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Old 12-23-2010, 08:51 AM
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Columbia House goes bankrupt
...in Canada only so far. Since Dec. 9.

They say the media is gone. People download instead.

so gone are the days of CDs, DVDs and Blue Rays.

And that's not all but so did Double Day Book Clubs. Been a member of their Military Book Club for years and now it's gone.

...page goes directly to their appointed Trustee.

That sux for me.
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as a kid, I can remember when that first batch of tapes (they didn't have CDs then) would arrive. You know, the 8 tapes for a penny.
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I thought people just got 13 cassettes for once cent. lol

Not the greatest business model for this day an age!
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Old 12-23-2010, 08:56 AM
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as a kid, I can remember when that first batch of tapes (they didn't have CDs then) would arrive. You know, the 8 tapes for a penny.
Was it only 8? I thought I remembered a dozen and then somehow you got a bonus free one. I thought they were all free, lol
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:00 AM
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I thought people just got 13 cassettes for once cent. lol

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you're right Jack--it was 13 (not 8 as I posted).
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Seth: Fogell, this ID says that you're 25 years old. Why wouldn't you just put 21, man?
Fogell: Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. Pssh, how many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called f*cking strategy, alright?
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:01 AM
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Was it only 8? I thought I remembered a dozen and then somehow you got a bonus free one. I thought they were all free, lol
it was a penny, plus the shipping & handling (back then that was less than $2.00). They made $$ based on sheer volume. For a long time they were the only ones out there--until BMG came along. And then CDs. And then the internet. And then bankruptcy. LOL
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Seth: Fogell, this ID says that you're 25 years old. Why wouldn't you just put 21, man?
Fogell: Seth, Seth, Seth. Listen up, ass-face: every day, hundreds of kids go into the liquor store with fake IDs, and every single one says they're 21. Pssh, how many 21 year olds do you think there are in this town? It's called f*cking strategy, alright?
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:03 AM
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I think they still operate in the U.S.; they filed for bankruptcy in Canada right now.
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Never did like cassette tapes...LPs for me back then.
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:07 AM
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They would butcher my last name, so I usually had 5-6 memberships going at once. Buy the minimum, cancel, repeat when they begged you to come back with the same deal. LP then CD collection grew quickly. Pretty sure they didn't give a f*** if they all went to the same address.
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pretty sure i stiffed them 2-3 times when i was young lol

get the initial batch and then say **** it
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I ripped that company off so bad as a kid. But I got records man... records!!! Still love the sound of vinyl.
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I ripped that company off so bad as a kid. But I got records man... records!!! Still love the sound of vinyl.
no vinyl here man, sold off everything years ago and now i pretty much regret it.....cassettes were a terrible transition from records to cds
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Old 12-23-2010, 09:41 AM
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Columbia House is how Classic Rock got all of his Classic Rock
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Old 12-23-2010, 10:34 AM
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Did the Columbia House thing several times over the years. Started back in the vinyl days, then got the tapes, and then the CDs. Used to get the initial package for 1 cent, order the minimum, cancel, and sign up for another 1-cent intro package.
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you're right Jack--it was 13 (not 8 as I posted).
I was a member as was my brother, we were sitting pretty til we had to buy the other 5-6 for regular price over the next year or so.
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