Paul
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2018 20:13:53 GMT -5
How many of you were a member of Columbia House or BMG Music Service? I was a Columbia House member in 1991. I thought it was a great deal with the 12 "free" CDs for a penny or whatever it was. i didn't factor in the CDs they sent you automatically, the high shipping costs, etc. "Return this card if you don't want next month's selection". Bah...
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Post by Shy Guy on May 22, 2018 20:15:13 GMT -5
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaas, coloumbia house was my shit. always used to make my mom get me cd's from it lol
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Post by CMPunkyBrewster on May 22, 2018 20:28:01 GMT -5
Believe it or not, Columbia House still exists, but now exclusively deals in movies.
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Post by MiLB Fan on May 22, 2018 20:37:27 GMT -5
I was a member of the BMG Music Club circa ‘97/‘98. I was also bad about returning that “Featured Selection” card.
I was surprised to learn that BMG was still going until 2009.
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Post by willywonka666 on May 22, 2018 22:04:12 GMT -5
Believe it or not, Columbia House still exists, but now exclusively deals in movies. I seem to recall that they wanted to start selling records again a couple of years ago, but there’s no way they could get a decent price on those now |
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Post by turkeysandwich on May 22, 2018 23:21:02 GMT -5
I built my whole collection from High School by signing up to BMG, depending on the deal you would get 5 free then just buy 1 and get 2 more free, then you could cancel and do it all over again. Plus if you signed up friends you'd get like 2 or 3 more free. I was a member of Columbia House, too. They had different selections of certain artists, which is the only reason I ever joined Columbia House since they made you buy like 4 overpriced CDs over the next 2 years but you would get the 12 free immediately, so it kinda worked out.
The thing I hate is that I no longer have any of the old catalogues. I would love to find some from 1997-2003 or so with was when I was so heavily into it.
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Post by Paul on May 22, 2018 23:42:50 GMT -5
I built my whole collection from High School by signing up to BMG, depending on the deal you would get 5 free then just buy 1 and get 2 more free, then you could cancel and do it all over again. Plus if you signed up friends you'd get like 2 or 3 more free. I was a member of Columbia House, too. They had different selections of certain artists, which is the only reason I ever joined Columbia House since they made you buy like 4 overpriced CDs over the next 2 years but you would get the 12 free immediately, so it kinda worked out. The thing I hate is that I no longer have any of the old catalogues. I would love to find some from 1997-2003 or so with was when I was so heavily into it. Wikipedia has lists of the Billboard top albums from each year so that should give you a good idea of what was available. |
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Post by The Barber on May 23, 2018 18:56:02 GMT -5
How many of you were a member of Columbia House or BMG Music Service? I was a Columbia House member in 1991. I thought it was a great deal with the 12 "free" CDs for a penny or whatever it was. i didn't factor in the CDs they sent you automatically, the high shipping costs, etc. "Return this card if you don't want next month's selection". Bah... "The first nine were only a penny, then they jacked up the price! It’s not fair. It’s not fair I tells ya!”
BTW, got super nostalgic for the E! promo at the beginning.
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Post by HisRoyalGreeness on May 23, 2018 19:22:16 GMT -5
I was literally just talking about this with a co worker yesterday. I ran the hustle with BMG and Columbia House a few times. I got a lot of great albums that way and it really kickstarted my CD collection in a big way. I think I only ever ended up buying one full priced cd the whole time.
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