Any "buyer's remorse" 4 lotusflow3r members yet?

R u happy with the site or wish u waited longer b4 giving ur $77 2 Prince site unseen?

rainbowchild said:

the t-shirt was exclusive for founding members..limited.

i knew it was going to be a reaming but i signed up because i don't mind throwing some money at him once in a while. i have a lot of prince music that no one ever paid him for, so i try to buy most things that are officially released.

rainbowchild said:

stanleylieber said:

i have about 90gig of boots and unreleased stuff that prince never got the ££ for. so i don't grudge him 75$

metallicjigolo said:

I wish I hadnt spent $77 bucks on the site. I was hoping for a chance at some unreleased music during the "rare material only available during the first week" instead i got rare videos which i personally could care less about. I havent received my tshirt yet, i bought the cd' at target as well, so I'm n ot thrilled with what little I've received.

Yeah, I definitely have some buyer's remorse. I guess it depends on what else we will be getting over the course of the year. I have a bad feeling that any additional music released through the site is going to cost extra. I'm also a little disappointed that there isn't really any reason to visit the site on a regular basis.

Buyers remorse? Definitely. I git sucked in by the hope of getting tickets to the LA shows only to be foiled by the stupid solving the clue to subscribe thing which, at the time, really pissed me off. I also wasn't too happy when it became apparent that the site never had many tickets available at all.

I couldn't care less about a t-shirt or the photos or even the videos. There ain't nothin that rare or 'vault' stuff on there at all and I'm not gonna hold my breath over the next 11 months or so.

I was more annoyed with myself for getting hoodwinked once again into parting with my money and getting sucked in, once again, by false promises. I should know better by now.

I hate that video globe. The only video I'm interested in is a DVD that I can play on my big screen TV.

I'm a collector of Prince's (and others') music, primarily on CD, and so new music is all I hope to get from the site. But actual music files or discs, something I can play in my car without having to rip a poor quality audio track from a video file.

Of course, being a collector of Prince CDs, I had to pay for an import of Lotusflow3r anyway, and I don't wear T-shirts. Like others said earlier, I'm worried that any additional music will cost additional cash and there doesn't actually seem to be any reason to visit the site regularly.

I also feel lied to about the exclusive stuff only available in the first week (It was definitely suggested that this was as well as the T-shirt).

So, yes, I wish I'd saved my money.

We've only just begun ppl, chillax! Personally speaking, I mainly signed up for the exclusive tix. The rest of the site is all gravy. I'm certain more is to come. I am happy thus far to answer ur question.

Klick

NO, no remorse.

Ask the same question in another six months. By then I'd expect to have some significant measure for the investment of a 'yearly' subscription (which IMO wasn't that much to begin with) I spent $77 dollars on dinner with a date... and it was just a dinner. Of course the return on that was very significant... but that's besides the point.

BigDaddyHQ said:

Ask the same question in another six months. By then I'd expect to have some significant measure for the investment of a 'yearly' subscription (which IMO wasn't that much to begin with) I spent $77 dollars on dinner with a date... and it was just a dinner. Of course the return on that was very significant... but that's besides the point.

Big fat waste of $$ so far. Like many, I got sucked into

the whole

I regret joining....not worth the money.

Nope, I'm fine with it so far.

funksoldier said:

yes, i regret it, there hasnt been up dates for a few weeks now, what happened to all the content we were promised, at most all we really got that was exlusive was about 5 videos

RumAndRaisin said:

No remorse here, I'm very happy that I joined.

Irish Diplomacy: The art of telling someone to go to hell, and having them look forward to the trip.

My give a damn is busted.

It's impossible to know an answer to this until a full year has passed. It's like asking if I felt remorse after paying $100 for an NPGMC membership and getting the first 5-7 downloads back in 2000-2001. I was excited to see what else would come, which is what I'm hopeful for on the new site. I can't see how we could go 12 months and not get some exclusive music that would make it all worthwhile, even if a tour doesn't materialize.

Feeling remorseful right now. The lack of updates is driving me crazy.

Gohi said:

Hopefully a tour is in the works with members having access to presales similar to the way the NPGMC handled the One Nite Alone & Musicology tours... other than that, I don't expect a whole lot from the site itself.

It's a one-way site... the members can only view, listen, and buy (if anything ever goes on sale)... that kind of web model with limited or no interactivity is in the past, and is not the kind that garners a lot of traffic or repeat visits.

They don't even email updates to people letting them know for instance about the "news" section, or the latest videos added.

Lotusflow3r is more like a basement/storage facility... that depends on sites like prince.org or email lists like NPNY, bumpsquad, etc. to inform members what's really there.

I guess Prince & his camp had enough with the NPGMC forums which were gradually moderated into an abyss of deleted threads & postings... but interactivity is what gets buy-in, what sustains repeat visits, and what lets people generate content until something new is offered.

NuPwrSoul said:

we just started so let's wait and see .so far i have enjoyed the cd's downoads whil i was waiting for the cd's in the shops (belguim). i enjoy the video's on the globe .most of them i already got but thats no reason to complain i'm sure more is comming .the only thing i don't get is why we could not buy the cd's from the lotusflow3r site ?

TheEnglishGent said: