Back in July, Netflix announced that it was changing its pricing structure, segregating those who rent on the Internet from those who rent by mail. The result was that fees for those who do both went up by 55%. Netflix refused to budge at the resulting consumer uproar. Now, as an additional slap in the face of the consumer, they are advertising an attractive “Come on back” offer for $7.99 a month, $12.00 less than previously charged. But, when you read the fine print, that’s only for Internet rentals. If you want the DVD mail service as well, add another $7.99 on a temporary promotion and if you want Blue Ray, that’s another $2.00. So, they’re offering you exactly what their last gimmick offered and telling you that another rate increase from that is just around the corner.
COMMENTS:
I called them when they started this and their answer was,
essentially, “We’re the ones in charge and if you don’t like it, tough.” I’ve been without Netflix for over a month
now and am certainly suffering no withdrawal symptoms. It is this type of gimmickry that the
politicians employ in Washington. Shoddy business practices should hopefully
lead to their bankruptcy.
TODAY’S QUERIES AND ANSWERS:
Q. Iran is warning the world not to let Syria’s Assad to
fall, saying that such an event will stir up all kinds of “problems” in the
region. Iran is the only ally that Syria
has left and they are feeding Assad arms and munitions to help him mow down the
rebels. Are we or NATO going to get
involved in this, like we did in Libya?
(Cory ~ Scottsdale, AZ)
A. If we do, Obama will have to ignore Congress again and
claim imperial rights to do what he wants.
I suspect that would mean impeachment charges coming out of the
House. I’d say, “That’s great,” but the
Senate would never vote for impeachment and we’d just have another six-month
long drama with the Washington imbeciles.
Q. Biden came back from France saying we need another
stimulus. What does that portend? (Clarice ~ Hayward, CA)
A. All of these leaks and blabs coming from various Obama
cronies are just testing the waters to see what might fly with the American
people when Obama makes his economic plan, which he still hasn’t written,
public. But, Biden is not the only crony
to make this suggestion, which means to me that Obama is in fact going to ask
for another $500 billion or so for another stimulus. I don’t know about you, but he can kiss my
royal behind if he thinks the American public will go along with another
assault on our deficit.
Q. The hurricane reminds me of the Gulf oil spill that the
media is covering up. What is going on
with that? (Shasta ~ Seattle, WA)
A. A federal judge has just allowed hundreds of lawsuits
again BP and others involved to go forward.
The latest news on the cleanup itself, from April of 2011, is posted on
the only website I found information on, http://www.restorethegulf.gov/ And, of course, there’s still that big,
subsurface blob of oil with millions of gallons of oil in it that no one is
talking about.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“I think we should take Iraq and Iran
and combine them into one country and call it Irate. All the pissed off people
live in one place and get it over with.” ~ Dennis Leary
No comments:
Post a Comment