What does Netflix charge for destroying DVDs?

[Thump553]

Originally posted by: Lizardman
wow hyperpaternalism at its best.

And I thought the guy labeling blatant fraud as "borderline ethics" was the most clueless. I hope you don't get righteously indignant when someone robs you.

 

[GasX]

Originally posted by: amnesiac
Jeez, mods are cracking down on the "borderline ethics" crowd.

Borderline?

 

[Confused]

Holy thread resurrection, Batman!

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: DeathByAnts
Call Netflix up and say you were abducted by aliens while the disc was in your posession and they forgot to return it to you.


Their response to that should be worth a few laughs.

That's funny!

 

[gogeeta13]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: Shelly21
Wow, is this like a record for most of the people banned in one thread?

Nah! Just about everyone who participated in this was banned.

I am sure you guys are forgetting Bruce Lee vs Coke

I know myself and at least 20+ others got the 1 week boot for answering either Bruce Lee or Coke in one thread.

 

[gogeeta13]

Originally posted by: Shelly21
Wow, is this like a record for most of the people banned in one thread?

Wow, is this a record for oldest thread resurected? :thumbsdown:

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: gogeeta13
Wow, is this a record for oldest thread resurected? :thumbsdown:

Not even close.

 

[kuk]

I was going to call repost ... of this same thread.

 

[Slacker]

Smart dog, bad movie :beer:

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: gogeeta13
Wow, is this a record for oldest thread resurected? :thumbsdown:

Not even close.

I remember a random thread about sandwiches that got resurrected after a year or somethin crazy like that.

 

[acidvoodoo]

send the dog in a package and burn the dvd

 

[klah]

do the legal and moral thing

 

[oboeguy]

Ask The Ethicist if you're considering taking some of the get-you-banned advice. I doubt he'd agree with the banned. Buying a replacement seems like the right thing to do, but I'd call Netflix first -- maybe they don't mind a broken DVD once in a while from an otherwise good customer?

Edit: OMG didn't realize how old this thread is. What happened in the end?

 

[thomsbrain]

i just entered this thread for the first time to see how in the hell it got 80+ posts.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: aves2k

Originally posted by: gogeeta13
Wow, is this a record for oldest thread resurected? :thumbsdown:

Not even close.

How long does a thread have to go without any posts until it gets archived?

 

[MikeMike]

hmm, i wonder if the mods would ban him if he came back and said that he told netflix that he had not received the DVD.

hmmmmmm.

but yea, 20$ isnt much pay it. or go find the dvd for 15 or whatever, and switch them. however i dont know what netflix dvd's are labeled like if they are.

MIKE

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: mugs
How long does a thread have to go without any posts until it gets archived?

90 days I believe. However there is an option available to the mods that will prevent archiving.

 

[FuZoR]

morals.. what morals.

edit just noticed the date... WOW THIS IS OLD

 

[Evadman]

I wonder. Would making the same comment made above get you banned even after the thread is over?

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: Evadman
I wonder. Would making the same comment made above get you banned even after the thread is over?

I wonder that also.

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Originally posted by: Namuna
<blockquote>Quote
Originally posted by: Nocturnal
I'd just go to CC and buy a new one and replace it with that one. IIRC there are no stickers distinguishing the DVD as their own. Thus it will save you money just in case they charge an arm and a leg to replace it. And this is the most ethical way of doing it/solving this problem.

This sounds like the way I'm gonna go.

Thanks Nocturnal.[/quote]

Some of the disks are not the same as retail. They are a generic grey color. Just check to see if its the same before you mail it. I know they don't care about lost ones, I've lost 2-3 over the 4 years I've been with them. Never had one destroyed though.

edit:holy old thread.

 

[tk149]

Just for future reference, here's the Netflix phone number:

Please contact our
Customer Service
department at:

1-800-585-8131
Mon-Fri 6am - 7pm PST
Sat-Sun 6am - 2:30pm PST

I do have a question though:

I heard that movies on VHS tapes come in two varieties: one is the standard cheap retail consumer tape you buy at Wal-Mart. The other is an expensive heavy duty tape meant to be played over and over again which takes a looong time to degrade, which is the kind the video rental store buys.

Is there a DVD equivalent, or are they all the same discs?

 

[Nitemare]

I'm almost afraid to post in this thread...the ethical approach would involve paying the replacement, but as the mods have found out there are not that many that post here.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: tk149
Just for future reference, here's the Netflix phone number:

Please contact our
Customer Service
department at:

1-800-585-8131
Mon-Fri 6am - 7pm PST
Sat-Sun 6am - 2:30pm PST

I do have a question though:

I heard that movies on VHS tapes come in two varieties: one is the standard cheap retail consumer tape you buy at Wal-Mart. The other is an expensive heavy duty tape meant to be played over and over again which takes a looong time to degrade, which is the kind the video rental store buys.

Is there a DVD equivalent, or are they all the same discs?

hmm, well there are different grades, just go through the tape isle, u can prrobably go by price alone.

as for dvds. one company just released a new disc with more protective coating against scratches and what not. costs more of course. forgot which company, but shouldnt be hard to find, it wa s amajor one. course theres also the quality of the data layer, if that breaks down over time.. bad. cheaper discs more likelyt o. i've seen stress tests for cdr's where different brands performed rather differently. probably same for dvds, but its rather confusing since you gotta find out which company actually made your disc. the label brand just buys from suppliers. cdrinfo or cdfreaks websites might help