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re: Anybody do the Columbia House "12 CDs for a penny" thing back in the day?
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:51 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:51 pm to Draconian Sanctions
My daddy use to preach "if it sounds too good to be true, that's because it is" and I remember people who did this and said "they send you CD, when they send you the bill just don't pay them back", but because of my daddy always saying the too good to be true, I figured there had to be some type of catch so I never did it.
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Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I did it and BMG at same time. Came away with 24 CDs and they were all delivered on same day. My room became a concert hall.
I must have spent 2 hours that night shuffling around my 64 count CD album.
I must have spent 2 hours that night shuffling around my 64 count CD album.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:55 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Anybody do the Columbia House "12 CDs for a penny" thing back in the day?
WTF?! I never saw those ads in Ebony!
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:00 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Goodness yes, I think I am still paying for it
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:12 pm to Draconian Sanctions
fricked my mom’s head up when she opened the mail box that day...
Marilyn Manson
White Zombie
En Vogue
Nirvana
Spin Doctors...
I had a field day with that shite!
Marilyn Manson
White Zombie
En Vogue
Nirvana
Spin Doctors...
I had a field day with that shite!
Posted on 8/15/19 at 8:15 pm to Draconian Sanctions
That Columbia House theme song has been stuck in my head for years
Posted on 8/15/19 at 9:39 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Yep. I'd get the albums and record them then send them back.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 9:43 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Had long forgotten about that. It was legit.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 10:37 pm to Draconian Sanctions
oh yeah, it's how i built up my collection. did anyone not do this? Except it was albums in my day, way before CDs.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 10:39 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:15 pm to Draconian Sanctions
It was not a scam and I did it multiple times and got many great 8 tracks
Posted on 8/15/19 at 11:16 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Not a scam. You got more free than you were obligated to buy.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 1:21 am to Draconian Sanctions
I have over 200 CDs in my closet to this day because of these deals 
I ordered them to so many addresses and names and just bought one or whatever it was to get the others. Always cancelled immediately so I didn’t get the monthly CD.
I ordered them to so many addresses and names and just bought one or whatever it was to get the others. Always cancelled immediately so I didn’t get the monthly CD.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 1:34 am to Draconian Sanctions
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Even as I kid i knew it had to be a scam
Like most things you had to work the system. Fulfill your obligated purchases for the 12 CDs and then quit. Columbia House would send me another offer. I racked up on CDs this way for a few years.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 1:35 am to Draconian Sanctions
My brother's and I had about 100 cds from bmg and Columbia house. Some we paid and others we didn't. Good times.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 6:03 am to Draconian Sanctions
Hell yes
Posted on 8/16/19 at 6:18 am to Draconian Sanctions
Yep.
Wasn't really a scam. Regular price was decent. Overall you got the CDs for half price, so you just needed enough ones you liked.
Wasn't really a scam. Regular price was decent. Overall you got the CDs for half price, so you just needed enough ones you liked.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 7:39 am to Draconian Sanctions
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Anybody do the Columbia House "12 CDs for a penny" thing back in the day?
Over and over and over. All combinations of my name as well as names I could come up with rearranging letters. I even signed up my grandfather.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 8:20 am to Draconian Sanctions
who didn't?
Posted on 8/16/19 at 8:36 am to Draconian Sanctions
Did Columbia House in HS then BMG in college for CDs, then did CH movie club for DVDs and Blu Rays once I started working.
The scammy part was them sending you selections if you forgot to opt out, but you could write “refused” on the box and send it back if you hadn’t opened the shipping package.
Some of the DVD boards got the system for doing this down to the point where people would know the best ways to get the most high-MSRP titles for the least required purchases.
I swear half of the copies of Armageddon - Criterion Collection sold came from people doing CH then flipping it for something else since it had a MSRP Of $40-50.
The scammy part was them sending you selections if you forgot to opt out, but you could write “refused” on the box and send it back if you hadn’t opened the shipping package.
Some of the DVD boards got the system for doing this down to the point where people would know the best ways to get the most high-MSRP titles for the least required purchases.
I swear half of the copies of Armageddon - Criterion Collection sold came from people doing CH then flipping it for something else since it had a MSRP Of $40-50.
Posted on 8/16/19 at 8:40 am to Draconian Sanctions
I scammed them so many times back in the day.
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