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Anybody do the Columbia House "12 CDs for a penny" thing back in the day?
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:29 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:29 pm
Even as I kid i knew it had to be a scam but begged my parents to let me do it anyway.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 6:31 pm
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Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:30 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Killed that thing at the frat house.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:31 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Was it really a scam, though? I mean, it operated exactly as advertised.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:31 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Yup, never paid either.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:42 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Of course I did and BMG too. I still have a few CD's that have the BMG print on them.
can't ever recall sending them money either.
can't ever recall sending them money either.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:43 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Not close to a scam
I loaded up on cassettes, never bought anything
I loaded up on cassettes, never bought anything
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:45 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Yes, i got Salt n Pepper, Boyz 2 Men, C&C music factory, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, LL Cool J, and a few others.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 6:46 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:46 pm to Draconian Sanctions
It wasn't a scam I dont think because I filled up several of those CD books using that program. They eventually stopped sending them to me for some reason. I think i may have spent 50 bucks over 5 years with them.
Some old dude (in his 60s) at work is a big music head but refuses to update to mp3. He told me not long ago that he had still used this within the past 5 or 6 years. He is known to tell a lie, but I kind of believe him due to the CD collection he has in his work area.
Some old dude (in his 60s) at work is a big music head but refuses to update to mp3. He told me not long ago that he had still used this within the past 5 or 6 years. He is known to tell a lie, but I kind of believe him due to the CD collection he has in his work area.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:47 pm to Draconian Sanctions
My a-hole, older brother used my name/information to get more cassettes/cd’s and didn’t pay. I was in collections at the age of 12.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:47 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I probably still owe BMG a couple hundred bucks
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:48 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Built up a ridiculous collection of cassettes and then CDs thanks to Columbia House
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:49 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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back in the day
Damn, I’m getting old. I got the cassettes. Bob Seger, George Thorogood, Van Halen, AC/DC, Hank Jr., ZZ Top, Zepplin, Eddie Murphy can’t remember if it was Raw or Delirious, Springsteen, John Cougar, Stray Cats, and Skynyrd. Can’t remember the last one.
Get off my lawn!
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:50 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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Anybody do the Columbia House "12 CDs for a penny" thing back in the day?
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:53 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I counted 8 must-have albums on that pic.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 6:57 pm to Draconian Sanctions
I ripped off Columbia House and BMG at least half a dozen times.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 6:59 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:06 pm to Draconian Sanctions
There was a lot of debate on rec.audio.misc and others about whether they used second rate stamping of cd's for the club.
The only difference I saw was the CRC indicator on the disc.
Sound Warehouse in Monroe was buying peoples used CD's and packaging them as new and charging full price.
They didn't want record club CD's for obvious reasons.
The only difference I saw was the CRC indicator on the disc.
Sound Warehouse in Monroe was buying peoples used CD's and packaging them as new and charging full price.
They didn't want record club CD's for obvious reasons.
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:22 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Since we're all wondering how they made money...
In 2000, BMG and Columbia House had gross revenue of $1.5 billion.
My favorite is that they'd buy masters to press discs, but didn't actually have distribution licenses to do what they did. They'd just pay publishers 75% of the royalties they'd have otherwise been entitled to and the publishers just cashed the checks and accepted the fricking. The mail order houses sold so much music that if anyone squawked, the mail order house would just stop selling their albums, fricking them even worse.
I mean that's goddamned BRAZEN.
In 2000, BMG and Columbia House had gross revenue of $1.5 billion.
My favorite is that they'd buy masters to press discs, but didn't actually have distribution licenses to do what they did. They'd just pay publishers 75% of the royalties they'd have otherwise been entitled to and the publishers just cashed the checks and accepted the fricking. The mail order houses sold so much music that if anyone squawked, the mail order house would just stop selling their albums, fricking them even worse.
I mean that's goddamned BRAZEN.
This post was edited on 8/15/19 at 7:27 pm
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:25 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Was only way we could get the records we wanted right away. Yeah, we had to pay for 5 at full price but it was worth it back in the day ! 
Posted on 8/15/19 at 7:46 pm to Draconian Sanctions
Yep. Still waiting for my Jesus Jones CD in the mail.
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