Offers vary throughout the year. Some are only available for a limited time or through exotic sources. The ads can even vary between different printings of the same edition of the same magazine. If you read the fine print, some will forgo shipping charges. Here are some of the offers. The list is by no means exhaustive:

BMG:

12 CDs for the price of 1 CD, nothing more to buy, ever [get 7 free, buy 1, get 4 more free]* (web site, current)
+ (Rolling Stone, 18 Mar 99)

Missing Application Address:
    BMG Music Service
    P.O. Box 91001
    Indianapolis, IN 46291-0002

+ Columbia House:

+ 12 CDs for the price of 1 CD, nothing more to buy, ever [get 7 free, buy 1, get 4 more free] * (Sound&Vision, Feb/Mar '99)

11 CDs for one red cent [get 11 for $.01 + $1.49 fee, buy 6 more] * (Rolling Stone, 11 Jun 98)

+ Missing Application Address:
    Columbia House
    1400 North Fruitridge Avenue
    Terre Haute, IN 47811-1130

+ CDHQ:

+ 12 CDs for the price of 1 CD, nothing more to buy, ever [get 7 free, buy 1, get 4 more free] * (Parade Magazine TV insert, 14 Feb 99)
(a recent TV Guide)

+ play from Columbia House:

12 CDs for free [get 12 for free, buy 6 more] *
(web site)

12 CDs for one cent [get 12 for $.01 + $1.49 fee, buy 6 more] *
+ (Rolling Stone, 01 Apr 99)

3 CDs for $4.95 each! No Risk! No Obligation [get 3 for $14.85, buy 0 more] *
(Stereo Review, Nov 98)
(800-650-3700 Dept. BW1 credit cards only)
(at bottom right of reply card: BW1-7Y SH1/F98)

Missing Application Address:
    play from columbia house
    1400 North Fruitridge Avenue
    Terre Haute, IN 47811-1130

+ * - A shipping and handling charge is applied to each shipment, including the shipment of free selections.

Some offers include an option to purchase "bonus" CDs. These are usually good deals. The test is whether the bonus CDs would lower the average CD cost of the total membership.

In the advertisements with most offers, there is an address to write to if the reply card is missing. If it is a particularly good offer, it might be worthwhile to write a letter to the listed address stating that the reply card is missing (even if it isn't) and requesting a copy of the reply card. In the letter, include the name of the offer, the source of the ad and a return address. You could try contacting the club's customer service center for a copy of the offer but this does not always succeed.