Interesting to hear a positive point of view to this - I quite often buy cds from Rounder and always get the flyer for it but have always laughed to be honest, can't understand why you'd be someone that will part with 120 quid a year for music, but can't decide what you want yourself.
Do you not quite often get stuff that you are quite indifferent to and would rather have spent your tenner on something else?
How does one decide for their self? You can either listen to something, read a review or take a recommendation. The record club is the latter, but instead of just recommending it, they also send it to you. In addition I have a subscription to Fabric and I also buy a lot of stuff myself: back catalogue and stuff I have read about or heard. All of this works for me.
As for indifference, no. I get something from most of the music Rounder put my way. Some more than others for sure, but I genuinely feel better for having heard them all. I spend a lot of my income on music one way or another, and the tenner Rounder take is a bloody good investment.