# Why is Netflix ignoring my queue? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2009, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-netflix-ignoring-my-queue/489324 "2009-03-13T13:53:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-netflix-ignoring-my-queue/489324/21 "2009-03-13T17:46:11Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > But for months now, I’ve been throttled. Pineapple Express, for instance, has been at the top of my queue since it was released on January 6, and it’s still “Very Long Wait.” Same here, but I just assumed the disc has been lying under a discarded pizza box at some stoner’s house. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-netflix-ignoring-my-queue/489324/22 "2009-03-13T18:04:45Z")
By the way, I tried the approach suggested by some of emptying my queue except for the ones that were Very Long Wait and the ones to be released the following week. The result was that they sent me no movies until the unreleased ones were available. The other suggestion to address the throttling issue was to close the Netflix account and open a new one under a different credit card. I may still try that. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-netflix-ignoring-my-queue/489324/23 "2009-03-13T18:48:24Z")
The availability on the website is only an estimate, as they don’t know when their copies are going to be returned or who will get them next. I’ve had things listed as “Very Long Wait” show up the next day, and “Available” items get postponed. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-netflix-ignoring-my-queue/489324.md?page=1)