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Purple sadness in stores.... I went to target the other day to get myself an Easter present and was looking at music and guess what I saw that crushed me inside 20 copys of Lotusflow3r for $4.99..... this was sad beautiful quality music at bargain bin prices.... none of targets other music is that cheap.... I think hey hung up the lotusflow3r coat and are done with it.....
and at borders books the 21. nights book which my mom paid $40 for when it first cam out is now $5 I was saddened to hear this I'm going to buy myself four copys of it I have one and then I will have five [Edited 4/7/10 13:23pm] Hey Miss Murder Can i, Hey miss murder can i, make beauty stay if i take my life.....ohhhhh | |
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that's nothing, my local store was throwing out last weeks milk and newspapers for free when i paid full price for them just a week before. shit devalues quick these days | |
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It eventually happens to a lot of cds...But it did seem to happen to Lotus very quickly. | |
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Sadness. Really? 
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ronnwinter said: It eventually happens to a lot of cds...But it did seem to happen to Lotus very quickly.
not really. it was $12 to begin with a year ago when it was released, and how much is it now? other cds and dvds reduce in price just as quickly if not quicker in real terms, prince's stuff reduces in price slower than anyone elses as he shits the stuff out quicker than anyone else and loses interest in his releases by day eight of them hitting the shelves i got 21 nights for £11 when it was released, now its £5, that's two and a half years later. other books are cut in price way faster than that | |
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plus that was some cheap ass packaging... prolly still makin 4.50 on it. | |
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If that's the kind of thing that makes you sad, you must live a pretty charmed life. We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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I was sad about the West Virginia coal mine disaster until I read this thread. Now I know what real tragedy looks like. | |
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i beleive the deal was for a short term only - so when they're gone that's it - it's not like your regular wrecka stow that keeps albums in stock (as long as the labels keep printing them).
it's very hard to find any prince albums that were released since 1996. (unless second hand or online). i believe this sad state of affairs needs to be redressed. Prince needs to put all these albums up on a pay as your download site (or re-release them on CD? - maybe multi-packs 2 or 3 album sets?). Goldnigga Exodus The Beautiful Experience Emancipation Crystal Ball The Truth Kamasutra Rave Un2 The Joy Fantastic (incl. the longer versions and remixes/bonus trax) NPGMusicCliub Trax (incl. Chocolate Invasion/Slaughterhouse) Rainbow Children One Nite Alone NEWS C_NOTE One Nite Aone Live! (incl. One Mo Jam???) Musicology 3121 Planet Earth Lotus Flow3r (triple album) Could also include: Madhouse 24 1-800 New Funk MC COX Children Of The Sun (maybe not!) did i miss anything not on WB? ..... | |
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Efan said: I was sad about the West Virginia coal mine disaster until I read this thread. Now I know what real tragedy looks like.
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the Lotus 3cd set wasn't even released in Denmark,
now, for a Prince fan..... that's sadness.  
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l think they have drop all prices down on all cds not just princes cd like the lotusflow3r..
l got my 21 night book for £ 30 in uk when l ordered it... and got my lotusflower for £12.99 from HMV when l ordered tht as well... | |
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I'm wondering if the exclusive deal with Target was for 1 year only or something and now they're just trying to recoup their investment in case it he takes it to some other venue (iTunes, Amazon, etc.). I mean this is Prince we're talking about, so he probably won't, but still...
But I don't know why it would make you sad. Hell, PRINCE himself stopped promoting it before Target did.  | |
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I find it rather logical: Cheap music, cheap price...  | |
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purplemaniac1992 said: I went to target the other day to get myself an Easter present and was looking at music and guess what I saw that crushed me inside 20 copys of Lotusflow3r for $4.99..... this was sad beautiful quality music at bargain bin prices.... none of targets other music is that cheap.... I think hey hung up the lotusflow3r coat and are done with it.....
and at borders books the 21. nights book which my mom paid $40 for when it first cam out is now $5 I was saddened to hear this I'm going to buy myself four copys of it I have one and then I will have five [Edited 4/7/10 13:23pm] Welcome to months ago. The 4.99 thing has been mentioned ad nauseum on here. The 21 Nights book was bound to go on sale at some point. It's 4.99 here as well. Stacks of them. Stacks of Lotus at my local Target too. Just shows that no one cares about that album past the 400,000 that's bought it thus far, over a year's time. As a comparison, Keith Urban's album, which was released the same week as LotusFlow3r. The album has sold in the US 761,921 copies as of February, 2010. LotusFlow3r, as of the end of 2009, has sold 415,829. That's just over half of Urban's sales to this date. Why? Keith toured, and promoted the album. Even as late as June of last year, he was making new videos for a new single. What was Prince doing in June? Hmmmm, ignoring his birthday probably. | |
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Efan said: I was sad about the West Virginia coal mine disaster until I read this thread. Now I know what real tragedy looks like.
