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...director listed. That's sufficient for big, recent works, but of little help for older movies. On some multifilm packs, the titles aren't mentioned. Other oldies may have several editions, of varying visual quality and with great extras or none. Netflix usually carries only one edition. To find out which one, you must go to a site like Amazon.com, find the item with the same box picture and read up on the editorial and customer reviews there. (In gratitude, you may end up buying from Amazon instead of renting from Netflix.) A lot of this trouble would be saved...
...Find a better post office. You get the most use from Netflix by getting and returning your discs faster. That depends not just on you but on the delivery system: the U.S. Postal Service. I take my Netflix envelopes to one of three local post offices late each afternoon; they get to the nearest Netflix center the next day about 70% of the time. That's good, but not reliable. As one of the largest payers of first-class mail, couldn't Netflix exert a little muscle on the Postal Service - by which I mean the ones near...
...Price is Right These places are all free, if the owners can find good swapping partners...
...hard to beat free access to a washer and dryer and fully equipped kitchen, but swaps entail more planning than simply whipping out a credit card for a vacation package. Exchange seekers often contact dozens of people before they find someone willing and appropriate. For starters, location really matters. Kathleen Dwyer, a retired assistant principal who has been exchanging for six years, says she fielded lots of offers to swap when she posted her apartment in Manhattan. Now that she exchanges only her vacation home--an old sea captain's house in a fishing village in Nova Scotia--swapping inquiries...
...major metropolitan areas or palatial splendor to luck out with great swaps. Exhausted urban residents who need a break from the hubbub may be more than willing to swap their fabulous condo for a lakeside cabin in the middle of nowhere. "It may be a little bit tougher to find someone if you live in Nebraska than if you live in France," DiCaprio said. But it can be done. "Sell its virtues: kayaking, hiking over trails, trout fishing, some festival in summer. Why do you enjoy living there...