Saturday I mailed a dvd back to Netflix.
Since Monday was a federal holiday, I expected to Netflix to receive the returned DVD on Tuesday, then ship the next dvd in my queue to arrive on Wednesday.
But – no.
Netflix emailed me Monday morning they received the dvd I mailed them on Saturday.
Later that day my updated dvd queue noted the next dvd would ship on Tuesday and arrive on Wednesday.
Instead, it arrived TUESDAY.
Netflix gets a lot of things right – which is in line with its entertainment product offerings – but even better, sometimes its efficiency is magic, too. <G
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