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Reply #30 posted 04/02/06 9:29am

HomeSquid

padawan said:

1999n3121 said:



I wish I could care about what you wrote. I tried to, but it just wasn't important enough. Oh, well...I guess I'll have to break out the...
chainsaw


I don't care either. I don't care even a teeny tiny bit. I care so little about this thread I refuse to dignify it with a response. The amount of care I feel is so vanishingly small I'm not going to say another word.

Cuz I don't care.

At all.


um..you obviously care very much...why do you people take it personal? prince couldn't care less about you..that's not a knock against him or you...just reality
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Reply #31 posted 04/02/06 10:54am

wonder505

HomeSquid said:

padawan said:



I don't care either. I don't care even a teeny tiny bit. I care so little about this thread I refuse to dignify it with a response. The amount of care I feel is so vanishingly small I'm not going to say another word.

Cuz I don't care.

At all.


um..you obviously care very much...why do you people take it personal? prince couldn't care less about you..that's not a knock against him or you...just reality


I think you're wrong. He cares about people who are going to support him, not people like you who tries to damper his accomplishment.
[Edited 4/2/06 10:55am]
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Reply #32 posted 04/03/06 6:03am

DavidEye

I didn't buy multiple copies,looking for that purple ticket.That's silly lol
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Reply #33 posted 04/03/06 6:19am

jillybean

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HomeSquid said:

Look I dig "3121" It's his best record in some time but it's time for a reality check. It's not that special that "3121" debuted at number 1. Firstly it ONLY sold some 183,000 copies. It had very little competition. Normally a total like that would not grab #1. Also it was sold at ridiculously low prices of $9.99!! Universal did everything legally possible to get that record to #1

PLUS one of the main reasons it sold THAT many is that so many of you bought multiple copies!! You were hoping you'd grab this Purple Ticket thing but you should've KNOWN that there wouldn't be any in the first 200 to 300,000 copies of "3121". I mean c'mon that would end this shameless gimmick way too soon and stop the fantatics from buying superfluous copies of the disc! Similar to how Michael jackson fans bought 5 copies of "Invincible" becuase it had different color covers! Puh-lease!

Look, I ain't hatin'. Like I said I think "3121" is pretty close to great but all this Prince worship is overboard.

$9.99! I bought mine for $14.00! Oh well..
"She made me glad to be a man"
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Reply #34 posted 04/03/06 10:24am

Graycap23

HomeSquid said:

Look I dig "3121" It's his best record in some time but it's time for a reality check. It's not that special that "3121" debuted at number 1. Firstly it ONLY sold some 183,000 copies. It had very little competition. Normally a total like that would not grab #1. Also it was sold at ridiculously low prices of $9.99!! Universal did everything legally possible to get that record to #1

PLUS one of the main reasons it sold THAT many is that so many of you bought multiple copies!! You were hoping you'd grab this Purple Ticket thing but you should've KNOWN that there wouldn't be any in the first 200 to 300,000 copies of "3121". I mean c'mon that would end this shameless gimmick way too soon and stop the fantatics from buying superfluous copies of the disc! Similar to how Michael jackson fans bought 5 copies of "Invincible" becuase it had different color covers! Puh-lease!

Look, I ain't hatin'. Like I said I think "3121" is pretty close to great but all this Prince worship is overboard.



U tripping.....
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Reply #35 posted 04/03/06 10:31am

padawan

HomeSquid said:

padawan said:



I don't care either. I don't care even a teeny tiny bit. I care so little about this thread I refuse to dignify it with a response. The amount of care I feel is so vanishingly small I'm not going to say another word.

Cuz I don't care.

