Wouldn't it be nice if the Music club posted and had pre-sales before the press release of the concerts. It would make it alot more fair to the ones of us that have been members of the music club the longest time. It would also stop alot of the problems like the one that happened on friday. It is sad that the true fam members have to take back seat to the people who like didn't even know that P has toured more than once in the past 6 years. Come on people and help us out here. When i joined the club, it cost me $100 and i have to take second to the people who are just now jumping on the band-wagon.

Here's the UNFAIR thing.If Scalpers are joining just to resell tickets and Major Fans Cannot get good seats well that SUCKs EGGS!Don't Know how the NPG can Stop something like this. Do ya know that these Freakin SCALPERS wanted to Charge 600-900 for the SANFRANCISCO show?

Zelaira said:

OH LAWD!!!!!
was this for the pre-sale tickets?

NPGSHANE said:

it is true that scalpers are joining the club 2 buy tix, but that is NOT the problem. Remember, they don't have any more idea where their seats r than we do, thus they r very difficult 2 market and sell. Just imaginie the average ticket buyer laying out big bucks 4 a seat "in a section closest 2 stage." The real problem is the scalpers w/ connections at individual arenas, box offices, and production co's that get to pull premium tix BEFORE the NPG presale. yes, it IS happening. Just look at EBAY, where seats are being sold that r very specific (section, row seat #)

bzzzzz said:

I don't think that's the problem, I think the main thing is that, we, including myself, who were around when his albums weren't selling and the club cost a hundred bucks have to take a back seat to some people that joined just to get tix. I went on right at noon and kept putting two tickets for the L.A. show in my fucking basket and lo and behold it kept crashing when I would try to check out. this lasted until 1pm when the tix sold out. Now I have to go to ticket master like everyone else and pay top dollar for shitty tickets.

I bought the rainbow children. I downloaded HIGH and WILMHOY and all that shit and I got screwed. FUck you Prince! You turned your back on us!

Isay we petition the NPGMC for some recompense. I ain't joining next year fuck em. ANd yes, MUSICOLOGY sucks. that is the same James Brown horn riff rip off we have heard since Sexy MF all the way to The Work.
Fuck L.A.
and Fuck Prince.

Spanky said:

Fuck, what a whining little bitch you are. Fucking baby. You must be a fag.

DMSR247 said:

hey, hey , hey...don't give us a bad name! i'm a fag and I'll you...he ain't one of us with that whinging attitude!

Spanky said:

So yes, scalpers are very bad people! But take a deep breath and relax. What happened to you happened to many, many others...just have faith. We have gotten into a concert or two on faith alone. Prince has not turned his back on us--have faith that our support as fans has not been in vain. Besides, we believe that the increasing interest in club membership is a positive thing. And once you've cooled down take back those words that we know you did not really mean.
[This message was edited Sun Feb 29 0:13:23 2004 by heavenlee]

Yes, Scalpers were looking to charge me that much for San Francisco Feb 14 tickets.In NY scalpers used to charge up to 500 dollars a seat . No, not for the Pre-Sell tickets.
[This message was edited Sun Feb 29 0:34:09 2004 by Zelaira]

don't they have protections agains scalpers selling member tickets. You can only buy two per membership and you have to show an ID to pick up your tickets.

heavenlee said:

I don't think the increasing interest in club membership is a positive thing. The purpose of the club is to reward *real* fans for hanging in there--not fairweather fans that jump on board whenver Prince goes on tour. This problem could be deterred if the club imposed a waiting period (say 3-5 days) before new members could purchase presale tickets. But of course, this won't happen since it ultimately boils down to the almighty dollar.

HotThang said:

Oh now REALLY. Does this seem rational to you? A waiting period? Like it's an assault rifle or some shit.

I DO think that they should assign member's seats in such a way that people with seniority are given the best seats - that's a given, right? It should be.

theblueangel said:

If you mean seniority as in the length of time you've been a member, then cool. However, we both know the NPGMC likes 2 redefine things -- I have a feeling that people with a history of *disagreeing* won't like this system too much

Well i logged in before noon @Ticket master. com for tickets for the La show got through after
about 4 minutes past noon I got 2 tickets in the upper concourse section.

I ve' been a fan since day one and a member since day one. IT JUST SUCKS KNOWING
SOMEONE IN THE GOOD SEATS PROBABLY WON THEIR TICKETS ON THE RADIO OR THOUGHT
PRINCE STOPPED TOURING AND PUTTING OUT MUSIC YEARS AGO.

I REMEMBER SEEING PRINCE @ THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL AND PAYING SOME GOOD MONEY FOR SEATS UP CLOSE AND TALKING TO A HUSBAND AND WIFE NEXT TO MY WIFE AND I.THE WIFE
ASKED ME HOW MUCH I PAYED FOR OUR TICKETS. SHE SAID THE TICKETS WERE GIVEN TO HER AND SHE EVEN HAD A BACK STAGE PASS. THE PROBLEM WITH HER WAS SHE DID'T EVEN LIKE PRINCE OR HIS MUSIC VERY MUCH. I WISH THERE COULD OF BEEN A BETTER WAY FOR
THE MEMBERS OF THE NPGMC TO GET PRIME SEATS.

I ALSO COULDN'T GET THROUGH ON FRIDAY FOR THE PRE-SALE

OH WELL I'LL STILL BE THERE. I CAN'T WAIT TO GET THE FREE CD @ THE CONCERT

ANY ONE ELSE IN THE NOSE BLEED SECTION? LET ME KNOW I'LL KEEP A LOOK OUT FOR YOU

I'D LOVE TO MEET SOME OF YOU. I' VE BEEN A MEMBER FOR SOMETIME BUT I AM TOO BUSY

TO GO TO THE MEET AND GREETS. Don(npg4vr)