Netflix Cancelled

My billing date for Netflix is tomorrow so I just cancelled my subscription. I really didn't want to cancel it, but I really protest to them raising the rates from $10 a month to $16 a month without giving any more benefit!  I also considered just canceling the streaming part of the service only just because that is pretty much the opposite of what they probably want their users to do. I also saw an announcement from Starz the other day that they will not be renewing their contract with Netflix when it expires early next year. That is going to be a significant drop in their movie selection as well unless they can work something out.

You might ask what I am going to do for watching movies now? Well, I think I am going to join the ranks of the red box users. I also have Amazon Prime so I am going to see what kind of selection they have on that service and I am sure there is a lot of overlap of content.

To Netflix, not that they'll ever see this post, I've been a customer off and mostly on for a long time now. It is just too bad that you felt the need to raise prices by 60% all at once! I might come back, but I doubt I will ever pay for your streaming service again. Other than a few TV shows, there really wasn't all that much that I cared to watch on the service. I will continue watching the Star Trek series on Amazon.

Welcome to my blog

I am going to start trying this blogging thing. I don't really have a concrete direction that this blog will follow yet, but I'll probably just post about things that interest me. I work for a college IT Department so technology is a big part of my life. I might post links to articles about tech news of the day and give my commentary on the subject. I am always a sucker for trying new items at the grocery store so I might post reviews about those items. I also eat too much fast food, including new offerings so I'll probably talk about that too. Finally, one of my hobbies is entering sweepstakes online, so I might talk about some of the wins I receive or some sweep that bugs me. No doubt it will take a while to get noticed, but I'll just try to have some fun on this blog and hopefully I'll keep it up! Thanks for looking at my blog, I hope that I'll have something interesting to say.