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is this deal hot? (Columbia House DVDs)

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RushNBoi

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I received my chase credit card statement in the mail and received Award Notification letter along with it stating..

Chose 5 DVDs for .49$ each with FREE shipping and processing. It also states you have to purchase 4 more DVDs over the next two years at regular program prices currently as low as $19.95 + s/h, you may cancel your account after doing so.
 
so 20+5 or more s/h = 100 for 9 dvds.... if the first 5 they let you choose are actually ones you want, then its your call... $11 a dvd isnt neccessarily a hot deal. 🙂
 
Originally posted by: dxkj
so 20+5 or more s/h = 100 for 9 dvds.... if the first 5 they let you choose are actually ones you want, then its your call... $11 a dvd isnt neccessarily a hot deal. 🙂
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Not including S&H.
 
Do this trick I learned from my Bus. Law professor many years ago. I have used it and it works.

Take a ball point pen and ruler and draw a line through the language that states that you have to purchase more DVDs after you receive your first 5 (make sure you cross out all of the language). Do not send any reply cards back. Instead send them a formal letter stating that you and they have performed the duties to the contract and that you are not obligated to purchase any more of their product. Dress it up and send it to them. When you receive the next DVD, do not send it back. Instead, send them another notice explaining specifically that when you sent in your OFFER to purchase the 5 DVDs and they ACCEPTED your OFFER, your CONSIDERATION (payment) fulfilled the obligations of the OFFER you sent in. Direct them to review your offer (the card) and if they hassle you further you will seek counsel. They will have no choice but to close your account and stop hasseling you.
 
Originally posted by: CPA
Do this trick I learned from my Bus. Law professor many years ago. I have used it and it works.

Take a ball point pen and ruler and draw a line through the language that states that you have to purchase more DVDs after you receive your first 5 (make sure you cross out all of the language). Do not send any reply cards back. Instead send them a formal letter stating that you and they have performed the duties to the contract and that you are not obligated to purchase any more of their product. Dress it up and send it to them. When you receive the next DVD, do not send it back. Instead, send them another notice explaining specifically that when you sent in your OFFER to purchase the 5 DVDs and they ACCEPTED your OFFER, your CONSIDERATION (payment) fulfilled the obligations of the OFFER you sent in. Direct them to review your offer (the card) and if they hassle you further you will seek counsel. They will have no choice but to close your account and stop hasseling you.
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Very sneaky!
 
Originally posted by: blazert40
Originally posted by: CPA
Do this trick I learned from my Bus. Law professor many years ago. I have used it and it works.

Take a ball point pen and ruler and draw a line through the language that states that you have to purchase more DVDs after you receive your first 5 (make sure you cross out all of the language). Do not send any reply cards back. Instead send them a formal letter stating that you and they have performed the duties to the contract and that you are not obligated to purchase any more of their product. Dress it up and send it to them. When you receive the next DVD, do not send it back. Instead, send them another notice explaining specifically that when you sent in your OFFER to purchase the 5 DVDs and they ACCEPTED your OFFER, your CONSIDERATION (payment) fulfilled the obligations of the OFFER you sent in. Direct them to review your offer (the card) and if they hassle you further you will seek counsel. They will have no choice but to close your account and stop hasseling you.
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Very sneaky!
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sneaky, but legal. 😀
 
Originally posted by: waylman
Originally posted by: schizoid
I'm thirsty.
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so am I...strange
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Seriously. And I'm sorta tired too. And my back hurts, cuz I slept in a tiny bed with this girl. Lastly, I'd like to go home, but I can't cuz I have one more class and then I gotta hit the gym.

You?

 
Originally posted by: CPA
Do this trick I learned from my Bus. Law professor many years ago. I have used it and it works.

