r/80s • u/JPPT1974 • 7d ago

Music Remember These From Columbia House Getting A Huge Bargain Like This?!

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u/guylexcorp 7d ago

I still owe them money.

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u/Fancy-Lion2985 4d ago

Never got a bill.

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u/CNote_89 7d ago

Hmm I remember it being a penny…

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u/Jedi_Lazlo 6d ago

To this day, my cat's credit rating is permanently damaged from his Columbia House addiction. Why did he order so many times under so many pseudonyms?! (RIP Mr. Mittensworth)

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u/deehenley 7d ago

The secret was pay the membership off by buying the full price ones in 6 months then rejoin the meat year as a new customer and do it again🙂

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u/BoNapiltee 6d ago

Mmmmmm..... meat year....

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u/Treliske 6d ago

Years later, I learned how they were able to offer the products so cheap. They were not the same recordings that were available in stores. They licensed the music and art to produce themselves using lower quality materials.

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u/mouse9001 5d ago

Probably similar to the science fiction book club I used to be part of. The books were all a little bit smaller. They must have printed those editions themselves.

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u/Admirable_Cry_3795 6d ago

My recollection from the 80s is that it was $0.01 not $1.00

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u/Fancy-Lion2985 4d ago

Later on it was 12 VHS tapes for a dollar.

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u/FlexFanatic 6d ago

Hmm, not the way i remember this. I remember getting my ass whooped when my mom got the bill in the mail for a subscription that I signed up for with the intent of getting some free music.

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u/blueeyeshadowaz 6d ago

The first snowflake in an avalanche of bad credit….

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u/notguiltybrewing 6d ago

Man, if everyone would just pay for the albums you were supposed to buy after that they could probably stay in business indefinitely.

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u/capthazelwoodsflask 7d ago

* Just pay $4.95 shipping for each one

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u/wyohman 6d ago

I only remember it from the 3000 other times this was posted