Nothinbutjoy said:

!!!!

purplecorvette1 said:

OMG, can you picture Judge Judy going to Paisley Park and confronting Prince? She would give him a good tongue-lashing. We better make sure we install a hidden camera, so we can capture it on film.

Tremolina said:

well, i guess it depends on your point of view. indeed, with the 2nd npgmc
we didn't get the 4 albums we were promised.

but in the end, we did get the one nite alone piano album, xpectation and
c-note. perhaps they are not worth a whole lot to most people, but i still
enjoy those on a regular basis.

at the end of the day, they promised us 4 albums and after much bitching
and complaining, we did get 4 albums (if you include Ona Live).

sure it was childish and preposterous that he tried to sell us the ONA set
as 3 separate albums.

but when the membership of that year ended, i felt like i hadn't been as
short changed as i'm feeling now. there were 2 more albums (xpectation and
cnote) and i was pretty content with those.

so i never got to hear "the very best of " or "last december" but one
was a hits package and the other we knew nothing about, so does it matter
if we got "xpectation" instead?

the only thing i felt bad about was "madrid 2 chicago" which seemed like
it might have been a nice album going on the 2 released songs.

aaaaanyway. all i'm saying is that up until this year i've always
had the feeling that in the end, prince did come through with the goods.
be it at the last moment and only after disgruntled feedback from people.

this time around, i feel like there's 0.0 and that's just sad.

am i going to join a collective to sue him? hell no, i don't care enough
to do that. besides, i already said that i might sign up again if there
are things on the site that i want to have.

it doesn't always have to be completely black or white. you can feel like
you've been shafted by prince and still be interested in his output. just
cause he runs his site like a total dick doesn't mean i'm gonna walk away
and never listen to his music anymore.

psychodelicide said:

Don't Pee On My Leg And Tell me It's Raining, one of my fave Judge Judy Quotes.

I feel bad for all you guys who shelled out your hard earned money, but I'm so glad that I was one of the ones who didn't. Let's face it, when it comes to Prince and his "fans".....the man really doesn't give a damn, and has always treated them like crap!

purplecorvette1 said:

I love it. Judge Judy is too funny sometimes.

They call me a hater but I predicted Prince would do this. I can name five million free sites that give you lots more.

DISCONTUNUE

This time HE really did rob ME!!

I just e-mailed sales@lotusflow3r.com a request to cancel my membership. I did so reluctantly, as this was the first service of Prince's that I joined, being a recent fan. I hoped to get access to merchandise, tickets and other things like I read NPGMC members had. Obviously, this hasn't happened. Prince hasn't even come near the East Coast in years. Merchandise remains available only on eBay. To shell out another year's subscription in hopes that the next year will be different than the last six months is a fruitless action.

jmilez said:

and if you did pay the 50 bucks to join (40 for returning members) you got a cd and first dibs at 4 tickets to the tour, which by the way, provided access to the best tix in the house for the cheapest price (50 bucks for GA tix). just sayin'.

lotusflow3r sucks! U owe us 77 bucks!!

My name is Prints,i work at kinkos.
When it comes to websites,i really stinko.

frenchylatina said:

LOL ya'll just got suckered out of ya money!!!!

Wow!

chookalana said:

I learned my lesson from the NPG club awhile back. Never again.

Here's what I sent them.....

It bounces back straight away so I am cancelling my card. I am deadly serious about the legal action. Have already contacted a lawyer and received advice. If Prince can be a total cunt then so can I.


WITHOUT PREJUDICE

To whom it may concern

Can you please cancel my membership.

My user name is

Please DO NOT debit my credit card.

Non response from this email, and debit of membership fees from my credit card will result in legal action.

Well it is what it is.
Plus I don't think he will let the site charge us again.
Right is Right
Wrong is Wrong
We shall see.

Hey Prince!!!!!
I still luv ya
God Bless
[Edited 3/23/10 19:31pm]

7souls said:

Wow!

7souls said:

..it's AWFULLY quiet.
[Edited 3/23/10 21:16pm]

RodeoSchro said:

I agree...no money wasted...money well spent...

I feel for all of those who didn't get what they wanted out of the website - I got what I wanted...yeah the shows in LA weren't his best but they were worth attending...I ordered the T-shirt size I wanted and got it so I can't say anything negative.

For those who continue to be disappointed and get turned off more and more...move on. Too much time dwelling on negativity is not good. Find your happiness somewhere else. Prince is doing just fine and will continue to do just fine after all he is the talented one.

Peace

NastradumasKid said:

You guys and THAT shirt!!!

