Zack McTee

to netflix or not to netflix

restlessruminations:

elizabethanne:

so I love movies and tv on dvd and have been thinking about netflix and if i should cave in and get a lovely little membership.  back in wally world i would just go to the fabulous renovated library and just borrow these items for free or just use ondemand since the bill went to my mother and not me.  but in the big apple putting my name on the waiting list at the library for a horrible show that only 8th graders should watch is whats happening.  but i am living on a budget and i’m not sure if i should be spending this extra cash money just so i can watch tv/movies. but if i do get a membership, my question is what plan should i get?  any suggestions/comments are welcome.

Netflix is completely worth it if you use it often, but if you find yourself exchanging DVDs less and less, then Netflix wins. See this post by one of my favorite comedians (and future star of The Office spin-off), Aziz Ansari:

azizisbored:

I just got this weird letter from NetFlix:

Dear Aziz,

We just want to say - THANK YOU SO FUCKING MUCH! You are a lazy, lazy, lazy motherfucker and lazy fucks like you are what make us the real dough! Hear me out.

We just did some math. Since joining in September of ‘05, you’ve spent $665.29 in membership fees. And to date, you’ve watched and received…. TEN MOVIES!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAH! That’s $66.53/MOVIE!!! HAHAHAHAH!

We were a little worried when you first joined. You got 9 movies those first two months and watched them and returned them right away. “Twin Peaks,” “The Staircase,” Chinatown - you were ripping through them. It seemed like you were a diligent Netflix-er that would hurt our profits.

But THEN - you just stopped! You’ve only rented ONE FUCKING MOVIE SINCE THEN!!!

And instead of going online and cancelling your membership, you just kept paying us about $20 a month to keep a copy of A Streetcar Named Desire, Casablanca, and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at your house FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS!

We can’t thank you enough for this Aziz and we hope you continue to pay us $20 a month for DOING ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!

Best wishes,

The Netflix Team

I can relate to this for sure. Canceling Netflix today. This is hilarious