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  1. Jul 19, 1999 · Customer Correspondence PO Box 1958 Indianapolis, IN 46291-0010 + Phone: 1-317-692-9200; Fax: 1-317-542-6090; Hours: M-F: 8 AM - 6 PM ET; Email: cs1@bmgdirect.com + WWW: http://www.bmgmusicservice.com http://www.bmgclassicalclub.com/ http://www.bmgjazzclub.com/ http://www.sound-and-spirit.com/

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      + The CD Club FAQ is about how to get the best value from a...

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  2. BMG Music Pricing Review. As far as BMG is concerned, here's how the pricing is broken down: - Shipping cost for 1st cd is $2.69, 2nd is $2.59, and each additional is $2.49. - Total shipping for 12 cds $30.18. - The price of the 1 cd you must buy will be at least $14.98 at the regular club price.

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  4. Jun 14, 2019 · — Business Insider (@businessinsider) July 25, 2018. The BMG and Columbia House record clubs used a method called "negative option billing." This means a customer signs up for a service, and a company mails them something - and bills them for it - once a week, month, or year, unless the customer objects.

    • Nothing in Life Is Free. Especially CDs
    • Inside The Belly of The Beast
    • When The Music’s Over
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    CD clubs offered ever-shifting traps for all ages and tastes, the deadliest of which involved ordering and receiving free albums, not paying a thing, never canceling the subscription, then dropping off company radar. Once a given time passes, contract clauses spring to life, full price is charged for all free discs, a collection agency is assigned,...

    To keep costs low and profit margins high, CD clubs produced their own discs to sell, some apparently of questionable sound quality. Stereophileconducted a test in 1994in which top audio engineers repeatedly listened to both club and retail releases of the same albums, and indeed, they detected inconsistencies — different compression levels, stereo...

    By 2003, the unraveling had begun. In a class-action lawsuit, a U.S. District Judge dropped the hammer on CD club private defendants, for what CBS News called a “price-fixing conspiracy.” A $143 million settlement was dispensed to millions of buyers, in the form of 75% discounts on full-priced club discs…which required a membership to buy. The priv...

    BMG CD club was ultimately put to sleep in 2009 by its parent Columbia House group, who then succumbed to bankruptcy in 2015. In addition to schemesters and lawsuits, several clear factors led to their downfall. One painful legal caveat involved clubs having to wait from three months to a year before being permitted to sell an artist’s new release....

  5. BMG | US. One Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 Phone +1 212 561 3000 Fax +1 212 683 2040 info.us@bmg.com.

  6. Reasons to Contact a Customer Service Center. Request an application. Inquire about the availability of a title or an artist. Request a print catalog: BMG: 'Music Central'. BMG Classical: 'Encore: The Collector's Guide'. CH/PLAY: 'A to Z Music Guide'. Place an order (This can be faster than sending in the reply card.)

  7. Questions? Our customer service team is a click or call away. Call us 800.316.8507 or email customer.service@bmgmoney.com

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