Try Netflix Free For One Month
On the off-chance you’re not familiar with Netflix, it’s a simple concept: pay a monthly fee and get access to a huge selection of DVDs via mail, and an only-slighly-less-huge selection of content that you can watch online, instantly.
I used to think that Netflix was a good idea, but not for me because I don’t watch many movies. I still don’t watch many movies, but there are a few things that won me over and keep me paying every month.
- We use Netflix instead of TV. The selection on “Instant Watch” is continually growing, meaning we can just decide on a whim that we want to watch something, and don’t have to depend on the (terrible) odds of something good being on TV. There are tons of TV shows as well as movies on Netflix, and when you’re talking about suspenseful shows like MI-5/Spooks, the ability to watch “just one more episode” is exactly what you want (a time sink, yes, but I think that’s a given when watching TV).
- We share our Netflix membership. My sister used to live with us, and when she saw how many options we had on Netflix, she agreed to pay a few bucks a month to upgrade to the next-highest plan. That meant that our membership allowed several DVDs, and Netflix makes it easy to maintain separate queues that are sent automatically when a movie is returned. She’s been going through the seemingly infinite backlist of Dukes of Hazzard.
To be clear, if it was just us on our membership, and if it was just full-length movies by mail, it would not be a good deal for my family. We just don’t watch enough of them. But the Instant Watch feature is totally worth the money to us. We use Netflix instead of cable, satellite, and even a DVR (we thought about buying one but have so far put it off since there’s little on TV we’d rather watch than what’s already available to us on Netflix).
All this to say: if you think Netflix would be a good deal for you, this is a good time to try it.
Netflix periodically gives existing customers special links to send to their friends and family that allow a one-month free trial (they normally offer a 2-week free trial), so here’s mine: Netflix one-month free trial (it expires October 31, 2009).
If you do use it, make sure you put a reminder on your calendar before the end of the trial to evaluate and consciously decide to keep it or cancel it. If you keep it, decide what other expenses you can eliminate (e.g. cable/satellite/rentals).
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Do you have an updated link for 1 month free netflix for your account?
Here’s a new link; just received it from Netflix a few minutes ago: Get a free month of Netflix