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- From: kaufman@eecs.nwu.edu (Michael L. Kaufman)
- Subject: Re: Aliens Collectors Edition for $19.95...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.053356.13600@eecs.nwu.edu>
- Organization: EECS Department, Northwestern University
- References: <1992Nov14.160928.1008@cbnewsc.cb.att.com> <16NOV199209464525@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov>
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- Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:33:56 GMT
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- In article <16NOV199209464525@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov> kimnach@lims02.lerc.nasa.gov (GREG KIMNACH) writes:
- >In article <1992Nov14.160928.1008@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>, cmv@looney.att.com (Craig M. Votava) writes...
- >>the really nice thing about this set, is that it counts as 2 titles towards
- >>your membership obligation!
- >This is where I have problems with CHLDC. Membership obligations are
- >fulfilled with purchases of $29.95 and up, and some of the expensive
- >boxed sets ($79.95 and up) count as TWO purchases toward fulfillment
- >of the agreement.
-
- Yea, this really bites my butt too. They tell me in advance that I have to buy
- two things priced at over $29, and then they turn around and give credit for
- two purchases if I buy something expensive. Oooh, I hate that. What's with
- some of you people? Are you just looking for any lame excuse to rag on CH?
- First we have a bunch of people complaining that it is not a good enough deal,
- and now this guy complains that ... I don't know what to say here, what the
- hell are you complaining about? They clearly state what the deal is. It's not
- like they are hiding anything. What's your problem? Isn't better then 40% off
- good enough for you?
-
- > Take, for example, the "Thin Man" set of five disks:
- >if you were to buy them seperately at $30/each, the total would be $150
- >($14 more out of your pocket) PLUS you would have both fulfilled your
- >obligation and gotten three bonus dividends.
-
- Well, first off, except for the first one, none of the films are available
- on LD. So if you were to buy them all at $30 each, that would be a miracle.
- Secondly, the first one is available for $35, so even if they were all out,
- we are talking about $175, instead of $125, a $50 difference. By the way,
- where did you get that $14. Even using your numbers, the difference is $25.
-
- >I wish that CHLDC would revamp the method of fulfillment and attainment of
- >divends based on every $25 or $30 spent. But then, they'd lose their edge.
-
- Oh yea, 40% or more is just so unfair. Every month I feel cheated when I get
- that flyer. Like this month, when they offered to sell me the first two Alien
- films for $120 (that's 40% off) I just got so mad. What's your problem anyhow?
- Do you insist that they make no profit at all?
-
- >(See many of the previous posts on this topic by other members.)
-
- I have yet to see a posting by a member that mentioned any real complaints
- to the club. I have seen a number of complaints (mostly ill-advised) from
- non members, but are there any unsatisfied members out there? And if so why?
-
- Michael
-
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- Michael Kaufman | I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on
- kaufman | fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in
- @eecs.nwu.edu | the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be
- | lost in time - like tears in rain. Time to die. Roy Batty
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