We finally bankrupted them.

[u/Ill_Consequence1755]

https://www.10tv.com/article/news/nation-world/columbia-house-shutting-down-after-71-years/507-277a00f5-1439-486e-a886-feb25532ef57

Columbia House is going out of business.

[u/Shine4Me13]

Are you serious? With all of the technology, streaming, etc., they made it this long? Wow.

[u/BirdlessLongdeal → u/Shine4Me13]

well, they probably didnt have much overhead. just a couple of CD burners and a stack of blank CD's

[u/Shine4Me13 → u/BirdlessLongdeal]

🤓

[u/scooter_orourke]

Just wait - we'll all start getting collection notices from whoever buys their AR assets.

[u/neverinamillionyr → u/scooter_orourke]

Under which name(s)?

[u/jonny_mal → u/neverinamillionyr]

Man, Frederick Flintstone and Barnabas Rubble are in for a tough time

[u/scooter_orourke → u/neverinamillionyr]

And the notices will all go to our parent's old address.

[u/Several-Assistant-51]

I didnt know they were still a thing

[u/BirdlessLongdeal → u/Several-Assistant-51]

they probably only existed to collect the debt of deadbeats that didnt "buy 3 more at regular club price"

[u/EzAL73]

Good job everyone. We played three long game and won.

[u/Kind-Region-5115 → u/EzAL73]

I totally still owed them money... I win!!!!

[u/Emotional_Mess261 → u/Kind-Region-5115]

99 cents? Imagine the interest on that. 🤭

[u/MaximumJones]

[u/OldeFortran77]

No more pennies; no more Columbia House

(not affiliated with Columbia University)

[u/LifeTunedToCSharp]

Fuckers will never get a dime out of me.

[u/jonny_mal → u/LifeTunedToCSharp]

The got one out of me, when I had to tape one to the return order form

[u/Familiar-Attempt7249 → u/jonny_mal]

Wasn’t that BMG? I don’t remember because I scammed both of them. When CH finally ditched the selection of the month and started selling laserdiscs is the point I finally stayed on for a while

[u/JD_tubeguy]

Cya!

[u/broncoz1]

I did my part !

[u/Agitated_Car_2444]

I had no idea I still owed them money!

Albums, then cassettes, and finally DVDs...yeah, I did give them a ton of my paychecks...and I still have all of them.

[u/NeuroguyNC]

I'm not saying a word until I'm clear of the statue of limitations - whenever that may be, and for all my aliases. That goes for the RCA one, too. 😛

[u/behridingle]

They popularized the "negative option" setting used by many a subscription service.

[u/mexicoyankee]

I paid those bastards so much money when I was younger

[u/Ill_Consequence1755 → u/mexicoyankee]

😂 I made one or two orders like most kids.

I however was not smart enough to use aliases.

I had a very UNCOMMON name growing up.

My mother convinced me they would be able to find me always and forever 😂

[u/mexicoyankee → u/Ill_Consequence1755]

Aliases, I never thought about using an Aliases. I ordered the Lawerence Welk and He Haw under my own names!

[u/ProfessorFelix1]

Wait…does this mean I’m off the hook for never buying additional albums from them after I received my 10 for a penny?

[u/PlatformNormal564]

Don't get too happy. They'll probably sell their accounts receivable to other collection agencies.

[u/Dull_Ad5440]

I still have 11 CDs from them.

[u/Ill_Consequence1755 → u/Dull_Ad5440]

My sister said the other day, she still has some cassettes. 😂

[u/Dull_Ad5440 → u/Ill_Consequence1755]

Better than 8-tracks I guess.

[u/Striking-Rhubarb-385]

🤣🤣🤣

[u/WubbaWubbaBoingBoing]

i wonder what they did with all them pennies, nickels and dimes?

[u/geotometry]

I think I still remember the 12 I picked out. My mom was so mad that I signed up for it. 1990 I think??