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Mail-order club that promised 12 CDs for a penny pulls its closing announcement

CBC News · August 18, 2026 at 5:54 p.m.

Mail-order club that promised 12 CDs for a penny pulls its closing announcement

Columbia House, the company that lured millions of customers into mail-order memberships with the promise of 12 CDs for a penny, said it was shutting down after 71 years.

CBC News has contacted the company after the notice was removed from its website.

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