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Re: fraud co.--------BMG Music Service

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From: Amy Young-Leith
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 1997 00:00
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In article <nui20af3v8g.fsf@shell2.shore.net>,
Betsy Schwartz  <betsys@shore.net> wrote:
>I joined Columbia House a few years back and when I calculated the cost of
>the free CD's, the required-to-buy-at-full-price CD's, PLUS all that
>shipping and handling, it came out to about $11.25 per CD. Better than in a
>store but I think they still made a profit (and, of course, I bought one or
>two at full price, and quit the club before using all the discount
>coupons, so they did alright by me.)

Even now with BMG as competition, Columbia House isn't a great deal.  By
the end of the terms, you have to: 

Columbia: 11 "free" plus six at full price
BMG: 7 "free", buy one at full price then get three "free"

I have noticed that thes are produced especially for BMG.  Some friends
have commented that this is equal to lower quality recordings.  I'm not a
real audiophile so I can't say... does anyone feel this is true?

amy
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From: alyoung@copper.ucs.indiana.edu (Amy Young-Leith)
Subject: Re: fraud co.--------BMG Music Service
Date: 1997/02/18
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