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and sealed copies on ebay still sell for $9.99... someone could make some bank shipping these bargain bin copies out to the rest of the world | |
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I'm not surprised...and I don't see why it is sad. Prince didn't lose on the deal, the distributor did! But I still see Lotusflower in local record stores for $9.99 and over. I still predict a new album by the end of the year... | |
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poetcorner61 said: I'm not surprised...and I don't see why it is sad. Prince didn't lose on the deal, the distributor did!
Exactly. In case folks didn't know, there's a couple of fucking wars going on abroad, miners trapped in a mine, a 15 year old girl committed suicide from being bullied to death, and every day another 5 year old dies in a murder/suicide by a deranged parent. And someone's worried that fucking Lotusflow3r is goddamn $4.99??? Didn't someone once say they took it as an insult? Gheezus, get a bloody grip, folks.. PS Target paid a lump sum to Prince most likely, so the promotion was left up to Target for the most part. I don't know what details had Prince doing appearances to assist in that, but I wonder just how much they made on it after a year's time. The thing hasn't even went gold after a year. | |
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ernestsewell said: poetcorner61 said: I'm not surprised...and I don't see why it is sad. Prince didn't lose on the deal, the distributor did!
Exactly. In case folks didn't know, there's a couple of fucking wars going on abroad, miners trapped in a mine, a 15 year old girl committed suicide from being bullied to death, and every day another 5 year old dies in a murder/suicide by a deranged parent. And someone's worried that fucking Lotusflow3r is goddamn $4.99??? Didn't someone once say they took it as an insult? Gheezus, get a bloody grip, folks.. PS Target paid a lump sum to Prince most likely, so the promotion was left up to Target for the most part. I don't know what details had Prince doing appearances to assist in that, but I wonder just how much they made on it after a year's time. The thing hasn't even went gold after a year. well there are 2 ways to look at that. on one hand, Gold status is for albums that have SHIPPED 500,000 copies. now between the ones bought and the ones on the shelves, it's definitely at that level. on the other hand, Target isn't a record company and isn't going to fork over the money to get the RIAA to certify it, if they're even allowed to, so it'll never go Gold. does anyone even bother with that any more? | |
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When your CD is sold exclusively in one chain after a certain point it will stop selling. Basically everyone who wanted to buy it did and there's going to be leftover CDs that the retailer wants to move at any cost. It doesn't have any bearing on the music or the artists substance. If it doesn't genuinely bother you then buy some copies as gifts for friends who may not necessarily buy
Prince for themselves and they may like it. Same goes for the book. I actually plan on picking some of both to be raffle prizes at a Prince party me and a friend are doing in June. Neither was made widely available and some who attend would be happy to have either of them. When  go 2 a Prince concert or related event it's all up in the house but when log onto this site and the miasma of bitchiness is completely overwhelming! | |
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Target probably pressed way too many of those sets, that's all. Considering they will never be put back into production again, it's a good deal for collectors. Target will probably bump the price back up when Androgy9 (or what ever the hell the new CD is called) gets released. If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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i'm truly speechless...this hurts 2 much 2 read... "Happy is the way 2 meet your burden"<3
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squirrelgrease said: Target probably pressed way too many of those sets, that's all. Considering they will never be put back into production again, it's a good deal for collectors. Target will probably bump the price back up when Androgy9 (or what ever the hell the new CD is called) gets released.
what?! it's called Androgy9?! 
u h3ard it h3r3 1st | |
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errant said: squirrelgrease said: Target probably pressed way too many of those sets, that's all. Considering they will never be put back into production again, it's a good deal for collectors. Target will probably bump the price back up when Androgy9 (or what ever the hell the new CD is called) gets released.
what?! it's called Androgy9?!
u h3ard it h3r3 1st I think it was posted that P registered the name somewhere recently. I'm not sure about the spelling. He shoulda went with Vagy9a.  If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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squirrelgrease said: Target probably pressed way too many of those sets, that's all. Considering they will never be put back into production again, it's a good deal for collectors. Target will probably bump the price back up when Androgy9 (or what ever the hell the new CD is called) gets released.
