Yeah, those clubs are pretty annoying. It IS a great deal though when you sign up. 7+ CDs and all you pay is S&H?

Where they get you is with their jacked up "club prices" and limited selection, but really, you still make out like a bandit if you were able to find enough CDs you wanted for your intial free order.

Monthly selections are definitely a hassle though, but I was pretty good about getting online and shutting those down before they got out their warehouse.

On a semi-related note, I had a lot of problems with Columbia House DVD, if I forgot to say no, of course I'd get it, but I'd go through the motions of putting "refused-- return to sender" on the package and shipping it back. But they would never take it off my account. They said they never got it back. I had to complain about this quite a few times and I ended up getting the charges taken off.

I fulfilled my obligations years ago and cancelled the account about 2 years ago, but to this day every now and then they'll send me a bill saying I owe them like $70+ for even MORE DVDs they sent me. I've told them multiple times I don't have those DVDs, I didn't want those DVDs, I returned those DVDs, and I'll never pay them for them. But they just won't listen.

I bailed out of the Columbia House DVD club as soon as I fulfilled my obligation to them a few years back. Occasionally they still call me on the phone asking if I'd be interested in re-joining and I always say "no." If they ask why I tell'em "because I now have two kids around the house so I never have any time to WATCH the DVDs I already have, I sure as hell don't need to buy any new ones!"

i was in CH dvd club & all was well, until i noticed they charged my credit card for an automatic shipment that i have just declined online. i still had my decline confirmation email. so i called them up & they removed the charges promptly (it was still "processing"). since they never shipped it out to me, i didn't have anything to return. i canceled my membership on that same phone call. i figured, if they screw up once, they are bound to screw up again. i don't need the hassle of keeping my eye on them constantly.

I don't know how it is nowdays but about 11-12 years ago I did both BMG and Columbia House and after fullfilling my obligation, I cancelled it because the CDs were too damn expensive ($2 or $3 more than what I could get elsewhere, not to mention S&H).