Yes, bullied. They are blatently trying to force fans to join the club simply to be able to buy the pre-Barnabas eps, that's a plain as the nose on one's face. If they weren't doing this, they'd be available to EVERYONE right away and not a year after the so-called CLUB members can buy them.
I think you mean that buying the DVDs
when they're released requires joining MPI's club, which IS a bona fide DVD club that, to me, seems less restrictive than most. I don't think it's such a hot marketing decision, but bullying implies intimidation, and when I hear upfront that I can purchase directly from them when they're released or wait an unknown period of time (I don't think they've said it would be a year, have they?) to buy them from someone else, I don't see any blatant force, intimidation, bullying, or coercion in that, but that's me.