(1) The BMG Music Club offers the best deal you'll find online,
which is receiving 11 CDs for the price of shipping ($2.79 each)
when you buy one CD at full club price, which is typically about
$15 plus shipping. However, the selection may not be as
extensive as its chief competitor, Columbia House, which has
many of its own exclusive artists. If you purchase only the
minimum, you will pay just $4 per CD at BMG and about $8 per CD
at Columbia House.

(2) When you join the club, you will receive a catalog in the
mail about every three weeks, along with a postcard that
highlights a "featured" selection in the genre you selected when
you joined (e.g., rock, country, jazz, classical, Christian,
rap, pop, Latin). You must return this postcard by the due date
or the club will send you the featured selection. You can now
decline (or accept) your featured selection online, however, by
logging into your CD club account. This makes the process much,
much easier. Once you have been a member for a while, you also
can call the clubs and ask them to change your membership from
an "order-only" option, or from "negative option" to "positive
option." This just means you won't have to return the card.

(3) If you forget to return the card and receive a CD you don't
want, the clubs are good about letting you return it. But the
beauty of this system for the clubs is that this happens often
enough and many people don"t bother sending it back. They just
pay the bill.

(4) When the clubs advertise in magazines or newspapers, they
only list a limited selection of their available titles. If you
don't see the CDs you want, visit their online sites to browse
all the titles (12,000 or more) when making your selections.
Then copy down the item number of the CDs into the form. Be
aware, however, that some CDs will not be available as free
selections. This is often because of contractual obligations
with the clubs and the artists that don't allow them to give
away certain CDs. Also, the clubs usually do not have the latest
and greatest albums until three or six months after their
release.

(5) The clubs press their own CDs (which is one large reason
they can make money practically giving away discs), and some
people feel this makes them inferior to the CDs you would buy in
a store. But if you can hear a difference between a store-bought
CD and a CD club disc, you have a better ear than most humans.
The only difference you will see is a small label on the back of
the CD packaging that indicates it was manufactured by a club.

(6) The clubs no longer have toll-free customer service numbers,
so the best way to contact them is by email. Always include your
account number. If you want to cancel your account after you
have fulfilled your membership requirements, you can write
"Please cancel my membership" on your featured selection card.
The contact numbers and customer service email are listed in
your catalog each month.

About the author:
The Deal Dude has enjoyed a lot of cheap music as a member of
both BMG and Columbia House. You can read more about the clubs
and their history at http://www.dealdude.com by searching for
keyword "cd clubs." Copyright 2005 cc Media, Inc.

Author : Deal Dude
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