THAT particular shirt I wouldnt wear IF they gave it away FREE. IMHO, the art

work was BADDDD...With all the cool pics p could have chose, WHY? WHY? WHY?

Other than that lighten up. The sites are crappy, maybe, BUT he does make up 4

that with the afterparties, and the PP gigs that are worth a hell of a lot. IMO,

I just never focused on all these complaints because I saw the GOOD he put out,

and to me all this picky SHIT is just not important. I believe, he wouldnt sue

and bitch IF there was no reason. His life is all about pleasing the f...ing

fans and TO HIM they arent doing the same. This hurts him u know. Like it or

not. AND, I dont feel hes out to rob people. I'm not a p ass sucker either...

He has his faults, just not enough to make ME give up on him and his music. I

always come back to HIS music becuz it IS THERAPY!!! And therapy costs ALOT

more than HE charges.

I didnt join his club this time. I LOVED NPGMC. I didnt join because I was told

I had a membership for LIFE at NPGMC. BUT...I was debating, and was going to

because I support him AND as I said...I feel he's fair and not greedy as some

think. I was OK with it. THIS FIGHTING BETWEEN P and HIS fans need stop. It's

ridiculous on both parts!!!!

7souls said:

I made my bed and I am sleeping in it re: year one. But if my cc gets charged for year 2 even though I emailed "sales" and "support" (love how support just recently changed to sales in the recent past, don't worry I printed both versions of the lotusflow3r stipulations), I am going to get ghetto on that little skinny mother fucker. I love Prince, I thank him for all that he has done, but trying to pull a little switcheroo on us with the "sales@lotusflow3r" morphed from "support@lotusflow3r" is downright rude. I'll give him the benifit of the doubt, but if I see that charge on my card, it is gonna get ugly. I know 2 lawyers and they aren't fans.

Rorywan said:

swanny said:

Yeah, dumbass JW doesn't believe in surgery for his fucked up hip, but he'll get two divorces. Shit head. No man can separate what God has joined together. But no, don't cuss or use modern medicine cause that would be a sin. Divorce? Go for it! Ass.

polkadotbliss said:

It seemed like he was responding to those emails himself, personally. At least on some. but how can he do it all, all by himself?

Makes me wonder what kind of management style he uses or prefers to use in this team? I don't how his business is structured... but it does seem like he needs a good office manager. One to make sure that all emails to his site(s) are replied to, efficiently, effectively and politely... properly representing him.

A manager that make sure that whoever is responding to emails, is properly trained, knows the rules, and is checked up on to make sure they're following the rules. And that anyone responding on Prince's behalf ...doesn't just sign it as Prince and leaves it at that. But signs it as a proper secretary would
such as; PRN/sec. <--what ever the initals of that secretary might happen to be. Somebody that's actually trained in management ...to crack the whip and make sure the crew is doing their job and one that checks up on the crew to make sure they've done their job correctly in accordance with office policy that has been clearly defined to the crew during training.

A manager that answers directly to Prince...and only Prince. Where there is a proper chain of command that has to be followed with the crew and all. That no one gets to go around the office manager and complain to Prince about the manager without going through the proper chain of command ... and first voicing their complaint to the manager ...whatever their gripe might be.

I was a tough boss. But it was my job. My boss told me if I didn't crack down harder on the crew ...he'd get somoene who would. But that was actually part of the style of management my boss used. I have studied various styles of management and have to admit that the particular style that that boss used is considered by management teams to be the most effective. There is a name for it but doesn't matter here. there are other styles of management, one other was good ...but the one mentioned above is the most effective and creates the greatest loyalty for the owner/boss of the company from the crew. It also is very effective in running a tight ship and getting a lot done. Stores fought over me, because I did my job. and every store I went to, that store took the number one sales slot in the company. I was tough to work for. but I knew what I was doing.

It's interesting to come here and find this thread because I was just wondering the other day... I wonder what's going on? I wonder how his companies are structured in that sense and what style of management does Prince prefer to employ?


There just seems to be a lot of confusion and fans are getting hurt. but these are problems that are correctable. It doesn't have to be the end of the site.
or a vision that never gets fully implimented as one of the previous posts suggested.



As far as the T-shirt goes. I got mine. But I always understood that those due to receive a T-shirt were the ones who had signed up in March of last year. The early birds ..so to speak. So anyone that signed up after that, was not due to receive a T-shirt. I think there may have been some confusion with that among some. Which is someething that customer service .. an office manager should have checked on and explained to the fams/fans/customers.