No - I won't make the mistake again.

I wasn't online for NPGMC year 1 so year 2 was my first Prince website experience. I was very excited about the 4 CDs on offer for joining and was very pleased with the first CD. Then I got my first taste of Prince using ambiguous language to screw us. ONA live was a nice set, but it wasn't worth $75, especially when it was available everywhere else (cheaper and at the same time).

So I didn't join the $25 lifetime membership for a long time. It seemed like all you got for your money was some graphics, streaming audio and the ability to say "look at what a fan I am, I'm a lifetime member!" Eventually I caved and signed up in the hope that in my lifetime, something worthwhile would come along. The site shut down a few weeks later.

I did make the mistake of buying everything available from the Musicology store and, not knowing a lot about DRM, backed up the music I had paid for, but not the licenses. Damn

Despite all this, I got sucked into the lotusflow3r hype and build-up. I really liked the previews of Colonised Mind and Crimson & Clover and suddenly it seemed exciting to be a Prince fan, with all the talk of 10 albums of unreleased material, live recordings, etc, I thought "if he's charging $77 a pop, this is going to be great!" What a sad let-down.

The only way I will pay up-front for another online venture is if we are told explicitly, upfront, what we get for our money. Even the offer of "4 CDs" won't cut it this time - I would need to see tracklistings before I open my wallet for him again. And they'd better be great if he ever wants to make up for how poorly-treated he's left us feeling this time.

A thread to discuss the poll question.

I would be right there on day 1. I miss lotusflow3r. I miss NPGMC even more.