If you're serious...where did you read that?!  | |
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purplemaniac1992 said: and at borders books the 21. nights book which my mom paid $40 for when it first cam out is now $5 I was saddened to hear this I'm going to buy myself four copys of it I have one and then I will have five Can i as why are you bothering? You don't need five copies of a book that literally has no value. Wouldn't your $20 be better spent elsewhere? buying your mom a lunch or better yet, something charitable maybe. |
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poetcorner61 said: squirrelgrease said: Target probably pressed way too many of those sets, that's all. Considering they will never be put back into production again, it's a good deal for collectors. Target will probably bump the price back up when Androgy9 (or what ever the hell the new CD is called) gets released.
If you're serious...where did you read that?! It's been previously discussed. I guess I did get the spelling wrong.
http://www.tmquest.com/re...&x=35&y=25 ANDROGYNINE Owner: Paisley Park Enterprises, Inc. Serial number: 77928499 Filing date: Feb 4, 2010 Int class: 003 009 025 035 041 Serial No: 77928499 Filing Date: Feb 4, 2010 Pub. Date: Registration No: 00000 Registration Date: Status: LIVE Owner: Paisley Park Enterprises, Inc. 7801 Audubon Road Chanhassen MN 55317 US Agent: DEIRDRE DAVIS, ESQ. DAVIS WRIGHT TREMAINE LLP 1633 BROADWAY FL 27 NEW YORK, NY 10019-6756 International Class: 003 009 025 035 041 US Class: 001 004 006 050 051 052 021 023 026 036 038 022 039 100 101 102 107 Goods & Services: 003 - Fragrances 009 - Musical sound recordings, video recordings 025 - Men's, women's and children's clothing 035 - Online retail store services 041 - Entertainment services, namely live musical performances by a musical group; providing online entertainment information; recording studios; record production; music production; music publishing; and music distribution Design Search Codes: Design Description: Type Of Mark: TRADEMARK SERVICE_MARK Mark Drawing Code: 4) Standard character mark More PP Trademarks: http://www.tmquest.com/re...%2C+Inc%2E If prince.org were to be made idiot proof, someone would just invent a better idiot. | |
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purplemaniac1992 said: I went to target the other day to get myself an Easter present and was looking at music and guess what I saw that crushed me inside 20 copys of Lotusflow3r for $4.99..... this was sad beautiful quality music at bargain bin prices.... none of targets other music is that cheap.... I think hey hung up the lotusflow3r coat and are done with it.....
and at borders books the 21. nights book which my mom paid $40 for when it first cam out is now $5 I was saddened to hear this I'm going to buy myself four copys of it I have one and then I will have five [Edited 4/7/10 13:23pm] Yeah I think that sad too whenever I see P in the bargain bucket wanna take it out and put it back where it belongs - at the top but I guess the good news is maybe someone who wouldn't think to buy it may and then be turned on ? | |
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ernestsewell said: poetcorner61 said: I'm not surprised...and I don't see why it is sad. Prince didn't lose on the deal, the distributor did!
Exactly. In case folks didn't know, there's a couple of fucking wars going on abroad, miners trapped in a mine, a 15 year old girl committed suicide from being bullied to death, and every day another 5 year old dies in a murder/suicide by a deranged parent. And someone's worried that fucking Lotusflow3r is goddamn $4.99??? Didn't someone once say they took it as an insult? Gheezus, get a bloody grip, folks.. PS Target paid a lump sum to Prince most likely, so the promotion was left up to Target for the most part. I don't know what details had Prince doing appearances to assist in that, but I wonder just how much they made on it after a year's time. The thing hasn't even went gold after a year. Yeah and the org went purple with rage over $77 being charged in error - so what a lot of hypocrites I say but then we are all entitled to our opinions !!! What makes someone sad may not be that big a deal in the great scheme of things | |
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