I have enjoyed Netflix pretty much since it came to the UK and think the quality of their home grown series like Breaking Bad, Orange is the New Black, etc are superb. In terms of content and streaming quality they are way ahead of Amazon and Now TV IMHO.

However, one bugbear I have always had with Netflix is the very rigid subscription model, and last year’s price increase hasn't helped either. I don’t understand why, if you know you want to stay subscribed, you can’t just buy say a year in advance for a reduced price like you can with other subscription services e.g. gaming services like Playstation Plus and Xbox Live Gold. I know monthly subscriptions are great for those who like to be on one month off the next but for those who know we want the service all year round it feels like we are paying more for flexibility we don’t actually want.

So basically, I would like to know if there actually IS a way to buy more than a month of Netflix at a time? Or if not already, is there something like this in development for those who wish to?

What is the point unless it is cheaper?

Set up a PayPal subscription which you cancel any time.

Well that is my point, there should be a cheaper option to pay 12 months in advance much like similar gaming services like PS plus and Xbox live do and like telephone companies do (albeit to a far lower extent) with line rental saver packages.

You can buy Netflix gift cards from Morrisons and then apply them to your account and that credit will be used before your card. However there is no "discount" and the values are round pounds, not monthly subscriptions.

Well I didn't know you could buy gift cards at all but seems ludicrous that you can only buy them at Morrisons (do they secretly own shares in Netflix or something) and even dafter that you can't (unless i'm wrong) buy them online and so have to travel to the actual shop to buy a physical card to use with an online only service and as you say theres no saving for all that effort, gee I wonder why they haven't taken off...

Maybe I'm just odd wanting to buy 12 months Netflix and expecting to, shock, horror, actually save a bit of cash in the process but people routinely buy 12 months ps plus and 12 months x box live way cheaper than the monthly rate and now EA access does the same thing on Xbox One too so my argument is still why not movie and entertainment services like Netflix.

steven123, did you not get the memo?

Sign up for the monthly via Colombia, much cheaper.

UK £6.99
USA £5.82
Mexico £4.71
Brazil £4.43
Colombia £4.08

Received, many thanks.

This is quite a saving but how would you actually do that? I'd guess VPN needed through sign up?

What about after sign up though? Could you use the account as a normal UK account or would you have to connect through VPN to Colombian Netflix each time you want to watch it?, if so not worth the hassle IMHO.

You sign up in Colombia and then with your UK IP address you'll get the UK service. That's how Netflix works and why people use VPN's to spoof their location and get the content they want. Although a little birdie tells me this will be changing by the end of the year.

Colombia IP to connect for the sign up, use your regular credit card (I used my Swedish credit card that was already in use with a US Netflix account and it worked no problem), then cancelled the US Netflix account and enjoyed the reduced monthly price, I generally use Netflix directly or Netflix US, no idea what Colombian Netflix has!

That little birdie the same unfounded speculation that's been going around for some time or something more concrete?

Thanks. Will give it a go.

It is getting harder to watch content from other countries, a lot of the time I now get a something went wrong displayed or something like that.

I must admit, if Netflix do stop it, then I may have to think about my subscription.

I think a Netflix annual subscription would be a good idea, Amazon Prime do one (which I have).

They go the other way, you got to pay Amazon per year, no choice of paying it monthly.
Not that Amazon is any good anyway, the UI is awful, trying to find something on there is like looking for a needle in a haystack.

When you think of how much Sky is, Netflix seems cheap enough, although I hope that doesn't become the existence for this to go up as well. Sky Movies for example on satellite is at least £40 a month and that's not even in HD!

I've not noticed any differences at all, Unlocator still works for me 100% of the time.

I actually did buy a 12 month subscription to Netflix a couple of years ago when they still sold them themselves as I had the spare money. I'd always prefer to do it that way personally as I can't really commit to the monthly payments, so it's good to know that you can now get the gift cards again in this country.

Why on earth pay in advance, Netflix offers pee poor content. I only subscribe because the grand kids like some of the programmes.

Never knew you could buy a Netflix gift card. if that's the case I will get my sister one for her birthday in just over 3 months time from the Morrison store in the next town to mine. As I have been using her Netflix account at times.
How do the Netflix gift cards work.

Darren

I get a error message a lot, my mate gets them as well, but not as often as i do. I use USunblock, maybe I should try the one you use.
But do it allow you to choose different netflix locations not just the US one?
The other thing i like about Unblock US is that I can get rid of the subtitles on Netflix

Of course! What's the point of using one otherwise? And unlocator also lets you remove subs see pic below:

http://i.imgur.com/ZYOFC46.jpg

You can sign up for a free trial: https://unlocator.com/account/aff/go...CyBYcSsuuRGdhD (includes my affiliate link which you're welcome to remove if you prefer)

As the saying goes 'one mans trash is another mans treasure'.

Personally I find there's plenty to satisfy my viewing habits, whether or not I would be interested in paying 12 months up front would all depend on if there was some incentive to do so.

Code on the back of the card which you enter at http://www.netflix.com/gift, credit added to the account. You don't even need a card on file to use it.