At all.


um..you obviously care very much...why do you people take it personal? prince couldn't care less about you..that's not a knock against him or you...just reality


...I was being facetious...
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Reply #36 posted 04/03/06 11:08am

tripp

HomeSquid said:

Look I dig "3121" It's his best record in some time but it's time for a reality check. It's not that special that "3121" debuted at number 1. Firstly it ONLY sold some 183,000 copies. It had very little competition. Normally a total like that would not grab #1. Also it was sold at ridiculously low prices of $9.99!! Universal did everything legally possible to get that record to #1

PLUS one of the main reasons it sold THAT many is that so many of you bought multiple copies!! You were hoping you'd grab this Purple Ticket thing but you should've KNOWN that there wouldn't be any in the first 200 to 300,000 copies of "3121". I mean c'mon that would end this shameless gimmick way too soon and stop the fantatics from buying superfluous copies of the disc! Similar to how Michael jackson fans bought 5 copies of "Invincible" becuase it had different color covers! Puh-lease!

Look, I ain't hatin'. Like I said I think "3121" is pretty close to great but all this Prince worship is overboard.


I FOR ONE PAID 14.99 FOR THE DAMN THING, AND I ONLY PURCHASED ONE COPY, AND IF THE WHOLE PRINCE WORSHIP IS OVERBOARD, THEN FIND A NEW FORUM TO POST ON. THIS ALBUM IS HIS BEST IN YEARS, SO IT DOES DESERVE TO BE NUMBER 1 AND HE DESERVES TO HAVE SOME PRAISE BECAUSE OF IT.....NUF SAID
noituloveR lautiripS weN a fo gninwaD eht si sihT
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Reply #37 posted 04/03/06 1:30pm

HomeSquid

PurpleRein said:

to run the promotion in the manner you suggest it's being run would be illegal.
Not that record companies don't do illegal things, like payola..
but I dispute your thoughts, that there are no purple tickets in the first 200,000 copies sold so far..someone may have it, but not be a member of this org



it wouldn't be illegal. Some of the CDs will have come with the tickets inside BUT they wouldn't have to be shipped to the sotres/distributors until they felt like it...let's say they had 500,000 pressed- they don't have to send all 500,000 out to retailors at once

It's marketing pure and simple..albeit a clever one...you watch this week sales will decrease by 40%...now before all you Prince fanatics get all huffy and puffy let me stress I THINK 3121 IS A VERY GOOD RECORD...but the promotion is wack
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Reply #38 posted 04/03/06 1:31pm

Krystal666

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I only bought one copy of 3121. smile
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Reply #39 posted 04/03/06 1:33pm

Graycap23

Krystal666 said:

I only bought one copy of 3121. smile


I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.
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Reply #40 posted 04/03/06 1:36pm

Krystal666

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Graycap23 said:

Krystal666 said:

I only bought one copy of 3121. smile


I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.


Oh my! Did they win a purple ticket?
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Reply #41 posted 04/03/06 1:42pm

HomeSquid

Graycap23 said:

Krystal666 said:

I only bought one copy of 3121. smile


I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.


there's 39 better records than "3121" out there so what a waste
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Reply #42 posted 04/03/06 1:47pm

Graycap23

Krystal666 said:

Graycap23 said:



I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.


Oh my! Did they win a purple ticket?

Not yet.....
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Reply #43 posted 04/03/06 2:04pm

jn2

Graycap23 said:

Krystal666 said:

I only bought one copy of 3121. smile


I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.

disbelief I don't believe you.
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Reply #44 posted 04/03/06 2:06pm

WillyWonka

jn2 said:

Graycap23 said:



I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.

disbelief I don't believe you.


I can EASILY believe it. lol
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Reply #45 posted 04/03/06 2:07pm

jn2

HomeSquid said:



PLUS one of the main reasons it sold THAT many is that so many of you bought multiple copies!! You were hoping you'd grab this Purple Ticket thing but you should've KNOWN that there wouldn't be any in the first 200 to 300,000 copies of "3121". I mean c'mon that would end this shameless gimmick way too soon and stop the fantatics from buying superfluous copies of the disc! Similar to how Michael jackson fans bought 5 copies of "Invincible" becuase it had different color covers! Puh-lease!
No it's not similar.
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Reply #46 posted 04/03/06 2:12pm

Graycap23

jn2 said:

Graycap23 said:



I know someone that's purchased more than 40 copies.

disbelief I don't believe you.


