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- From: jennings@ssdt-tempe.sps.mot.com (Tim Jennings)
- Subject: Re: 10 CDs for the price of 1: kosher?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.200035.11930@newsgate.sps.mot.com>
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- Organization: Motorola, Inc.
- References: <1993Jan5.053053.17534@news.acns.nwu.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 20:00:35 GMT
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- In article 17534@news.acns.nwu.edu, alasnik@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Adam Lasnik) writes:
- $$$In <1iagejINN1s9@athena.sdsu.edu> dunster@sdsu.edu (mark dunster) writes:
- $$$Hi Mark,
- $$$
- $$$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
- $$$undersell stores because they also don't have the overhead.
- $$$
- $$$I've tried a number of clubs, and my favorite is BMG. 8-for-1, nothing else
- $$$to buy. The selection isn't fabulous, but I never have trouble picking out my
- $$$eight CD's... and what's even more fun is that I sign up my parents every
- $$$year, so when I return from college, I get another 8-for-1, and then I sign
- $$$myself up at college, and so on :-) Legitimate AND quite a deal...
- $$$
- $$$Just don't forget to return your selection cards on time!
- $$$
- $$$--ADAM "KEYS" LASNIK from Northwestern University
- $$$
- $$$P.S. -- For non-club purchases, I'd highly recommend buying through the mail
- $$$order companies CD-DIRECT (for incredible service and selection) and
- $$$NOTEWORTHY MUSIC (for on-line ordering and awesome prices)
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- The BMG deal is the best but you really only get 4 CD's to start. 4 at the start,
- 1 when you buy a real CD for FULL price, and 2 more CD's when you've been in
- the club for a year.
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- I haven't been in it for awhile so this might have changed.
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- Timothy J. Jennings "I Yam What I Yam."
- Motorola SSDT Division --Popeye
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