Has anyone applied within the last seven days?
 

I have applied for two accounts in the last week and haven't heard back on either one of them. I am wondering if anyone else has seen the response time slowed during the last 7-10 days or so. Usually I get an account approval within 3-4 days max after I apply.

Yes! I applied last Thursday for normal DVD account and no word on an approval yet. So I tried a different one yesterday, and nothing yet on it. This is also one of the first times I have not heard back in 3-4 days.
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I very RARELY have this issue. Maybe a box will just show up one day.

I applied 5 days ago. I got a confirmation email but nothing after that. Neither did my previous 2 applications (one in December and one in November).

The code I use 5 days ago was the one that they mailed to me asking me back.

i submitted an application last friday and received an approval today(friday).

I've probably had about 10 accounts with CH over the past couple of years and only once have I actually recived any form of confirmation via email. The rest of the time I come home from work to find a big brown box sat on my front porch. Not that I'm complaining because it always feels like Christmas when that happens :)

Tried for two last week and 1 this week and no charges have shown up yet. Glad I'm not the only one.

Did you pay the enrollemt fee with a credit card or did you select bill me?

I selected bill me for these 2 accounts as they are going to my father's house where I already have 1 account.

I applied for my first account in months last Friday (1/12) and have not received a charge to my credit card or a "welcome to the club" email. Maybe they're all on vacation after the very busy Holiday shopping period. This would also be a time that they might be down taking inventory. Glad to hear that it isn't just me.

I applied on Sunday 1/14, Got approved on 1/16 and got all my enrollment dvds today, 1/20. (I paid with CC).

Thajenius - How many more DVDs at "regular club price" are you required to purchase?

I selected bill me, and had it sent to another address than my other account. However this account is my second account, but i have had the other one for over 4 years.

Had pending charge for the tv club Monday , but that disappeared and no acceptance e-mail.

Also got a e-mail thanking for application for regular dvd club last week then nothing.

3rd application in 6 weeks and zero confirmations. First time this has happened to me.

Well, I just got approved for my app from Tuesday last night. It was a new email I hadn't seen before so maybe they were changing things up a little. Hope the rest of you guys got one too.

i applied monday and still havent gotten a response except for they have received my application. Probably because I have 2 open accounts currently and I am going to be rejected.

Yeah, it is rare to get them to allow more than 2 accounts open at a time. They usually send out a letter asking why you need more than 2.

I also applied for a TV account over 2 weeks ago using HDL and have heard nothing. I used a CC at checkout. Has anyone applying to the TV account been accepted recently?

I applied 1/15 using HDL and received acknowledgement email. I received an email with my account # on 1/19. This is my 2nd open TV account (4th overall).

That's the way it used to be! Ok, thanks for the info. I will keep my fingers crossed and hope to see an e-mail or a box at my door!

I can't seem to get accepted right now. They keep sending me the please come back emails and I keep responding. Yet I don't here anything back from them.

The weird thing about my most recent approval is that the initial charge showed up for a day and then dropped off and they still haven't charged me for the enrollment package even though the account status page shows they have.

It has been awhile now and I still haven't heard a word. I wonder what is going on. 2 applications later and still no approvals to an address where I already have an account that is open and fulfilled.

I applied 1-20 and was approved 1-23 (C7L w/bill me).

I applied yesterday after not applying in over a year and a half. Hopefully it comes through. Used one of the 6/1 codes.

YAY for punctuation and grammar.

I applied Sunday 1/21.. I have not been approved for an account in like a year. I have tried from time to time to sign up with no luck. This time however i did get an email right after so maybe that is a good sign ? Perhaps the other applications got lost ? We shall see if i get approved or not!

I used 43T (Bill Me Option)

Was it just the "Thanks for the application" message? If so, that really doesn't mean anything.

Yes that is all it was. But all the times i was accepted i received that email and all the times i did not i didn't. So i thought possibly it could be a good sign. :)

No approval email yet...

is it possible to have four accounts if you have a po box? for instance say I have two accounts open which I do at a PO Box right now. I applied using a better code and used my home address yesterday. Can I still get approved since I already have two even though its a different mailing address?

^ While you can have accounts at a P.O. Box in addition to a home address, you need to use a different credit card. It would also help if you used a different name. Anecdotal evidence suggests that getting accounts approved at a P.O. Box is more difficult than at a street address but, of course, that's all the address that some people have.

If Columbia House manages to link your P.O. Box address and your home address they might blacklist you. They don't like it when people use multiple addresses to open additional accounts, although it isn't unusual for people to do so. Sometimes work and home addresses are used.

Still no approval email... i can't recall how long it usually has taken, since it has been to long since i have been approved. So it's been 5 days now. Is it time to give up yet or does it take abit longer lately ?

^ Five days is too soon to give up. If you haven't heard anything in two weeks or more, the application is probably "lost". Even so, it is best to apply again using different titles just in case the missing application turns up.

I applied on 1/10 by phone after the code I used online was rejected. I still have not received anything form the phone enrollment. I want to watch my movies!!!!!!

The code i used was for 6 at .49 buy 3 within 2 yrs. Or buy 6 at .49, one at 9.99 and then 2 at regular within 2 years.

Here is what I got so far.....



Enrollment Package....
$.49 Final Destination .
$.49 Final Destination 3 Thrill Ride Edition
$.49 Final Destination 2
$.49 Saw II Uncut Edition
$.49 Waiting... Unrated and Raw Deluxe Edition
$.49 Mallrats 10Th Anniversary Extended Edition
$9.99 Bullitt Special Edition

Fullfillment....
$32.97 The Godfather DVD Collection
$25.77 The Exorcist: The Complete Anthology

Sale Item....
$9.95 Clerks 2

Spent $18 funcash from Fullfillment to get...
$1.97 Reservoir Dogs 15th Anniversary Edition


Picked these up too for the $14 shipped deal goin on which will get me another $4 funcash.
$7.00 Dumb and Dumber Unrated Platinum Series
$7.00 Caddyshack 20Th Anniversary


After S&H fees etc, I got 20 movies at $5.78 each.

My DVDs have been arriving within 3 days of order via media mail from Georgia to Michigan.

Still nothing for me yet... looks like it might be a lost cause.

I applied earlier this week and received my approval notice via email within 4 days. I can also say that after the dark ages of rarely getting approved on web apps for a couple of years, I have had a 100% success rate over the last year or so.

Bill: what code did you use ?

1KJ - 7 enrollments (1 @ 9.95) w/ 2 to buy, no PSN required, used a credit card to pay at enrollment (no bill later). I've used this one the last few times at least.

Well, I've replied to all of the "we want you back" emails CH had sent me, but hadn't gotten any response after the confirmation email. Then I remembered I also mailed in a form a few weeks back. Today, a large box shows up.

Monster House
What's Eating Gilbert Grape SE
Blade 2: 2-disc Platinum Series
The Deer Hunter Legacy Series
JFK: 2-disc
Citizen Kane
Ronin: 2-disc
Some Like It Hot: 2-disc

^ I take it that the approved enrollment was the result of the mail-in form, right? If so, that is interesting because not many take that approach nowadays.

This may seem counterintuitive, but replying to "We want you back" e-mails probably has no greater acceptance rate than just going to the website with a code. So far as Columbia House is concerned, the applications look the same and are processed using the same goofy criteria, so far as I can determine.

I got a "we want you back" letter the other day, and tried to do an online enrollment. Doesn't look like it's going to work either. This is about the 5th week I've been trying to open a new account. I am going to wait another week or so and then attempt to sign up via mailing in the form.