Hey, I have read some posts here about some people who paid their cash to go onto the site and have sot so little for it.

I presume that Prince has moved on from the Lotusflow3r album and is thinking of other projects now but how difficult can it be to put more stuff on the site - some old concerts, one or two unreleased or redone songs? How come Montreux site got a song and not this site??? He MUST be aware that he is annoying fans (who are the ones keeping him in business). Why do you think the site has turned out the way it has?

,mmmmm that does makes me wonder too .....
cos the money l paid for when l joined up,,,,thought we were supposed to be getting more out of it than we paid for...in fact we only got so little ....
so lm curious about this and want to knw whats going on ???
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I used to think maybe Prince wasn't paying attention to it because of health or legal issues, but after the Montreaux gigs, we can rule out health issues. And I doubt he has any legal problems.

So, unfortunately, I am left with no other answer than "We've been screwed".

I do not put much stake in those that say, "Hey, the year's not over yet. Be patient". It has been TWO MONTHS since anything new was added to the site.

To me, there's no other explanation than Prince has forgotten about it, doesn't care about it, or otherwise abandoned it.

Sad. Right now, I feel taken.

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i think youll find the deal was 'sold as seen' you cant buy something on a wing and a prayer that it may change, noone promised anything more than what there is, the downloads to the new music, pre-sale tix, unlimited viewing of the pics and vids.

I thought 77$ was quite a good deal for three albums, a tee-shirt (okay I aint got it yet!) and membership to the site. It was my choice as it was all of yours, so quit whingeing after the fact!

syble said:

That don't make it right, though!

Just sayin'.

I GET SO FUCKING ANNOYED WITH THE STOP MOANING FOLK

tell you what.if its sooooo great-how many threads stating that-and other great news about the place are around....one-ten.?

no-none-ZERO-NIL-ZILCH-NADA.....

and how many threads stating how shit it is are there.....?

TOO MANY TO COUNT

so how bout leave folk the fuck alone who feel cheated to talk about it-and if you dissaggree-fuck off to another thread syble

i gave up on moaning-or really caring about Lotus-but I'll be dammed if i'm gonna sit and read shit like THAT post.....

PS-glad you like it-enjoy the party for one-Barbara Bates

i didn't expect "a year membership" to mean that there'd be maybe a month or so of activity on the site, then it would get dropped like a hot potato.

syble said:

$77 for 3 CDs might not be considered that bad if a deal - if you couldn't go buy basically the exact same CDs for $11.95 at Target.

Face it - so far, the site has been a rip-off. I am open enough to know that might change, but every passing day makes that seem less and less likely so.

The big draw for most was probably the ability to buy concert tickets. But if Claude Nobs was correct when he said at Montreaux that Prince was not going to play anywhere else in the world this year, then the one perk that would have justified the site's expense won't be there.

Anyone the thinks the site has, to date, been a good value is out of touch with reality, IMHO.

i've only been inspired to visit LF.com maybe three or four times since it launched. aside from the videos from the new album, there's absolutely no content on there that i either don't already own or haven't already seen many times. as for the album downloads, that's an 11.98 value for anyone with access to a target store.

if he posts an exclusive album for LF.com subscribers sometime before the end of the year's subscription period, that would be enough to make me shut up. even if it was just stuff he grabbed out of the vault and dusted off. or if he did a one-disk remix/re-recording album for the new album the way he did for RAVE. that would be cool. just SOMEthing unique for the people who signed on.

Yeah. A bit like the NPGMC site.
Although it had pleanty of technical problems, times and technology have moved on. Do you remember the excitement of waiting for the NPG Audio and new songs and videos every month. I would love lotusflow3r.com to be like that but it just ain't. Like most other fans, I never visit it any more. There's just no point!

BigAl said:

even the free 3121.com site had regular updates. even if we didn't get tons of free perks, just getting first hand news and signs of life is better than nothing.

there is an update on lotus....

amorbella said:

is it the interview with renato and rhonda that was posted AND TRANSLATED on the .org days ago?

Anxiety said:

yup, its the first time i've logged in for a while..guess im a bit late

amorbella said:

it's okay. you know the .org - we scour the net for official reports so prince doesn't have to.

Anxiety said:

RodeoSchro said:[quote]

syble said:

Wish I'd thought of just popping to Target to by the CD's.The £500 flight would have meant the CD wasn't so cheap and lotusflow3r.com looks like good value with that considered. Not everyone lives in the US

That aside, I don't feel like value has been given from the site. It's better value for us in the UK or other non-US countries, but it should offer value to everyone.

Something decent will surely be delivered? It definitely needs to be.

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How many of you will join up to another prince web site?
Not many ,I won't bother it's a waste of time and money as I'm yet to see my t-shirt,can't watch the videos with out them freezing.
Prince has done himself in on the web,he'll have to come up with another way to sell his music!

purpleparty3000 said:

unless this site redeems itself in a major way, i'm done giving prince money for his internet projects. if i fork over the money, i want a CD or a video or a ticket IN MY HAND.

Anxiety said:

What interview?

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Web site content is part of the candy that we're getting no more of.

BriaVelveeta said:

Can somebody please explain 2 me what the fuss is all about? $77.00 is not even a lot of money. $777.00 might be different. Who can't afford $77.00? That's popcorn change. PLEASE!!! Nobody eye no is that damn poor 2 cry over $77.00 The website is wonderful and vivid in color. Eye got my T Shirt which eye'm going 2 frame and the song "In A Large Room With No Light" well, Eye have already downloaded it and added it 2 my Lotusflow3r playlist in my ipod. The song is SUPER! and Lotusflow3r is brewing up a big surprise 4 all founding members. Thanx Prince. They can't keep a good man down.

purpleparty3000 said:

Oh get over yourself! i got my tshirt and you will get urs too. As far as videos freezing up..it;s your computer. Not once has that happened to me. Everyone will change their tune when the goods start rollin. I just wish it would happen soon so the whiners would STFU!!!
Peace.

romeo77090 said:

I can.

But first can you explain something to me?

Why do you keep posting the same thing everywhere? Your profile was created nearly 6 years ago, and you never posted until about a week ago. You've posted precisely 9 times so far, and 8 of those is the exact same thing you've written above.

So why now? Has nothing as intriguing as this happened in the last 6 years?

Or is it just an alter account you've been holding in reserve all these years for an occasion that seemed to require a mini in-house spamming campaign (albeit a largely unsuccessful one) ?

Just interested really. It seems like an odd thing to wake up from 6 years of slumber for.