Like BMG and Columbia House?

I was reading an article that mentioned these clubs. I must confess that THIS is the way I got into music.

At the ripe old age of 12 I sent in those '12 for 1c' envelopes. They used to come with a stack full of little stamps that had CD covers. You licked them and stuck them on and mailed them off. A week and a half later you'd have your 12 CDs.

I did this about 3 times? Using three different names in my family. At the time we also had moved a few times.

Some of the CDs I remember getting:
Nirvana: Nevermind
Green Day: Nimrod
Green Day: Dookie
Green Day: Insomniac
No Doubt: Tragic Kingdom

Those are the ones off the top of my head.

Did any of you do this? Did you get collection agencies come after you? hehe

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I joined Britannia here in the UK when i was 13 (you had to be 18). I remember getting:

Mechanical Animals - Marilyn Manson
OK Computer - Radiohead
Speed Ballads - Republica
Celebrity Skin - Hole
Version 2.0 - Garbage

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Yeah! I was always so surprised at how EASY it all was. FREE CDs! What a concept!

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It was sooooo easy and so open to abuse!
I used to panic when it got passed that opneing stage and that they said you had to order something like a CD a month at the full price and if you failed on the contract then you had to pay the full amount for all the CD's you got for cheap. I joined these groups like 3-4 times and when they started demanding the full price i remember writing angry letters to them pretending to be from my parents.

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My family used to do that all the time and then just cancel!

I think it was BMG we would sign up for.

I was really young so the CDs I ordered were always Britney Spears and stuff.

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