Netflix thievery
March 2, 2009
I got a Netflix slip in my PO box, with an apology reading: Dear Postal Customer: We sincerely regret the damage to your mail during handling by the Postal service… etc, etc.
My Netflix account registered that my delivered movie had been watched and returned. Not by me. By them. They, whomever they are, always open our Netflix. Usually they give them back, open but undamaged, a few days after the anticipated delivery. This isn’t a big deal: I’m a non-TV-owner on a 2-per-month plan and I don’t care if the movie is late. But the principle of it is intriguing.
Who are they? How many movies can they possibly watch? Also a little secret: they are not fond of foreign films, and they don’t take those; they simply open the envelope and slip it back in your box. Box office hits, though, they love — and those will disappear for awhile. Now that we’ve figured out what they like, I just have to decide whether I’m in the mood to share before I order…
