NEW CH Blu-ray Club? (seriously, read this)
 

Ok, so I'm on AVS yesterday like I always am, and in the BR deals thread someone asks something about Columbia House and how yesterday he got this email about an offer from CH. I will quote him here ->...


Now I got really excited at first, but then realized that there was some kind of offer like this in Canada. So I posted to ask if he was in CAN, but he never responded back. ...BUT, then another poster responded with->...

I begged and pleaded for some kind of screenshots or even better a link of somekind, even a forward of the email to MY email, BUT to my dismay, neither poster ever responded back... yet.

Has anyone else here gotten such an offer. It's got me quite psyched actually, so I had to post something here. Let's keep our fingers crossed that this is a new Blu-ray club from CH.
Looking forward to all your feedback and input.
Thanks :)

Saw this posted by "iluvblu" in the forums at highdefdigest.com:

and later, when people asked more questions:

I want in on this...

Sweet! Thanks Dane
No links? I really want to see this offer and the selections available.

Doh, I posted before you edited. So no links.

I feel like a giddy schoolboy ready to open my presents on Christmas. :)

He posted the enrollment selections from his snail mailer:

Unfortunately I have nearly everything there that I would want, but I'd probably still go for it...

Sweet! Thanks.
I tried BLW at columbiahouse.com... no go :(.

I called that number, gave the code, and it did indeed work. I didn't go through with the order, but I can confirm it's 100% for real. They told me that this is something that they literally just started in the past few days, and they're testing the waters to see how much interest there would be in it.

All of the information in this thread is correct. :)

So, who here is going to place the first order using the code?

I hope this opens the door to allowing B1G1 codes and that sort of thing to be used for Blu-rays without having to have a DVD in the equation. Maybe when you sign up using the code your account will work like that?

Damn it, I HATE talking to CSRs on the phone. I will sign up in a NY minute on the net. If I could do the "email offer" without calling in, I would do it right now.

Just posted by mlkmgr on AVS. He was the first one I quoted in my first post. ->

I think I may just call in then.
Any suggestions why or why not I should buy the $20 4th selection?

Personally, I would have trouble finding a 4th disc I would even want from the list that I do not already have. Most of the titles on the list have been able to be had for LESS than $20 during sales at places like Amazon, Best Buy, Target and Wal-Mart (sometimes far less). You could argue that waiting to buy your first commitment could turn out to be a better deal for you (both in terms of cost and selection) if you wait for a possible B1G1 or B2G1 sale to come along.

From the person who actually called in, does all of this go onto an existing account or is it a new Blu-ray club sort of like the TV Club?

See the second quote in the first post of the thread. That guy said he hasn't had an account for years, but he got the BluMail.
That's right, I just made that up... BluMail. Pretty cool huh?
I'm gonna call here soon.

They told me that it's just the normal DVD club, and not a brand new Blu-ray club. Like I said, they mentioned that they are testing the waters, so maybe this could lead to a Blu-ray only club in the future.

If you sign up for this offer, you are technically signing up for the normal DVD club.

I wonder what the criteria is for getting this offer? I recently closed a DVD account that I ordered a bunch of blu-rays on. I guess I'll have to pay attention to the "Please come back!" mailers for a while instead of dumping them straight in the recycle.

Okay, but let's say I have two normal DVD club accounts already (because in actuality, I do), would they not let me do this offer because this is classified under the standard DVD club and not under a new Blu-ray Club?

I would close one of the two open DVD club accounts before trying to sign up for this offer just to be on the safe side.

lets get into the math....

assumptions:
you need to buy the 19.99$ one or it's 4 for the commitment
the average price for a blu-ray is $25 (new releases are near 30 and catalog 20)
free shipping codes work / free shipping on enrollment

4 BRD @ 4.99 each = 19.95
1 BRD @ 19.99
3 BRD @ ~$25 each = 75

$14.37 per BRD... thats honestly not good enough to cycle accounts for me

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assumptions:
you DONT need to buy the 19.99$ one and it's still 3 for the commitment
the average price for a blu-ray is $25 (new releases are near 30 and catalog 20)
free shipping codes work / free shipping on enrollment

4 BRD @ 4.99 each = 19.95
3 BRD @ ~$25 each = 75

$13.57 per BRD... thats honestly not good enough to cycle accounts for me

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assumptions:
Perfect Storm Scenario (you may have to float the account for awhile to get)
you DONT need to buy the 19.99$ one and it's still 3 for the commitment
the average price for a blu-ray is $25 (new releases are near 30 and catalog 20)
free shipping codes work / free shipping on enrollment
B1G1F works on BRD and Stacks w/Free Shipping

4 BRD @ 4.99 each = 19.95
3 BRD @ ~$25 each = 75
3 BRD Free

$9.50 per BRD... getting better - but still debatable as to whether it would be worth cycling... especially if a deal like i mentioned comes once a year...


we have a long way to go people... but the real question now is... do you bite the bullet and the ~$15 per price point to show that there is a need to create a club?

so columbia house has finally joined the 21st century. bravo!

Cool stuff but I honestly wouldn't even consider cycling Blu-ray accounts at CH. I was just going to do it once (and maybe again way later). The reason for this is they just don't have the selection to make it worth it. If you figure the BD selection is already small and further figure that only a portion of them are going to be available as enrollment selections, cycling is not going to be feasible (unless you are just starting your Blu-ray collection TODAY) for quite some time. I own or have on order a total of 70 Blu-ray discs and there are only about 10 more titles already released that I can even see myself paying for.

I received an offer in the mail: 8 DVD's for 49 cents ea or 3 Blu-Ray's for 4.99 each plus shipping and processing. I can buy a fourth Blu at $19.95 plus s&p. I would have to still have to buy 3 more Blu's or DVD's at regular club prices in the next 2 years whether I bought the 4th Blu or not. Personal saving code BMQ.

^Throw in shipping charges and the so-so deal gets worse by a lot. It is nice that Columbia House seems to be experimenting with Blu-ray enrollment offers though.

im in the same boat... however I have to assume that the selection will steadily grow... and typically here we only discuss things that benefit cycling...

i'd also point out that if you were interested in standard discs as well... this program seems to allow blu for enrollment and regular for fulfillment... which would bring your average price and total price both down.

Any web site info/address yet?

The next question is do Blu-rays become available on the same timeline as regular DVDs? If so I can definitely find 4 I want that would potentially be available for enrollment in the next 3 months. Which begs the question, do we now start a "Blu-Rays that are Available for Enrollment" Thread?

As far as we can tell so far, the offers are coming in email and snail-mail. The snail-mail app can be mailed in (I think) and or both can be called in at 1-888-242-3837. No web enrollment yet that we know of.

Well, the wrench in that works is that the BR enrollment cost is $5 each movie PLUS s/h. Not $.49 each movie w/free s/h like signing up with SD.