Netflix number: 1-866-579-7115

I cancelled online but it does not give you the ability to provide a reason - so I called this morning. The young woman answering advised the company had not made a decision.....

I just cancelled our Netflix account and explained why to the nice lady.

I'm gonna do the same.

I am going to call them...I am also a long time subscriber (not to mention also an unhappy stockholder). This is so not ok....

without telling them it's about Limbaugh.

When I called, I definitely got the impression that they'd been receiving MANY calls today.

Might be a case of buying time on a local station without paying attention to what program is in that time slot, or just a flat out mistake. Seems like this list is compiled by one guy listening to the Rush Limbaugh show on his local station and taking notes on who was advertising, at least going by how it's written.

I explained that it isn't a matter of objecting to Limbaugh's point of view or his use of a slur against Sandra Fluke but rather that he blatantly lied about what she said in her testimony. He has not apologized for his lies and misrepresentations about what she said.

He said that Netflix wants our feedback on this. Don't hesitate to call.

They said that their ad sales are handled by a third party and they have instructed them to pull the ads from Rush's show!!!!

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I was out of work for a year last year and just started working again at another company. How should I respond? Get a dig in there or stay professional? I already have way too many DVDs that I own now anyway and have no need to rent them. Not only that, but NetFlix doesn't carry enough indy DVDs from my point of view. I want to find a way to build up ways to have more indy films being aired and their makers rewarded for doing so. Now you have to buy them off the net to help them out.

I just get too damn much use out of it to even consider canceling it, however. I must admit.

I enjoy their products and services. Too bad I won't be using them anymore.

On edit: Called Netflix, put account on hold and told them I would cancel before my next billing cycle started if they did not pull the advertising. Will email Vitacost next.

Good news there.

Glad to hear that. They are a good company.

...and won't again until I know for sure.

It's just not right for me to support a company that stands up for Rush Limbaugh.

The Department of Veteran Affairs is probably a Public Service Announcement and if so, they have no say over how the station uses the spot.

Any PSA airing means 1 less commercial spot.... and it means we're winning!

I'm guessing they wouldn't normally put a PSA into his show's time. Too valuable for ad sales.

From the followup, with quotes from the companies:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/politics/2012/03/all-ads-pulled-rush-limbaughs-show/49552/

Goodwill: "Goodwill is a non-partisan nonprofit organization. Public service announcements are not paid advertisements and should not be considered endorsements of a particular political or ideological point of view. The Goodwill public service announcement that aired on WMAL or other stations affiliated with the Rush Limbaugh show aired without Goodwill’s knowledge or consent. No further Goodwill public service announcements will be aired without our permission," posted on its Facebook page March 5. As for the ad we heard Monday, Goodwill explains via email, "The PSA that aired was intended for a DC-area music station but a sister station that airs Rush Limbaugh ran the PSA without our knowledge or consent."

Vitacost: "Mr. Limbaugh's unsettling comments are not in line with our values, and we've decided to remove our advertising from the program," tweeted March 5.

And the one that seems to have grabbed everybody, Netflix, was apparently a non-specific add buy that was apparently not intended to air during Rush's show. (although, to be honest, does that make it better? I have my doubts that the stations playing Rush are full of sunshine and light during other times when he is not personally spewing racist, sexist, homophobic, rediculous BS)

I am torn on this whole thing. I mean, Aside from the PSA's, the other advertisers paid to be there. Even Netflix didnt mean to be on Rush in particular, from what I have heard the other shows played on the stations he is on don't tend to be any less vile. And this particular incident, while really ugly, is hardly the first, probably not even the worst thing he has said. Barack the magic negro, anyone? Why is it that it was ok for Vitacost to continue bankrolling him after that, but not this?

Sad and betrayed

And we started not going there. It was hard at first because I used to go there for EVERYTHING. I bet I spent $1000 a month there many times. But we got used to it. Don't even miss it now.

Won't miss Netflix after a while either.

