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Originally Posted by drysushi My personal experiences with Netflix has been a week wait time for them shipping out to me.

OK, so that seems very unlikely to me. When did you last have Netflix? But OK, I was willing to accept that some people are not that close to distribution centers and it might take a few days (though even a week seems excessive).

And then I noticed your location. You are very close to me and in fact you are even closer to the Netflix distribution center (Salem) than I am. There is no way it would take more than a day to get to you unless you have some seriously crappy local mail service.

Or did you mean they just didn't send stuff right away? I mean, for everything "available now" it is always 1-day turnaround. But sure, I have stuff on there that says "very long wait" and I wouldn't expect to get that in 1-day.

Meanwhile, back on topic. Blockbuster got my game Thursday and have yet to send anything else out even though my top 4 things are all available. That is kind of odd...

Got my first game Saturday and it was cracked. :( Hopefully the second attempt will be better.

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 So since they I called and refunded me the 10.76 they charged me, they've sent my Paypal account 10.76 everyday netting in 4 10.76 payments to my Paypal account... I'm conflicted.. lol. Should I call and report that they are sending me free money everyday? Anyone else had this "issue" before?

So I got another 10.76 payment again.. netting me ~$50 of money that blockbuster has deposited into my paypal account now.... I wonder if they are every going to catch the glitch?

Originally Posted by Monoxide1986 So I got another 10.76 payment again.. netting me ~$50 of money that blockbuster has deposited into my paypal account now.... I wonder if they are every going to catch the glitch?

I would report it. You think you had a hassle on your hands earlier. Just wait til they notice the error and try to get their money back. At least by you reporting it to Paypal they'll hopefully make mention on your account that you tried to stop it.

Originally Posted by Kerplunkuga I would report it. You think you had a hassle on your hands earlier. Just wait til they notice the error and try to get their money back. At least by you reporting it to Paypal they'll hopefully make mention on your account that you tried to stop it.

I don't plan on doing anything with the money for now. I plan on leaving it in my Paypal account for a while just in case they decide to come after it. I'm frankly too busy with other things atm to want to deal with calling Paypal (pain in the a$$...) or Blockbuster (their screw-up in the first place). Worst case is I can play stupid and say I never got any notification or checked my Paypal for a week...

Originally Posted by io OK, so that seems very unlikely to me. When did you last have Netflix? But OK, I was willing to accept that some people are not that close to distribution centers and it might take a few days (though even a week seems excessive). And then I noticed your location. You are very close to me and in fact you are even closer to the Netflix distribution center (Salem) than I am. There is no way it would take more than a day to get to you unless you have some seriously crappy local mail service. Or did you mean they just didn't send stuff right away? I mean, for everything "available now" it is always 1-day turnaround. But sure, I have stuff on there that says "very long wait" and I wouldn't expect to get that in 1-day. Meanwhile, back on topic. Blockbuster got my game Thursday and have yet to send anything else out even though my top 4 things are all available. That is kind of odd...

Believe it. I canceled my disc subscription of Netflix last year due to it taking so long for shipping to me. Maybe everything I had on my queue wasn't available from the nearest distribution centers, I don't know.

Originally Posted by drysushi Believe it. I canceled my disc subscription of Netflix last year due to it taking so long for shipping to me. Maybe everything I had on my queue wasn't available from the nearest distribution centers, I don't know.

OK, well, that's strange. I've had Netflix for over 2 years and have gotten new discs sent to me every week (usually 2 times a week) and only 1 time out of probably 100's of discs did it ever take more than 1 day (and that time it took a whopping 2 days). I've also never had anything not sent from Salem. But even if they did send stuff from another center, I still don't believe that shipments from them took a week - I could see 3-4 days but nothing wihtin the Continental U.S. takes a week to send via first-class mail. Unless your local PO holds on to stuff for days before delivery that makes no sense.

And Blockbuster finally sent me my second (available the whole time) disc after getting my last one on Thursday. That's pretty poor turnaround - but again, for free I'm not complaining. And the stuff I'm getting Netflix does not have at all (it's not even listed on their site), so that's a plus in BBV's favor.

Like I said, I have no idea. That was simply my experience with ordering the discs when I had that subscription. Maybe it was Netflix, maybe the local USPS or a combination of both.

Wow, so I signed up for this the day the OP posted this, and they claimed my first disc shipped on the 18th, but I still haven't gotten it (with an expected arrival date of the 21st). If I don't get it tomorrow I'll report it missing (shouldn't take over a week to mail an envelope), but not excited that I'll be reporting the very first shipped disc as missing.

I just found a 3 month Blockbuster card. Can I stack both?

I got my first game today. It probably arrived yesterday, but I just now checked the mail. Overall, I'm pretty satisfied.

How accurate are the "very long wait" times?

Huh they shipped me a game, Lord of the Rings: War in the North. That 'short wait' wasn't too bad at all.

Just signed up today. Thanks for the deal. Hopefully BBV doesn't go out of business before the 6 months is up.

in the vg section you wont find too many newer games available very often aside from sports titles that being said as i suspected this has been great for me and in sure other achievement grinders since im able to grab obscure games that i normally wouldnt bother to acquire with a paid service such as gamefly

Nothing is ever available. :(

First disc never arrived, had to report missing, still waiting on replacement disc. If I had paid for this I'd be super pissed, half a month has gone by and I still haven't had anything arrive yet.

The service has been okay with me. I'm disappointed I haven't been sent the games on "short availability" at the top of my list, but I've gotten two movies out of it so far. And today, I exchanged one of the films for a 99-cent game.

How long can u keep the $.99 in store game rentals after you return a disc?
FWIW I had a BB and a Gamefly game go into shipping status the same day. I got the GF disc 2 days after the BB, northern KY...

Sweet! Thanks, OP