Take a ball point pen and ruler and draw a line through the language that states that you have to purchase more DVDs after you receive your first 5 (make sure you cross out all of the language). Do not send any reply cards back. Instead send them a formal letter stating that you and they have performed the duties to the contract and that you are not obligated to purchase any more of their product. Dress it up and send it to them. When you receive the next DVD, do not send it back. Instead, send them another notice explaining specifically that when you sent in your OFFER to purchase the 5 DVDs and they ACCEPTED your OFFER, your CONSIDERATION (payment) fulfilled the obligations of the OFFER you sent in. Direct them to review your offer (the card) and if they hassle you further you will seek counsel. They will have no choice but to close your account and stop hasseling you.
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When I was like 10 I joined columbia house CD club like 10 times and quit without buying anything everytime. Each time I got my 10 for a cent + shiping then I'd write them a letter stating that I was a minor and to cancel the account. They'd cancel it no questions asked. A few weeks later, I'd get something in the mail that they wanted me back and were giving me 12 free for a cent with buying like 6 over the next year...I'd get the ones for a cent again and write them the same letter. This happened once a month for about a year until my parents found out and got pissed because it was immoral....anyways...my whole CD collection still consists of all those CDs I got from them years ago and maybe like 4 or 5 more.
 
That's the same plain old deal they always run. The good deals set you up with 8 or so DVDs for around $7 each including shipping. Head over to www.dvdtalk.com and check out the forums for DVD clubs for the codes...
 
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: CPA
Do this trick I learned from my Bus. Law professor many years ago. I have used it and it works.

Take a ball point pen and ruler and draw a line through the language that states that you have to purchase more DVDs after you receive your first 5 (make sure you cross out all of the language). Do not send any reply cards back. Instead send them a formal letter stating that you and they have performed the duties to the contract and that you are not obligated to purchase any more of their product. Dress it up and send it to them. When you receive the next DVD, do not send it back. Instead, send them another notice explaining specifically that when you sent in your OFFER to purchase the 5 DVDs and they ACCEPTED your OFFER, your CONSIDERATION (payment) fulfilled the obligations of the OFFER you sent in. Direct them to review your offer (the card) and if they hassle you further you will seek counsel. They will have no choice but to close your account and stop hasseling you.
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When I was like 10 I joined columbia house CD club like 10 times and quit without buying anything everytime. Each time I got my 10 for a cent + shiping then I'd write them a letter stating that I was a minor and to cancel the account. They'd cancel it no questions asked. A few weeks later, I'd get something in the mail that they wanted me back and were giving me 12 free for a cent with buying like 6 over the next year...I'd get the ones for a cent again and write them the same letter. This happened once a month for about a year until my parents found out and got pissed because it was immoral....anyways...my whole CD collection still consists of all those CDs I got from them years ago and maybe like 4 or 5 more.
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ha, i joined the cd club a few years back and just refused to ever buy any of the "required" cd's and they finally gave up. seems like i remember somewhere reading where they can't actually legally enforce that "contract".
 
Originally posted by: joecool
Originally posted by: CrazyDe1
Originally posted by: CPA
Do this trick I learned from my Bus. Law professor many years ago. I have used it and it works.

Take a ball point pen and ruler and draw a line through the language that states that you have to purchase more DVDs after you receive your first 5 (make sure you cross out all of the language). Do not send any reply cards back. Instead send them a formal letter stating that you and they have performed the duties to the contract and that you are not obligated to purchase any more of their product. Dress it up and send it to them. When you receive the next DVD, do not send it back. Instead, send them another notice explaining specifically that when you sent in your OFFER to purchase the 5 DVDs and they ACCEPTED your OFFER, your CONSIDERATION (payment) fulfilled the obligations of the OFFER you sent in. Direct them to review your offer (the card) and if they hassle you further you will seek counsel. They will have no choice but to close your account and stop hasseling you.
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When I was like 10 I joined columbia house CD club like 10 times and quit without buying anything everytime. Each time I got my 10 for a cent + shiping then I'd write them a letter stating that I was a minor and to cancel the account. They'd cancel it no questions asked. A few weeks later, I'd get something in the mail that they wanted me back and were giving me 12 free for a cent with buying like 6 over the next year...I'd get the ones for a cent again and write them the same letter. This happened once a month for about a year until my parents found out and got pissed because it was immoral....anyways...my whole CD collection still consists of all those CDs I got from them years ago and maybe like 4 or 5 more.
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ha, i joined the cd club a few years back and just refused to ever buy any of the "required" cd's and they finally gave up. seems like i remember somewhere reading where they can't actually legally enforce that "contract".
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I'm sure they can enforce it, I just don't think it is cost effective for them. Thanks to people like you guys who try to get something for nothing or who try to screw somebody else over, the rest of us have to pay higher prices to make up for the people who don't fulfill what they say they will. Glad to see some people's word is worth nothing.
 
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