I only found out that I had a target card a few years ago. Someone stole my identity, and opened an account some years back. Target reversed all charges, and I figured they canceled the account. Turned out they changed the number and left it open, unused. Found it on my credit report.

So now I have a target card that I've never used and don't plan to use. But if they want to keep a line open for me, whatever.

with them and the customer service person said that they have removed any future ads associated with Rush. What we see now are old placements. Good news!

I have used Vitacost extensively over the years. Good products at a reasonable price. Would hate to have to switch.

False advertising, in my book. Hard to get your money back.

Now I don't know if they would have let me had I had messages that supported Republicans, but when they stopped me from making political messages on stamps, even with the permission of the person who I was going to have the message about, I dropped them like a bad habit. And that was many years ago.

A very friendly young man explained they don't support that kind of talk, I responed by saying Netflix is supporting Rush with their advertising dollars and their actions speak louder than words.
I added my actions speak louder than words and I understand pulling that much advertising doesn't happen overnight and gave them until Friday to pull it or I'm gone. I pointed out I am posting my actions to Facebook and encouarging my family and friends to do the same.

When he pulled up my account we saw I have been a Netflix member since 2005 and he said it would be a shame to lose a long term customer like me.

Sounds like Netflx might be the next one to go down. Yay!

So I did and cancelled.

Told the agent that like you if they didn't pull by Friday, I'd cancel.

I told them I would cancel by the end of the week and switch to Amazon streaming for good if they don't reconsider their support.

Support your local stores.

Edited to add a link for info: http://readersupportednews.org/news-section2/315-19/7500-inside-amazons-sweatshop

Tell me who I can stream movies from locally?

it's just a thought to avoid the companies that feel that they can act however they wish, even at the employee expense.

And silly to do when I only want to see the movie or TV show one time. Plus there is the gas to get there and the non-renewable resources used to make the DVD products. All that is very bad for the environment.

supercedes a decision on whom to support monetarily. I understand what you are saying, and agree with the additional costs. I don't stream, so it's a non-issue to me; but I surely don't support sweat shops and unfair labor practices. That would be in comparison to supporting the 1% takeover IMO.

They're amongst a group of advertisers that never directly placed ads on the Rush Limbaugh show but ended up there because of bulk advertising.

I think companies should be more aware of who they are sponsoring but I am glad to see that when they are aware of issues that they have made the efforts to pull their dollars.

of Sledgehammer being on Rush's show. Pro Biko guy is on an anti Biko show. simple logic.

I'm checking the list. I'll send a comment when I close accounts. I hope we shut the bastard down.

I suggest we use it.

...it stayed up long enough to get a few "Likes"...of course, they took it down...Fargin' bastitches..

that there is talk of dumping stock of the companies that have dumped Rush. I guess quite a few of them are traded publicly. This could get really interesting.

with plenty of money in the market. Just look up Carbonite now....it is way down. Of course, everything is way down in the market today.

i remember suggesting one of these days there would be a backlash against advertisers on RW radio and lo and behold! better than i thought!

i don't know if they're still on RW radio

Thank you for contacting Cabot and sharing your thoughts. Here at Cabot, everyone from our farm family owners to the cheese makers feels a strong commitment to our cooperative.

We appreciate you contacting us with your comments about our advertising during the broadcast of the Limbaugh show. Cabot’s choice of specific media for advertising doesn’t endorse program content - just the content of our ads. Typically it is a variety of consumer factors that influence our media placement and most specifically it is because we are hoping to reach a certain demographic audience.

Please feel free to contact us anytime with questions, suggestions, or comments. On behalf of our farm family owners, thanks for taking the time to let us know your opinion. We hope you’ll appreciate that 100% of our profits go to our farmers.

Our farm family owners have appreciated your support.

Kind regards,

Susan McMath/ Customer Satisfaction
1 Home Farm Way | Montpelier, VT 05602

Tell them that whether they like it or not, they are endorsing the show when their ad is aired during the shows program. The money they pay to advertise on the show gives this man a platform to spew his hatred. The fact that much of his hatred is directed at women. who I am sure are the biggest purchasing group of their product.

