Remember When You Got Suckered Into Joining Columbia House?
You just wanted 10 CDs for the price of one.
4. Here’s the thing: You didn’t read the fine print.
5. Those “penny” CDs charged a lot for shipping. Like, an obscene amount.
7. You bought the “Godzilla” soundtrack, and it wasn’t enough.
8. You bought the Harvey Danger album, and it still wasn’t enough.
9. You bought the Marcy Playground album, and damn it, Columbia House demanded that you buy more.
10. Whether or not you bought Natalie Imbruglia, they were going to keep charging you.
11. Your allowance wasn’t cutting it. This was costing way more than you’d ever imagined.
13. That’s when you went to your parents. There was a lot of screaming. And tears. And a loan you never paid back.
14. But you learned from your mistakes. You bought your next CD at the store.
15. And you vowed to help others learn from your mistake.
18. Consider yourself warned.
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Art Vandelay 2 months agoI knew they were trying to rip me off, so I felt perfectly fine ripping them off. Never payed a cent for any of their cd’s and sure as hell never got suckered!
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FlickMontana 2 months ago
In the 80s, there were a lot of homes down here that were seasonal homes. Ordered my free cassettes under a fake name to those houses and just checked every day after school. BAM. 12 new tapes every few months.
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BuzzfeedThePoor 2 months ago
Remember when I suckered them out of a good 20 cds and got away with it at age 12? I hope they don’t, but I do. Lol. Never paid one cent for those cds.
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irishredhead 2 months ago
My son got joined when he was 13 (he is 28 now). He joined, under age, qithout parental permission. When they sent me a hugh bill demanding money, I asked them if they knew he was a minor. He got a lot of free CD’s.
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☁Spam Of God☁ 2 months agoI KNOW! Damn you Stella and your intermittent groove! (What’s funny is I read “My Point and I Do Have One” by Ellen Degeneres so often that I went through about 4 copies… 3 of which were courtesy of Columbia House)
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Amanda Marsh 2 months agoI was suckered into Columbia House when I was 13, and somehow wound up owing $50. That was the first time I learned what a collection agency was. I wasn’t too happy to part with a night and a half of babysitting money!
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FlickMontana 2 months ago
Back in my day, we had to pickpocket the music store (good luck!) or have free cassettes delivered to an empty house under a fake name! Now get off my lawn!
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MoreLuv2013 2 months ago
Hah hah! ….I miss music stores. They were great places to meet cute boys.
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