@GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy: I tried that for Season 2. It took two days to download and now I can't figure out what to do with the avi file.

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oldnumberseven

I had Dexter disc one as well, then got the long wait notice for disc two.

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regenerator

Hello, OP here. Small update: mid-afternoon today I checked my Netflix queue and disc 2 had shifted to \"short wait.\" Then when I got home and wanted to show my husband, it was back to \"long wait.\" Now I feel like the people at Netflix are just messing with me. :-P
As for the Blockbuster suggestion; well, I may follow through on that. I also have a coworker who has graciously offered to lend me her copy of S3. I'm leaving Dexter at the top of my Netflix queue, though, because now the wait has been so long, it's just amusing. I look forward to continuing to count how long I've waited for this disc; maybe I'll start a pool and make a little money.

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Joewithay

@SarahC83: I had the exact same problem as you. But I did finally get the 2nd DVD last early week. Hopefully you be getting it soon.

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Caged Wisdom

@SarahC83: This is hardly a real solution to your problem, but I will say that there's a good chance season 3 will become available for online viewing via Netflix shortly. With most Showtime shows it's usually only a few months after the season has debuted on DVD before it gets added to the streaming possibilities.

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Alessar

@SarahC83: I had a similar problem once and it gave me some insight to their system. Netflix uses a kind of load balancing and if your local distro is out of or doesn't stock a movie (I had problems getting an obscure foreign film once) they will often ship from another facility--but sometimes the numbers don't work out and they just ship your next choice instead.

What I think might be a work around for you is to create a second queue (like in your husband's name) and allocate 1 disk from your account to that other queue. Then put JUST that Dexter disk you want in it. Since the second queue won't have any other options I think that will force them to ship you a copy from out of state. It might take them a couple days as they have to find it in a distro that's not overworked, but it should happen.

For what it's worth, I'm pretty sure the supply problem is local to you: I just had them ship that disk to me and I never noticed a long wait time except when it first came out.

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Keavy_Rain

I've had issues with new movies for years with Netflix. It took me three months to get The Incredibles even though it occupied the #1 spot prior to release and I'm now trying to get Up, even though it was #1 prior to release.

I've never had an issue with a series before, though. I put Dollhouse Season 1 on my queue the week it released and got the full series no problem, which freaked me out, so I'd have to assume its a manufacturing issue.

I think the last time I got a DVD (Movie or series) the week it came out was when Repo! The Genetic Opera released.

Don't judge me. I get free unlimited rentals per month. As a result, I'll watch anything.

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Dyscord

@Keavy_Rain: Are you putting these movies at the top of you queue the day before it's released? Because Netflix sends out New Releases the day BEFORE the release date. In many cases, that means you get the movie in the mail the day it's released.

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Taubin

@Dyscord: Exactly! I had no issues at all getting \"UP\" on the day it was released through Netflix. Granted, I had added it 2 weeks before it came out...

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Alessar

@Keavy_Rain: What? I think you have good taste!

Netflix comes in a little red pouch
~a little red pouch?
a little red pouch!

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Mary

I've never had an issue getting anything from Netflix on time. If there's a rare occasion that I try to rent something brand new, then it gets to me almost immediately. I've even timed a few things to get them on their release date or the day after.

Honestly, if you want a brand new movie you should go to Redbox. For television series, that's obviously not an option, so this is unfortunate for the OP and irritating I'm sure. But I hardly see it as some sort of overall horrible trend in evil or anything.

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jumpo64

Interesting, because I just received disc 2 of Dexter: Season 3 today. I suppose it's dependent on which warehouse it comes from and your location in the US.

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Tedsallis

I had a similar situation with another disc I was after recently that showed as available at the top of my queu which suddenly tuned to very long wait when I returned the disc I had. Even though I have a 1 disc at a time plan they sent me my next choice AND then sent me to top of the queu choice from another location. I was impressed.

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babyruthless

@Tedsallis: Mr. Ruthless likes to watch obsure Japanese films occasionally, and I love that Netflix does this. I'm sure they only have a few copies of these random movies, and when it's not close by, they mail us another movie while we wait!

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reba627

I just checked my queue and Dexter S3 is still pretty far down on the list, and yep, Disc 2 still says Long Wait for me too.

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babyruthless

I watched seasons 1 & 2 on Netflix instant. We finished S2 this weekend, and put the S3 discs in our queue, and moved them to the top. We got discs 1 & 2 today, after putting them in queue, say, Sunday. That's crazy. I saw someone else say upthread that they had just received it, too. We're in North Texas...I guess they have them in our distribution center, but not yours. That doesn't make a ton of sense either, because when we've ordered discs that aren't nearby, they've sent us the next disc in queue to watch while we wait for the hard-to-find disc to be mailed from east Wyzeristan.

For the record, we ripped the elusive disc and mailed it back (for shame!) so maybe it will find its way to you soon.

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Sunshine1970

I would like to apologize to the OP for holding on to Dexter S3 D2 for way too long. I got busy doing some other things, and forgot it was there...I just recently returned it so the next person on the list should get it soon.

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Munchie

Its available in the live stream queue now. Just watch it instantly on your computer.

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regenerator

@Munchie: Hmm, as far as I can tell, seasons 1 and 2 are available through their livestream, but not season 3. I've been keeping an eye out, though, hoping it gets posted.

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Dyscord

I know it sucks, but like Netflix says, the DVD is in high demand. What do you expect them to do? Either be patient or stream it to your computer.

How is this Netflix's fault?

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regenerator

@Dyscord: I guess I figured that if the demand is so high that people are waiting 2+ months for it (even though it's in the top slots on my queue), they'd stock more copies of it. I'd understand if it were an obscure title, or something out of print. I was patient for two full months.
However, judging from other comments it sounds like this might be an issue specific to my distribution center. I'm in Seattle, and our discs come from Tacoma.

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Dyscord

@SarahC83: Sounds like a distribution issue. I'm not 100% sure, but Gamefly, a similar service with games, works the same way.

I don't think they \"stock\" more DVDs though due to demand. Maybe if they were broken or something. But when it comes to demand, They probably expect you to be patient and wait.

Streaming online is also an issue if you want to watch it right away.

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LeChiffre

Weird picture of that guy above. His face is tan but his arm is pure white.

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sbraudrick

@bhaughey: LOL, beat me to it!

@LeChiffre: In case you're not aware, Dexter is a serial killer that specializes in dismemberment.

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bhaughey

@LeChiffre:
That's not HIS arm necessarily.

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bhaughey

I too have Dexter Disc 2. On Blu-Ray. I got it immediately. I think the designation was even now available.

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regenerator

Last comment/update: I went ahead and signed up for the Blockbuster online free trial and - guess what? - they're shipping Dexter S3 discs 2,3, and 4 today. I know it's probably because I'm a new customer they'd like to keep, but whatever, I'm happy. I'll cancel before the free trial ends, though, because I'm opposed to Blockbuster itself. Ethically questionable for me to take advantage of this offer? For sure. But I want me some Dexter.
I'm still very disappointed that I never received even a brush-off response from my written complaint to Netflix. It really does put a sour taste in my mouth.

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Dyscord

@SarahC83: Well as I mentioned above, it's not really something they can help. Especially if they don't restock according to demand.

As for Blockbuster. It's perfectly fine to use a free trial to take advantage of this. But 1) What's so bad about Blockbuster and 2) Why not just stream Dexter to your computer if you want to watch it so bad. I imagine that's one of the reasons Netflix has a \"watch now\" feature and I'm pretty sure Dexter is one of the shows you can watch.

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regenerator

@Dyscord: Dexter season 3 is not available to stream. Seasons 1 & 2 are, but I've seen them.
As for what's so bad about Blockbuster, I just don't agree with their corporate philosophy. I don't know if they still do, but they were censoring movies in their stores and not marking them as such. I recall something about the owner/founder's extreme Christian views as well, but the specifics aren't coming to me.

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Dyscord

@SarahC83: Ah. I see. Could have sworn that they had it available.

Wow. I didn't know that about blockbuster. Since we don't have one around here, I don't keep up with blockbuster news.

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wooster11

Big fan of Dexter here too. I got Season 3 from Netflix with no issue. At the top of my queue when it was released and on the 1 disc at a time plan. My wife and I were able to finish watching all of Season 3 in about 2 weeks. No delays at all. I wonder how much this has to do with location. For some reason, I recall reading something about how Netflix allocates its discs and provides discs to certain members for a variety of reasons over others. I can't remember what the criteria was or where I read it. Any one know?

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fuzzymuffins

i'm still waiting for netflix to acquire Evil Dead 2.... been sitting in my saved queue for well over 2 years.

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lovemypets00

I just checked my Netflix queue, and Dexter Season 3 Disk 2 had been on the different \"wait\" comments, but now says \"Now\". Moved it to the top, so we'll see what happens. I've only been waiting since the first week of October.

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Dwarfsetsfire

I am one of the biggest fans for Netflix, sounds normal I guess, especially since I was a Blockbuster Manager *yes I was an evil over lord of you must sign up for everything we have, and I offer you something new and better next week*. Anyways, my wife and I have both noticed that the more popular movies stay in our top spots for a pretty long time. I love Netflix, but even I think the wait times are getting a bit out of hand. I question if since we are no longer new customers that we are now suffering from throttling and from whatever else they call what they do to their older customers who they don't have to impress as much. One thing I would suggest though is that Sarah call back in, you will get someone else and let them know whats going on. It has been my experience that if you have a bad time calling customer service for a company, just hang up and call back. Odds are highly in your favor you will get someone different, then explain why you hung up and try again to get the issue resolved.

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nousernameisavailable

We had the same problem. Is Sarah from Central Texas? We got Season three disk 1 on 08/18, but we didn't get disk 2 until 11/05 (79 days later) with the same \"long wait\" message.

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ossuary

I have had the same problem with the Dexter season 3 discs. We got disc 1 and have not had disc 2 arrive yet and that seemed like months ago. When I do get disc 2, I think I would want to put disc 1 back in the que just to remember what happened. At least it is not the last disc in the season though and it leaves you hanging...

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eclicit

Try this one on for size, I received disc 2 first in the Dexter series which kinda throws off the momentum of the show. I watched it anyway and am caught in the same boat waiting for the rest of Dexter to find it's way into my mailbox.

November 26, 2009 3:13 AM

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synergy

Try deleting the series from your queue and adding it again maybe a day or two later. Maybe it's a glitch in the matrix and changing your queue listing of the item will reset things.