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Thread started 03/25/10 1:49pm

Mars23

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Statement from the Lotusflow3r Development Team:

Thank you to orger Gav for passing this on and being a point of contact! Please be advised, no orger had any say in this and the message is merely being passed on.

Dear LotusFlow3r.com members,

We were saddened to hear today that the earliest adopters of LotusFlow3r.com were charged $77 for a repeat subscription to the website. We did not expect this action to occur automatically as we had not set up a recurring billing script in our code. After getting on the phone with the payment gateway Authorize.net, we found that the subscriptions were being renewed on their end. We immediately discontinued the recurring billing for all further subscriptions and we will be refunding those who have been charged. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and are working quickly to refund anyone who was charged for a second year. Please be aware that Prince himself had no hand in this and that the error was due to lack of thoroughness on our part.

Sincerely,
LotusFlow3r development team
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Reply #1 posted 03/25/10 1:52pm

rstokey2

Mars23 said:

Thank you to orger Gav for passing this on and being a point of contact! Please be advised, no orger had any say in this and the message is merely being passed on.

Dear LotusFlow3r.com members,

We were saddened to hear today that the earliest adopters of LotusFlow3r.com were charged $77 for a repeat subscription to the website. We did not expect this action to occur automatically as we had not set up a recurring billing script in our code. After getting on the phone with the payment gateway Authorize.net, we found that the subscriptions were being renewed on their end. We immediately discontinued the recurring billing for all further subscriptions and we will be refunding those who have been charged. We are very sorry for the inconvenience and are working quickly to refund anyone who was charged for a second year. Please be aware that Prince himself had no hand in this and that the error was due to lack of thoroughness on our part.

Sincerely,
LotusFlow3r development team


Prince did have a hand in it. HE HIRED YOUR INCOMPETENT ASSES!!!!!
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Reply #2 posted 03/25/10 1:53pm

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rstokey2 said:

Mars23 said:

Thank you to orger Gav for passing this on and being a point of contact! Please be advised, no orger had any say in this and the message is merely being passed on.



Prince did have a hand in it. HE HIRED YOUR INCOMPETENT ASSES!!!!!

lol
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Reply #3 posted 03/25/10 1:53pm

jerkout

I wonder when the statement about the shirt that never arrived will appear..
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Reply #4 posted 03/25/10 1:55pm

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This statement should have been posted on the site. neutral
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Reply #5 posted 03/25/10 1:55pm

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Thank you to Gav for getting this confirmation on refunds/cease of further charges. Much appreciated heart
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Reply #6 posted 03/25/10 1:55pm

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Prince mad.
Prince real mad.
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Reply #7 posted 03/25/10 1:57pm

Mirabelle

jerkout said:

I wonder when the statement about the shirt that never arrived will appear..


You're not the only one...
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Reply #8 posted 03/25/10 1:59pm

swanny

Wonder how long the refunds will take?

Prince, you really are a sly motherfucker.
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Reply #9 posted 03/25/10 2:02pm

vitriol

So... this is an acknowledgement that there will be no year #2...

Interesting.
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Reply #10 posted 03/25/10 2:03pm

pandemoniun6

Thanks again to Gav and Mars23 for keeping us informed. We can only hope that this statement does actually come true and with the swiftness. In the meantime, daily calls/online checking with my cc company. confused
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Reply #11 posted 03/25/10 2:05pm

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vitriol said:

So... this is an acknowledgement that there will be no year #2...

Interesting.


My personal feeling is that this website was about an album and as there's something new in the works, then this is the end of LF.com sadly.
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Reply #12 posted 03/25/10 2:07pm

Reverend

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"Everybody want what they don't got..."
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Reply #13 posted 03/25/10 2:08pm

bigd74

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^^That's what i want to know, is there a year 2, is EVERYONE being refunded, even those that did NOT mail sales@lotusflow3r.com to have their subscription cancelled?

confused
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Reply #14 posted 03/25/10 2:10pm

Genesia

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bigd74 said:

^^That's what i want to know, is there a year 2, is EVERYONE being refunded, even those that did NOT mail sales@lotusflow3r.com to have their subscription cancelled?

confused


No to year 2. Yes to refund.
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Reply #15 posted 03/25/10 2:11pm

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that kinda sucks.
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Reply #16 posted 03/25/10 2:12pm

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after the Cause And Effect thing things looked to be on the move again but now this.
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Reply #17 posted 03/25/10 2:12pm

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Gav said:

vitriol said:

So... this is an acknowledgement that there will be no year #2...

Interesting.


My personal feeling is that this website was about an album and as there's something new in the works, then this is the end of LF.com sadly.



Then why were they the first ones to talk about renewals? I don't get it.
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Reply #18 posted 03/25/10 2:13pm

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bigd74 said:

after the Cause And Effect thing things looked to be on the move again but now this.


The two have nothing to do with one another.
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Reply #19 posted 03/25/10 2:13pm

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i take it then that www.lotusflow3r.com will just dissappear?
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Reply #20 posted 03/25/10 2:14pm

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blimey that was quick, it was alive 10 mins ago and now it's dead.

well there goes that.
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Reply #21 posted 03/25/10 2:14pm

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bigd74 said:

i take it then that www.lotusflow3r.com will just dissappear?


It already has.
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Reply #22 posted 03/25/10 2:16pm

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Poor Prince can't catch a break.
Thank goodness the developement team took care of that in a hurry.
The Idiots (you know who u are) here at the org were ready to send out for Prince's head on a stick.
I can certainly understand the frustration but some here are just plain ridiculous.

Prince please hurry up and tour or put some goodies up on Lotusflow3r.com (if the is going 2 b a year 2) to help cool the panties around here. Thx.
Peace.
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Reply #23 posted 03/25/10 2:16pm

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Genesia said:

bigd74 said:

after the Cause And Effect thing things looked to be on the move again but now this.


The two have nothing to do with one another.



what you mean that he wasn't going to release more material on LF and that C & E wasn't a new single then.
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Reply #24 posted 03/25/10 2:16pm

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bigd74 said:

Genesia said:



The two have nothing to do with one another.



what you mean that he wasn't going to release more material on LF and that C & E wasn't a new single then.


Right.
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Reply #25 posted 03/25/10 2:17pm

Dan

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Why did everyone think there would be a year 2?

It was obvious... the website was named after the album....thats it...done with

Short term marketing..

I never wanted to pay 77 quid for one album, so I bought a physical one from HMV...the £15 mis-priced one haha!
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Reply #26 posted 03/25/10 2:17pm

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Genesia said:

bigd74 said:

i take it then that www.lotusflow3r.com will just dissappear?


It already has.


it's back, (well the blue orb that dissappears when you move the mouse over it!)


cool
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Reply #27 posted 03/25/10 2:18pm

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Genesia said:

bigd74 said:

i take it then that www.lotusflow3r.com will just dissappear?


It already has.


It sounds more like they are updating the site with whatever new product and will be up and running shortly. At least i hope so.
Prince did an interview with a woman at Record World. They talked about whatever, then he asked her: "Does your pubic hair go up to your navel?" At that moment, we thought maybe we shouldn't encourage him to do interviews.
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Reply #28 posted 03/25/10 2:19pm

RodeoSchro

Thanks.
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Reply #29 posted 03/25/10 2:20pm

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Well, well... Looks like the Party is over after all, as this is basically saying there will be no 2nd year.
"He's a musician's musician..."
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