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Printable sosgemini said: jone70 said: I just got off the phone with my bank. They can't put a "preventative block" on it; they just told me that IF the charges happen I have to call them immediately and report it as fraud. Yes they can. Are you freaken kidding me? That's just horrible customer service. I agree! jone70, call your bank back and ask to speak to a manager and do not take no for an answer! . [Edited 3/25/10 9:52am] I knew from the start that I loved you with all my heart. | |
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Is something like this legal at all? I mean when you sent an email saying you dont want them to renew your subscription, changed your credit card information and stuff and you STILL get charged for another $77!?
And is there any other artist who would do something like this to his fans? [Edited 3/25/10 9:55am] "ohYeeeeeah" said: I'm a massive Bowie fan. Even on Scary Monsters, I always skip Fame ... |
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They should be able to find Prince's merchant credit card number from the previous charge and block that ish like Prince blocks quality and talent of late.  Space for sale... | |
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As I posted in another thread:
I got a response from Scott Addison Clay! Scott wrote: We were as surprised as you to see the charges. We're working on refunding everyone's $$ now. Sorry for the inconvenience. Jamie Starr is a thief... that bitch owes me $77.00! | |
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maya said: As I posted in another thread:
I got a response from Scott Addison Clay! Scott wrote: We were as surprised as you to see the charges. We're working on refunding everyone's $$ now. Sorry for the inconvenience. ...as he hopes on a plan to Geneva. Space for sale... | |
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AtenO said: OMG...I"m out of work no unemployment and my funds R very little...now I have a charge of $77 to my account!!!!!
I can't get over this .....that is so WRONG This is well beyond any of his badly judged previous web projects. This is actually nasty theft. Proper criminal theft. He was not given permission to take that money from folks accounts. I will be calling the police if and when I'm charged.  "My God it's full of Stars"
Indigo Club, September 21st 2008, 4.24am | |
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sosgemini said: jone70 said: I just got off the phone with my bank. They can't put a "preventative block" on it; they just told me that IF the charges happen I have to call them immediately and report it as fraud. Yes they can. Are you freaken kidding me? That's just horrible customer service. This is fucked up any way you look at it. | |
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maya said: As I posted in another thread:
I got a response from Scott Addison Clay! Scott wrote: We were as surprised as you to see the charges. We're working on refunding everyone's $$ now. Sorry for the inconvenience. They were "working" on sending out t-shirts too. How'd that work out? I believe nothing 'till I see it anymore. Studies have shown the ass crack of the average Prince fan to be abnormally large. This explains the ease and frequency of their panties bunching up in it. |
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moderatorRorywan said: AtenO said: OMG...I"m out of work no unemployment and my funds R very little...now I have a charge of $77 to my account!!!!!
I can't get over this .....that is so WRONG This is well beyond any of his badly judged previous web projects. This is actually nasty theft. Proper criminal theft. He was not given permission to take that money from folks accounts. I will be calling the police if and when I'm charged. [Snip - Mars23] | |
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Vendetta1 said: sosgemini said: Yes they can. Are you freaken kidding me? That's just horrible customer service. This is fucked up any way you look at it. Ditto that!  | |
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Wow.
Just WOW. "That...magic, the start of something revolutionary-the Minneapolis Sound, we should cherish it and not punish prince for not being able to replicate it."-Dreamshaman32 | |
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yep, they tried it with my account 2. Got a call from the bank so i told them 2 refuse it. Reminds me ov the lyrics in "no more candy" i didnt think he was talkin bout r credit card detail when he said "we got ure numbers now fool"!
SHOCKING  "OOOH I can't hold it, OOOH it's gettin all ova me!" | |
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romeo77090 said: Rorywan said: This is well beyond any of his badly judged previous web projects. This is actually nasty theft. Proper criminal theft. He was not given permission to take that money from folks accounts. I will be calling the police if and when I'm charged. [Snip - Mars23] Cool, since you dont need it: Could you send over $77 to me please? (Send me PM for my bank account info okay) I could make use of them you know.... 
[Edited 3/25/10 10:09am] "ohYeeeeeah" said: I'm a massive Bowie fan. Even on Scary Monsters, I always skip Fame ... |
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I PHONED MY BANK AND WAS TOLD THEY CAN NOT STOP THE PAYMENT GOING THROUGH IF YOUR ACCOUNT IS CHARGED (DEBITED) HOWEVER IF YOU EMAILED THEM (LOTUSFLOWER) BEFORE THE DUE DATE VISA CAN LEGALLY CHASE PRINCE AND CO FOR THE MONEY. . MEANTIME YOU GET THE FULL REFUND BACK ON YOUR ACCOUNT.I CAN'T IMAGINE THE BANK LETTING PRINCE GET AWAY WITH WHAT'S IN EFFECT NOW THE BANKS MONEY.
