago, I'd found an article on-line about a big change in Netflix' customer service. (I thought I had bookmarked it, but I guess not.) Maybe it had been outsourced out of the country, but is now some place in Oregon because people there were found to be very pleasant. The article was truly positive about it now. I have the unlimited two-at-a-time plan. I get one disk per week and have had no problems.
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Nyheat
Member
08-09-2006
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 6:29 am
I keep my Netflix movies for several months at a time. <embarrassing>
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 7:05 am
http://consumerist.com/consumer/video-wars/the-ace-up-netflixs-sleeve-excellent-customer-service-291033.php
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 8:25 am
I've had Netflix for several years, and I absolutely love it! I've never had a problem that required me to call customer service.
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Zgoodgirl
Member
08-22-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:34 am
I use to have Netflix and I loved it. I had the 3 movie plan and if you timed it just right (send one back each day), we started getting a movie everyday. Though there came a time where we just did not have the time to sit down and watch a movie. We would hold movies for like weeks and realized we were wasting money. We canceled soon after that. They still send us offers and we have almost signed up again. But until both of our jobs slow down and things get a little less hectic, we are going to stay away from it. But now you can watch movies via your xBox through Netflix, it is looking pretty tempting again. Anyway, I didn't come in here for that lol! Wasn't sure where to put this, but last week we went to Bath and Body Works for a big sale. They are going to be having sales like this through Jan 25th. I got a ton of the wallflower plug-ins which were $5 for sets and refills (super cheap if you ever seen these). Heads up though, they are discontinuing them, so get as many as you can. The salesperson also told me that they were repackaging all products, so that was why everything was on sale. We got lotions for $3 where they were regularly $10, their signature collections were 3 for $15, and essence oils for $3 (crazy)! We cleaned up! We went back last weekend and they were restocked with different fragrances that were not there earlier, so things are going really fast. A lot of digging, a lot of bins. If anyone goes, make sure that any of their home fragrances or something that requires refills, diffusers, or something like that are being discontinued or not. I almost didn't buy the wallflowers, but I already had the plug-ins, so stocked up on the refills. Even if discontinued, it was a good deal.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:42 am
The movies you can watch online are severely limited, so don't let the XBox thing tempt you too much! The movies are also only as good as your connection - which can be a pain sometime when streaming something big like that, even on fast dsl.
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Beckie03
Member
07-05-2007
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:09 am
thanks for the heads up kitt. my bf was thinking about doing the xbox thing. i hope knowing that the movies are severely limited will help change his mind...
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Chewpito
Member
01-04-2004
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:12 am
I love netflix, I only have the one at a time, but that is perfect for me, every weekend a movie, and somtimes a wensday if Im quick... Ive watched quite a few of the movies on line, mostly "TV" show's, or documentrys..I have a nice screen and dsl and have no problems, if I have to go somewhere I just turn it off and when I go back it starts right where I left it... I also love that when I dont have time or am otherwise busy...(big brother season)..I just put it on a 3 month hold and start back up later...no charge till I start up again....Ive never had problems with it...
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 11:18 am
Zgood, B&BW has the big sale twice every year -- in January and July. I was there Friday. Almost went again today to a different store. My favorite B&BW scent is white tea & ginger. Aaaaaah. Can rarely find it now.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 12:11 pm
Thanks, Julie. That looks like the article I was thinking of.
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Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 6:29 pm
I forget, how do we get to the Bachelor site??
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Monday, January 05, 2009 - 9:40 pm
Do you mean the thread for the show? It's in the Reality TV Section on the main list, or here: ../1109203/1109203.html"#DEE7EF"> | Dogdoc
Member
09-29-2001
| Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 6:47 am
Thanks Kitt, I forgot we have to got to "Forum" first. Maybe Bachelor will be moved to the front page!!!!
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Tuesday, January 06, 2009 - 9:42 pm
Our Symantec/Norton Protection is due for renewal and I got a reminder on the screen saying it was going to bill my credit card in 14 days! No question whether I wanted it to or anything like that, just a vague contact Customer Service if there is a problem! So I just wanted to note somewhere so that a few people will see it. Recent Symantec/Norton orders may autotomatically charge your credit card unless YOU go in and cancel it New Symantec/Norton products mostly allow you to install one program, at about the same price as each previous renewal, on THREE machines now.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 8:16 am
Kitt, I got that reminder too. Very easy to go in and cancel the automatic renewal / credit card charge. I have since deleted Norton and installed different protection.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 10:46 am
I found out how in the end. I made the mistake of thinking the "we will charge you" reminder will come up again after the first notice, but it doesn't seem to. I was so miffed because I am sure I didn't knowingly allow them to automatically renew when I bought last year's program. I guess it was small print somewhere. We have it on three machines so they were going to bill our credit card $150 for something they were selling for $55!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, January 07, 2009 - 12:20 pm
Yeah, they renewed mine and had a credit card with an expired date, but it still went though, LOL. It is on my list of things to do since I think they have updated my computer twice in one year.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Thursday, January 08, 2009 - 7:16 am
A new law is coming into to affect that will also effect homecrafters, thriftstores, ebayers and charitable organizations http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-thrift2-2009jan02,0,2083247.story http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/264507
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