Stupid stories about record clubs

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(02-20-2016, 08:07 PM)JustWinBaby Wrote: Yeah, I remember taping songs off the radio....man it was tough to start and stop it on cue!

The cd clubs worked well for me, although I only accumulated about 100 cd's.  There were 2-3 services, and I would always do the promo and buy my obligatory 1 cd for half a dozen freebies, cancel and repeat.

If I remember correctly, even the "free" ones usually included @ $2.30 in shipping and handling, which I'm sure covered manufacturing costs and a small profit.  But all-in-all it worked out to like $4 a cd, which was like 1/3 to 1/4 the price at the store.

Yeah, I did the BMG and Columbia thing, too.
I usually bought some for gifts, at Christmas.

(02-20-2016, 09:48 PM)Awful Llama Wrote: Ah, the good old days when, nestled in the back of the TV Guide next to the ad asking you to draw the parrot with the eye patch, was that glorious Columbia House Record Club ad. My sister and I would caucus on the living room floor over that ad when we got the new Guide on Friday. We each got half the selections. You'd tear apart the lables, add a little spittle, and presto: instant record library. Then after arguing over record vs 8-track for the format, one of us would run and get a penny to tape to the card. Yeah, you had to send them a penny to seal the deal. Those people at Columbia House were no fools. Then we'd take it to our our mom, who was triyng to keep us fed and housed on a waitress' pay, and beg to send in the card, to no avail.

PS: Once I drew that damn pirate bird and sent it in. Two weeks later we got a call from a rep at the art school saying I had a special talent and he'd like to talk to us about their school. My mom, having seen my artistic talent, laughed at him and hung up the phone. Good call on her part. To this day I still can't draw worth a damn.

Good Stuff !
I used to draw.
I wasn't real good, but I was ok.
(yes....comic book art)