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Columbia House, the 71-year-old mail-order music club that is somehow still operating in 2026, is finally shutting down for good. \u201dAfter 9\/15\/26, The Columbia House will no longer be accepting new orders,\u201d reads a recent message on its website. \u201cYou can still purchase books with your credit card or credits as normal.\u201d The news was first spotted by YouTube channel Channel 33 RPM<\/a> and later written up by the blog Cord Cutter News<\/a>. We\u2019ve reached out to Columbia House for further comment.<\/p>\n Columbia House was founded as Columbia Record Club in 1955 by its namesake music label to mail albums directly to hard-to-reach consumers. It promised to send a set of LPs for mere pennies in exchange for purchasing additional releases down the road at full cost. Columbia House would eventually hit a peak of 16 million members in 1996, in large part due to its ubiquitous commercials, including one soundtracked by what sure sounds like the guy who did the Full House<\/em> theme song. (Listen to him joyfully singing about bringing you \u201cthe best in entertainment\u201d to keep the company\u2019s \u201cvalue high\u201d below.)<\/p>\n After switching ownership multiple times, Columbia House filed for bankruptcy in 2015 and stopped selling music entirely, sticking with DVDs only. In addition to its longtime reputation as a CD juggernaut, the company was frequently criticized for its shady business practices, including negative option billing, where a customer continued to get billed after signing up for a service unless they expressly requested a cancellation.<\/p>\n