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Thread started 04/06/09 4:49am

mikeyguk

LOTUSFLOW3R in the UK. What 2 do??

Even though I've read from other orgers that HMV has delayed the release of this album, HMV were still advertising it in stores to be released 2day. So 2day, I made my way to HMV in Bluewater the biggest shopping centre in England, so surely they would have it, just to see if it was there but blow me down, they didn't. Suprise suprise. I asked a man there and there was no mention of delayed release, and just said they were waiting on stock.
I am now thinking I should just bite the bullet and order it off ebay. I get the feeling we could be waiting a long time, thats if it even turns up. What are the rest of u going to do? Wait or buy now!?
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Reply #1 posted 04/06/09 4:52am

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mikeyguk said:

Even though I've read from other orgers that HMV has delayed the release of this album, HMV were still advertising it in stores to be released 2day. So 2day, I made my way to HMV in Bluewater the biggest shopping centre in England, so surely they would have it, just to see if it was there but blow me down, they didn't. Suprise suprise. I asked a man there and there was no mention of delayed release, and just said they were waiting on stock.
I am now thinking I should just bite the bullet and order it off ebay. I get the feeling we could be waiting a long time, thats if it even turns up. What are the rest of u going to do? Wait or buy now!?


Wait ....they have said it will be here this week / end of so check friday/sat this week if it's not confirmed by this weekend look for other ebay channels... biggrin
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Reply #2 posted 04/06/09 6:10am

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mikeyguk said:

Bluewater the biggest shopping centre in England,



I don't want to be seen as pedantic but Bluewater lost that title to Westfield when it opened last year. biggrin
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Reply #3 posted 04/06/09 6:29am

tc012009

Will the price still be GBP29.99 ?
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Reply #4 posted 04/06/09 6:42am

psyche2

Much to my surprise I was able to order from Europe @ amazon.com ... It will probably take 3 weeks to get here, but at least it wasn't expensive. We'll see.
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Reply #5 posted 04/06/09 6:45am

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I went for ebay last week, got 2 copies for 30 quid including postage.

Should be here in the next couple of days unless I've been ripped off!! lol
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Reply #6 posted 04/06/09 8:07am

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I received mine in the post today from a very generous American couple. Many thanks.
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Reply #7 posted 04/06/09 8:24am

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A friend in NY is sending mine, should be here anyday. I am sure once its released in the uk the price will go down.
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Reply #8 posted 04/06/09 8:59am

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i see that play.com have now got it listed at £32.99 !!


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Reply #9 posted 04/06/09 9:12am

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xenon said:

mikeyguk said:

Bluewater the biggest shopping centre in England,



I don't want to be seen as pedantic but Bluewater lost that title to Westfield when it opened last year. biggrin


I dont want to be pedantic either but i think Bluewater is still bigger than Westfield, i think Westfield is one of the biggest inner city shopping centre's , im not sure how big the Trafford centre is, anyway back to Prince..... i wonder if it will be available in Fopp?
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Reply #10 posted 04/06/09 9:19am

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londonmale said:

xenon said:




I don't want to be seen as pedantic but Bluewater lost that title to Westfield when it opened last year. biggrin


I dont want to be pedantic either but i think Bluewater is still bigger than Westfield, i think Westfield is one of the biggest inner city shopping centre's , im not sure how big the Trafford centre is, anyway back to Prince..... i wonder if it will be available in Fopp?


Oh.. You're quite right Bluewater is bigger, I really should check before I try to sound like a smartass!! lol
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Reply #11 posted 04/06/09 9:39am

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On the HMV site it says "back in stock in 10 days"

Not sure how long this has been up though...

...Paitience is a Virtue
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Reply #12 posted 04/06/09 9:57am

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I saw that HMV were advertising lotusflow3r in London/oxford street last week,it suppose to be in today so I went but unfortunately nothing and the sign is gone,so I ask a member of the staff,they are waiting for stock to arrive...any days now!
so yes,patience is a virtue!
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Reply #13 posted 04/06/09 11:49am

tc012009

I couldn't wait and ordered it from Ebay. There are some good deals at the moment with several "buy it now" prices at $17.99.

