Netflix is sending its DVD subscribers 10 extra discs for the service’s last hurrah

Netflix has one final shock in retailer for individuals who subscribe to its DVD by mail rental enterprise. It’s telling members that it’ll ship as much as 10 further discs earlier than it ends the 25-year-old subscription service for good, as reported earlier by Collider. Netflix first announced that it was sunsetting its DVD service in April, which got here as a disappointment to those that nonetheless use the service to get their arms on movies that aren’t out there on streaming companies or in shops.

In an e mail posted on Reddit, Netflix tells clients it’s sending out the additional discs on September twenty ninth — the service’s closing cargo date. Customers will simply should click on the hyperlink included within the e mail by August twenty ninth to decide in.

“After 25 years of flicks within the mail, we’re approaching the top of our closing season,” Netflix writes. “We actually respect that you simply’re sharing film nights with us till the final day. Let’s have some enjoyable for our finale!”

Netflix will select the discs based mostly on the films listed in a person’s movie queue, including, “You received’t know if any further envelopes are headed your means till they arrive in your mailbox.” It doesn’t seem like subscribers will be capable to hold the additional DVDs, although, as Netflix nonetheless expects them — together with some other discs — to be returned by October 27th, 2023.