YOU MUST KEEP A COPY OF THE EMAIL YOU SENT TO LOTUSFLOWER FOR PROOF OF NOTICE SENT. DO NOT DELETE THAT. ALL THE BEST. P.S. SORRY FOR THE CAPS  | |
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PSYMUN said: yep, they tried it with my account 2. Got a call from the bank so i told them 2 refuse it. Reminds me ov the lyrics in "no more candy" i didnt think he was talkin bout r credit card detail when he said "we got ure numbers now fool"!
SHOCKING i got stung again too....can't dispute it as its a pending transaction.barclays told me i have to wait until april and the £51 shows fully before i can sort it out. | |
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maya said: Scott wrote:
We were as surprised as you to see the charges. We're working on refunding everyone's $$ now. Sorry for the inconvenience.  just a guess
I guessing he wasnt expecting a year 2
 Maya's Sig > Jamie Starr is a thief... that bitch owes me $77.00! | |
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All - I have a statement from Prince and Scott on its way to me now and this will be posted on here later this evening.
Please don't shoot the messenger but Prince's team have been in touch and asked me to pass on a letter to all members of LF.com Will be in touch later - again, please don't include me in the list of who's responsible for this mess !! | |
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IstenSzek said: i'm not even that upset, really. like someone said to me before on another
thread, i signed up again, knowing full well what happened to his past web sites. so i'll just see what happens now. if nothing comes into being, i'm just gonna see to it that i get my money back. but i can see how this is going to infuriate a lot of people to the point of no return. if there's no year 2 and they're gonna have to see to it the money is reverted back to the people they're charging now, it's going to be a massive cock up once again. kinda like the original crystal ball fiasco, but magnified times 10. only way to get people to calm down now would be if the site opened up at noon tomorrow and had 100 unreleased tracks from 1979-2000 on it, ready for download. anything less than that, and i'd be shitting my pants right now if i were prince. there must be some crazy angry people out there right now. That's not enough, really. It just isn't. Prince has pretty much guaranteed many still interested in his music will get it for free through some other means than paying him for it. | |
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Year 2 started with a bang 
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Gav said: All - I have a statement from Prince and Scott on its way to me now and this will be posted on here later this evening.
Please don't shoot the messenger but Prince's team have been in touch and asked me to pass on a letter to all members of LF.com Will be in touch later - again, please don't include me in the list of who's responsible for this mess !! How many times have I been down this road. I must be fucking mental. |
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Telephoned my bank (I'm in the UK, btw). It's not registered as a pending charge (yet) and they say they can't block it. However, they will dispute it and try to get the money back for me, if I am charged.
I have a copy of my "account cancellation" email (for what it's worth) and also changed my details into dummy-info quite some months ago. I'd always been disappointed that LotusFlow3r.CON had been such a damp squib, but never got sucked into the vitriol online... However, this is just all kinds of bollocks. With my family being hit by the recession/unemployment, I can't afford Prince's camp to go dicking about with my card details. I will most definitely be looking forward to what this "official statement" has to say... I love my computer... It's where all my friends live | |
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"(There'll Never B) Another Like Me"
Thank christ for that.  "My God it's full of Stars"
Indigo Club, September 21st 2008, 4.24am | |
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I reached out to customer service. There has been zero communication from the site about what we can expect in the coming year. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT I'M PAYING FOR!
Changed my account info to prevent a charge and was still charged $77. I tried to find where I agreed to automatically re-new, but that info was nowhere to be found. I filed an official dispute with my bank, but the fact is I've been charged and I am now in danger of over draft fees. This is absurd. My hope is that we can band together and fight this. | |
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I'm beginning to think Prince is back on that stuff. | |
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Does anyone have a mailing address for this guy? I mean his personal address to his personal house? I think it's time for a new approach. Forget the emails / postings.
It's time to take pen in hand and pay for a stamp and everyone, fan or Fam, duped or not, take the time to write a personal note or letter expressing the disappointment. (Nothing nasty except maybe 'Pha-Q', after all it's Japanese  )
Perhaps you could even send it in the form of a birthday card and ensure it's postmarked on June 7, 2010, which is a Monday so the mail will be running. Just a thought! Peace! | |
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Seems like Prince needs a new administrator for the site. -Peace | |
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Personally, I'm not surprised at all. This is straight up FRAUD.
If I had known at 12 what I know now, I wouldn't have wasted any time on this criminal.
Thank god I didn't join. | |
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Gav said: All - I have a statement from Prince and Scott on its way to me now and this will be posted on here later this evening.
Please don't shoot the messenger but Prince's team have been in touch and asked me to pass on a letter to all members of LF.com Will be in touch later - again, please don't include me in the list of who's responsible for this mess !! Thanks Gav. I have a suspicious pending transaction too and like most others I changed all my cc numbers. Watching with interest and off to telephone my company too. |
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