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- From: crafts@athena.mit.edu (The Invisible Man)
- Subject: Re: 10 CDs for the price of 1: kosher?
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- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1993 19:37:03 GMT
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- In article <1icav4INN9sa@hp-col.col.hp.com>, lpj@col.hp.com (Laura Johnson) writes:
- |> alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik) writes:
- |> >
- |> > I've never heard of the 10-for-1 deal, but I've taken advantage of club
- |> > 8-for-1 deals... MANY times :-) Here is how I figure they make their money
- |> > off this arrangement:
- |> > --People forget to send back the "selection-of-the-month" card, and so
- |> > consequently get stuck with the overpriced CD whether they want it or not.
- |> > --The clubs STILL charge nearly $2 per disk "shipping and handling" and let me
- |> > tell you, it does NOT cost $2 to "ship" or likely even "handle" a CD :-)
- |> > Obviously, this reaps in some dough.
- |> > --The clubs get great bulk deals on certain labels, and are therefore able to
- |> > undersell stores because they also don't have the overhead.
- |> >
- |> And,
- |> --People join intending to grab the 10-for-1 and run, then stay in the
- |> club out of laziness, then start ordering things
- |> because it's so easy, and not (much) more expensive than going to the store
- |> for them.
- |>
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- Don't these clubs actually manufacture the cd's and cassettes they sell?
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- If you look carefully most club editions are marked as such on the cassette
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- or cd...
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- This would probably be why they are so much cheaper.
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- Dan
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