Netflix distribution center opens in Columbus, Ohio

Well what do you know? Surfing the Web late on a Saturday morning can be a productive activity after all.

I worked today from home and after finishing, sat down to watch a Netflix DVD of the 2005 film "Nanny McPhee." I got about 45 minutes through the movie, which I was really enjoying by the way, when the picture started going in and out and eventually black. The picture came back for a while and I thought I'd report the disk damaged so another Netflix customer wouldn't receive it, but that I'd be able to get through the last 45 minutes just fine. Wrong. The movie played for about 10 more minutes before the same problem happened again.

So despite having a zillion things on my to do list, I went back to surfing the Internet and spent some time searching blog posts to find out how many people have had to return damaged Netflix DVDs.

Then I ran across a post on the Hacking NetFlix blog about the recent opening of a Netflix distribution center in Columbus. And because I'm a good librarian, I confirmed the news from a story in Business First of Columbus.

I'm really happy about the news and hope it means there will be a quicker turnaround time for receiving movies. I admit I was surprised when I moved to Columbus and saw that all my movies are primarily coming from Dayton, Ohio and Bowling Green, Kentucky. I couldn't believe a city of Columbus' size didn't have their own facility. This movie lover is keeping her fingers crossed.

* Addendum 4/3: The replacement disc arrived today and guess where it came from? :)