Account hold better than canceling
The Account Hold feature of Netflix is new to me. If you're too busy to watch your movies, or you're feeling Netflixia, you don't have to cancel. If you put your account on hold instead, they will stop sending you movies and stop billing you, but they won't stop you from using the Netflix Web site. You can start up again any time.
Account Hold is good for only 90 days. After that, you have to cancel or resume.
I've never used this feature. Have you?
Via BrentEvans by way of LifeHacker
Labels: cancel Netflix, Netflix account hold, Netflix feature, Netflix guilt, Netflixia, vacation
posted by Becky @ 1/03/2008 09:37:00 AM
3 Comments:
At 1/03/2008 11:06 AM,
Ellen said…
I used it for about six weeks once, back when you had to call over the phone and ask for the hold. (I see they've gotten rid of that.) I was out of town for work and thought it would be easier. I did miss it a little (rented two DVDs from my local store to tide me over, and remembered how much I like the absence of late fees!) but I appreciated that they kept my queue and profile.
At 1/05/2008 1:47 PM,
CT said…
I have a birthday in mid-November and then there's Christmas a month and a half later. So the last couple years I've put my account on hold in anticipation of getting DVDs as gifts. Plus, with all the travel we do around Christmas, there's no point in paying for the service if I'm not going to be able to use it.
Although, I did miss being able to do the Watch Now this past holiday season.
At 1/07/2008 9:39 AM,
Coral said…
I currently have my account on hold due to finances. I love being able to continue to use the site for when I can resume receiving videos.
Just a pointer for those who may need to do it long term - you can keep adjusting your reactivation date online. You can only do it 90 days at a time, but you can keep extending it. I stopped service back in November originally I think? I currently have it set to resume in April.
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