Subj : Columbia House subscriptions
To   : Bob Roberts
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Jan 03 2021 13:54:00

Hello Bob!

** On Sunday 03.01.21 - 10:10, Bob Roberts wrote to Warpslide:

 Wa> This became less of an issue once my sister and I had our
 Wa> own Columbia House subscriptions and could get our own CDs.

 BR> ...Remember the sticker sheets the would email, and you
 BR> could get 10 CD's for a penny, but only if you bought 5 more
 BR> at full price in a year?  I would sit there are carefully
 BR> tear off the ones I wanted, trying to figure out what the
 BR> best 10 would be, prioritizing them.  After you signed up
 BR> waiting waiting for that folded cardboard box with the stack
 BR> of CDs.  So exciting!  Then they would mail you a card and
 BR> you'd have to decline whatever garbage they wanted to send
 BR> you.

There was a science to that madness.  And yes, it was always  
exciting to unpack the delivery.

Even after buying the obligatory purchases at full price, the  
overall payout for the 15 discs was pretty cheap.  After that  
fulfillment, I would just cancel - immediatlely.


 BR> I was in a Science Fiction book club that operated the same way.  The
 BR> books were all hard covers, but they were specially printed for the club
 BR> and you could tell from the size they were "club editions" so the used
 BR> book shop wouldn't give as much in trade for them.

Rightly so. Those printings were often made on inferior quality  
paper and ink.

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