It's true. I don't believe my friend. We have both seen Prince many times and have met him as well. I don't get it.
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Reply #47 posted 04/03/06 2:16pm

jn2

OK, if I bought 40 copies of a cd I wouldn't tell anyone boxed
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Reply #48 posted 04/03/06 2:17pm

Graycap23

jn2 said:

OK, if I bought 40 copies of a cd I wouldn't tell anyone boxed

Right.
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Reply #49 posted 04/08/06 5:52am

Krystal666

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WillyWonka said:

jn2 said:


disbelief I don't believe you.


I can EASILY believe it. lol


lol Me too! Prince sure has alot of hardcore fans! Man, and I thought I was bad. LOL. wink
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Reply #50 posted 04/08/06 7:57pm

Klove

prime said:

Look...If you have any sense of business you will do what ever it takes to make sure your product is #1. Janet or Michael will have huge million dollar videos, Madonna will kiss Brittany and etc. but if the album is wack it won't sell. 3121 sold 184,000 and it's number 1 and that’s it. I have been a die hard since '83 and I only bought one copy and I am sure a lot people did the same. Maybe people are interested in the album for the quality of the music not just the purple ticket. I find it so funny that people will find any reason to hate on Prince, just be happy that the boy is #1 again. How dumb do people sound when they say, "I’m not hating," what are you doing? Would it have been better if he sold it for $15.99, no promotion and no purple ticket? Then it would have said "Prince can't market anything right" and "he is so dumb for selling the album that high."

No beef - not directed at anyone - just my opinion

Have a great weekend

Peace
Well said, I am feelin' you! wink
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Reply #51 posted 04/08/06 8:15pm

Ifsixwuz9

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Graycap23 said:

jn2 said:


disbelief I don't believe you.


It's true. I don't believe my friend. We have both seen Prince many times and have met him as well. I don't get it.



Maybe he's giving them away as gifts.
Guess what you're getting for Christmas this year. evillol
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I'll play it first and tell you what it is later.
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Reply #52 posted 04/08/06 11:38pm

reneGade20

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Romera said:

How incredibly sad is it that we, at a website dedicated to the guy, can't just be happy for him? We should all be celebrating and high fiving each other instead of thread after thread about how much of a scam the purple ticket thing is.


Folks r just mad cuz there's only 7 tickets and not one for all....or at the very least since there wasn't a ticket in HIS 3121 then there absolutely must be a scam going on.....

...after all the years of h8rz saying purple had fallen of the grid, some folks just need to get over themselves and enjoy the fact that all these years we were right about the genius....and for me, the fact that MJ was the one who fell way off is vindication enuff.....
He was like a cock who thought the sun had risen to hear him crow.
(George Eliot)

the video for the above...evillol
http://www.youtube.com/wa...re=related
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Reply #53 posted 04/09/06 5:23am

Marrk

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legendofnothing said:

HomeSquid said:

Look I dig "3121" It's his best record in some time but it's time for a reality check. It's not that special that "3121" debuted at number 1. Firstly it ONLY sold some 183,000 copies. It had very little competition. Normally a total like that would not grab #1. Also it was sold at ridiculously low prices of $9.99!! Universal did everything legally possible to get that record to #1

PLUS one of the main reasons it sold THAT many is that so many of you bought multiple copies!! You were hoping you'd grab this Purple Ticket thing but you should've KNOWN that there wouldn't be any in the first 200 to 300,000 copies of "3121". I mean c'mon that would end this shameless gimmick way too soon and stop the fantatics from buying superfluous copies of the disc! Similar to how Michael jackson fans bought 5 copies of "Invincible" becuase it had different color covers! Puh-lease!

Look, I ain't hatin'. Like I said I think "3121" is pretty close to great but all this Prince worship is overboard.


Reality Check, Who cares how and why it reached to #1. Quit assuming people bought it for a Purple ticket. Also did u Buy multiple copies? I didn't.


Neither did most sensible people, and for the record i only bought one copy of 'vince' too.
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