Reply #2: Well, if you know how to "game" Columbia House [View All]

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...you can average $7 per DVD (box sets excluded). You just join (6 DVDs for $17.40 shipped), fulfill (2 more for about $40), quit, and repeat. With a little bit of patience and planning, it's easy!

CH carries 2,500 DVDs and almost all of the big releases ... with the notable exceptions of Disney animated titles and most releases from the Criterion Collection. The only catch is that you have to wait 2-6 months for new releases to become available as enrollment selections.

For my most recent membership, I paid $25 shipped for the Two Towers extended and $20 shipped for X2. (Both already received and watched, by the way.) In addition, I was able to get six other discs for $17.40 total. Pretty sweet.

I'm not affiliated in any way with Columbia House: I'm just a bargain hunter. Though I have 1200+ DVDs, I'm thrifty about 'em! I've done 30+ CH memberships in the last year and a half. If I don't like a movie I got from CH, I can usually sell it at a profit!

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