The fact is that Limbaugh's latest tirade, along with many past ones, is directed at women. This will not make them happy customers.
I am going to do the same.

called "womenoncourse.com" and one of their sponsors is Cabot Cheeses.

I can't fathom an organization which has professional women as its core members liking their sponsor supporting hate speech directed at women.

They are headquartered here in my home area and are generally a good corporate citizen (yeah, I know. No such thing). But they have done some good in our community and make real good quality products, including lawn tractors. My wife and I have discussed starting our own landscaping business and JD tractors was something I mentioned getting. But not if they advertise on that show.

They make "guy stuff", why should they be concerned about how the little ladies feel?

Because the last known direct descendant of John Deere is a woman?
Maybe that's why they should be concerned. No sarcasm here, just facts.

I didn't realize about the last direct descendant. Interesting.

Living out in the redneck boonies of Western NY state, John Deere is a pretty big thing. I'm picturing the guys I see in the diner with the JD caps...don't imagine they'd be the kind to be too concerned about Flush's nastiness.....but, then again, you meet progressives in the oddest places. sometimes I'm pleasantly surprised!

At least that's what I read somewhere in the intertubes.

advertising with Rush when I called Netflix today (866-579-7115). I said they could reach Rush's listeners in other places AND that, no matter how broad an audience they seek to reach with their advertising, Limbaugh's recent comments are beyond the pale and there can be no justification whatsoever for giving their money to a man who suggested a birth control user be required to post sex videos on the internet.

Bitbackcloud.com - US company, dedicated to spending locally in the copmmunity (NC I believe).

And a better product.


Dept. of Veterans Affairs? Didn't Women Vets ask Armed forces to stop playing Rush?

I wonder about their strategy of primarily targeting their ads towards talk radio audiences, whether they are right or left of center, and the nature of the service they provide.

I wonder how much of a deal they provide certain governmental or other entities to in effect provide a mechanism to spy on our private data if they provide ways to look at data that we upload to their sites for "backup" purposes. Targeting these users would be providing incentive for those with more stronger political opinions to be more drawn to their service, and be the kind of individuals that these entities might be wanting more to "watch".

I remember seeing a third party news article that discussed how government arbitrarily seized some people's laptops at airports who were leaving from or coming to this country in international travel situations without much reason behind it, other than "they could", much like the "no fly" list is kept secret and how people wind up on it kept secret. I remembered that in that situation they had the CEO of Carbonite comment on this topic then, which seemed rather odd, and made me that much more suspicious.

Now I have no concrete reason to suspect they are doing spying, but with the way they target their advertising, I think one needs to ask oneself these questions, and whether you really want to trust the privacy of your data on their servers.

Poor guys and girls are brainwashed to kill, then brainwashed to vote against their own best interests. How sad.

I think it's a PSA. IIRC stations are required to play a certain number of them per day to maintain their FCC license.

As his sponsors vanish, they're going to be sticking more and more of those in there.

atleast until after the election.

I wrote that Netflix supports Rush Limbaugh and that its time to cancel my account. 30 seconds later its deleted and replaced with a movie post about a movie.

We need to slam them.

have they bailed yet?

I asked the nice lady to send me a return envelope. As soon as they receive the movie, I'm canceling Netflix.

She did tell me that they are receiving many calls and that she will note my displeasure on the account. She told me that she was asked to keep count of the number of customer calls on the Limbaugh issue. She said that the Corporate heads are definitely keeping count, but they have not made any decisions. No announcement means that they are waiting and watching. But they are well aware that customers are upset and are either canceling or threatening to cancel.

I warned that they will continue to lose customers until they pull their advertising.

She told me that people should continue to call. She said not to just cancel, but CALL and explain WHY they are canceling!!!

I've been meaning to cancel Netflix for quite some time due to my dissatisfaction with the increase in price and the pathetic lack of movie and show choices available.

Netflix number: 866-579-7115

Keep calling, folks!!!

My girlfriend and I donate a lot to Goodwill. No more until they pull their ads.

If you open the comments for the 'Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' post, they have made a comment, and I'm satisifed by it:

Netflix A quick comment in response to the postings on Rush Limbaugh: Netflix has not purchased and does not purchase advertising on the Rush Limbaugh show. We do buy network radio advertising and have confirmed that two Netflix spots were picked up in error as part of local news breaks during the Rush Limbaugh show. We have instructed our advertising agency to make sure that this error will not happen again.

I didn't know about Capital One and Netflix.

but i'm not going to now

The young lady I just spoke with indicated that they do not advertise with Limbaugh, and that their ads had played during his program "by mistake", and would not be happening again. She assured me that she is personally quite bothered by him and his comments, and also stated that they had been getting a "lot of calls" about the issue.

But if they pull the ads in the future and make a coherent public statement to that affect, I will be satisfied.

I had just finished writing a snail mail letter to Netflix Corporate Headquarters. So very pleased because I really did not want to have to cancel Netflix, but I would have done so if they had continued to support Limbaugh.

They have a lot of good anime on Netflix.

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There's not much love left in the ad biz for old Limbaugh.

I left out Goodwill industries. They're done with him as well.

I just saw the full number is up to 32. Capital One is among them.

What's the number the sonofabitch has remaining? When will they pull out? When will the lights go dark at EIB?

Which would leave him 23.

Some of which you know aren't going anywhere, considering what they peddle.

I think all the really big ones except the Dept. of Veterans Affairs is out.

No flipping way will I do business with any company who supports that blowhard.

They and 8 others have pulled their advertising today.

The total of advertisers now bailing on Limbaugh is 33.

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2012/03/02/436852/rush-limbaugh-advertisers/

Thanks for the link, Lone Star!

Glad to be of help.

have instructed their advertising agency not to make the same error again. That's what I was just told.

The customer service rep forwarded me a link with a Netflix statement from VP of corporate communications Steve Swasey:

AFAIK most stations that air Mr. Limbaugh's programming pay Clear Channel for the rights... but the program is set up so that local stations can insert their own advertising into the program.

If the local advertisers are pulling their cash out of their local station and the local station can't justify airing Mr. Limbaugh's programming offerings then he may well get replaced by something the station owners think can make money.

ie they don't treat people real good. and vets even worse. so in the set of things Deere is actually 100 times worse than Rush so even if they pulled it. like I'd give a shit. Netflix. eh sorry. won't go there. not particularly economical for me to cancel right now. they know my feelings already. dropped their BD and streaming in response the streaming uptick. don't need VHS quality streaming that barely works. I also find a distaste in this anti free speech backlash. bit overkill. It'll bite us one day. ie Rush has to stand up for his comments. and the price it comes with it. But I'm a free speech advocate. I won't actively participate in censorship. Of any kind. I might sign a petition to clear channel , but I'm not hurting other peoples jobs because of something Rush did. I'm not falling for his game. He'll win if you do these sorts of boycotts.

the only clear boycott I'll continue to do is Lowes. Because that was hate speech by a retailer. And it's my free speech not to buy from them. Doing it the way you guys are doing, I'd have to boycott every item in that store, no matter where they are sold.

... and others like the president of Club for Growth, Chris Chocola, who I unfortunately personally knew and lived next door to in high school.

And of course, Hillsdale College went through it's own sex scandal with its president at one time too.

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/11/15/us/scandal-rocks-a-conservative-campus.html?pagewanted=all

Definitely a place to ostracize and isolate!

But now they advertise heavily on the various Current TV political shows (Young Turks and Countdown), so I think it might be one more reason for me to take advantage of their lobster fest sale the coming weeks and make a point of how I like a lot how they advertise now instead of how they used to advertise.