£29.99 is a serious rip off by HMV.
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Reply #14 posted 04/06/09 12:12pm

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xenon said:

londonmale said:



I dont want to be pedantic either but i think Bluewater is still bigger than Westfield, i think Westfield is one of the biggest inner city shopping centre's , im not sure how big the Trafford centre is, anyway back to Prince..... i wonder if it will be available in Fopp?


Oh.. You're quite right Bluewater is bigger, I really should check before I try to sound like a smartass!! lol


Doesn't matter, Westfield and Bluewater are both smaller than the Metro Centre at Newcastle! biggrin
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Reply #15 posted 04/06/09 12:19pm

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bigd74 said:

i see that play.com have now got it listed at £32.99 !!


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There is nothing cool about that price!
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Reply #16 posted 04/06/09 12:31pm

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... oh well, you can't blame fans for illegally downloading it if you can't buy it in stores.

I'm not going to pay $77 for it from his official site. I would've happily paid up to £30 in HMV for it - but it's simply not available, therefore I'm going to download it unofficially.

Prince has really fucked this one up... he has only himself to blame.
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Reply #17 posted 04/06/09 12:33pm

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Amazon.com have it for sale quite cheap for international delivery

http://www.amazon.com/Lot...239&sr=1-1

Click on "Available from these sellers" or "Used & New"

I just ordered mine in Swedish kronor, was less than 200 sek including post & pack.
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Reply #18 posted 04/06/09 1:16pm

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MattyJam said:

... oh well, you can't blame fans for illegally downloading it if you can't buy it in stores.

I'm not going to pay $77 for it from his official site. I would've happily paid up to £30 in HMV for it - but it's simply not available, therefore I'm going to download it unofficially.

Prince has really fucked this one up... he has only himself to blame.
[Edited 4/6/09 12:32pm]


Prince really did fuck up the business arrangement on this one. As Target is a US only store, he could have easily done a US only deal, and then offered the CD for sale off his website for international buyers only.

Instead, most people I know have downloaded it illegally. At best, only half of them will convert that into a real purchase when the CD finally comes up for sale.

Silly boy!
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Reply #19 posted 04/06/09 1:23pm

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yeah lm still waitin for mine to come from HMV... since they say it was gonna be 13th .....
and l only paid .£12.99 for mine
so l dont knw where u others guys got 32.99 from ????
maybe u shud have pre ordered urs earlier then u would pay the 12.99....
cool

if u say they changed the price then lm not gonna pay tht price and l will ask HMV and then find out to make sure ....
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Reply #20 posted 04/06/09 1:25pm

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piccolo7 said:

yeah lm still waitin for mine to come from HMV... since they say it was gonna be 13th .....
and l only paid .£12.99 for mine
so l dont knw where u others guys got 32.99 from ????
maybe u shud have pre ordered urs earlier then u would pay the 12.99....
cool

if u say they changed the price then lm not gonna pay tht price and l will ask HMV and then find out to make sure ....


Mine came from the states via ebay for £15.
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Reply #21 posted 04/16/09 5:54am

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Bizarrely HMV have now banned it!
http://hmv.com/hmvweb/sim...Search.y=6



Play.com don't have stock but through their Play Trade system i bought through a supplier in Switzerland for £7.99

http://www.play.com/Music...Price&fb=0

How fucking cool is that! put that in your pipe HMV free postage aswell!!


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Reply #22 posted 04/16/09 6:06am

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bigd74 said:


Play.com don't have stock but through their Play Trade system i bought through a supplier in Switzerland for £7.99

http://www.play.com/Music...Price&fb=0

How fucking cool is that! put that in your pipe HMV free postage aswell!!

Cheers, just ordered it from play.com too, best price I've seen in £ smile
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Reply #23 posted 04/16/09 7:23am

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I can't get past the cost difference. confused
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