Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Ever wonder if you’re maximizing your Netflix DVD rentals? Now you can get a good idea of whether or not you’ve used your rental plan with Netflix wisely with the Netflix History Analyzer.

Here’s my assessment:

Your results

  * You’ve rented 98 DVDs over 24 months from April 30, 2007 to April 14, 2009.
  * Your plan costs $16.99/month so you’ve paid $407.76 total.
  * Your average price per rental was approximately $4.16 each.
  * Average rental costs elsewhere are $4.00 each (not including late fees).
  * You’ve overpaid approximately $15.76 over that time period or $0.66 per month.

Here’s some more about your renting habits…

  * You kept each rental for around 22 days on average.
  * The longest you kept a single DVD was 102 days.
  * You rented about 4 DVDs each month.
  * You’re not taking full advantage of your current plan. You could be renting 19 DVDs each month.

I think I’ll have to reassess post-maternity leave. I think my rental habits in the next month or so will help our stats.

[via OTB]

[UPDATE 4/22]: I redid mine going back to 2004 when I first started using Netflix. Much better results.

Your results

  * You’ve rented 268 DVDs over 59 months from May 24, 2004 to April 14, 2009.
  * Your plan costs $16.99/month so you’ve paid $1002.41 total.
  * Your average price per rental was approximately $3.74 each.
  * Average rental costs elsewhere are $4.00 each (not including late fees).
  * You’ve saved approximately $69.59 over that time period or $1.18 per month.

Here’s some more about your renting habits…

  * You kept each rental for around 21 days on average.
  * The longest you kept a single DVD was 173 days.
  * You rented about 5 DVDs each month.
  * You’re not taking full advantage of your current plan. You could be renting 19 DVDs each month.