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Originally posted by estranged4life
what the 'Crock' is cooking..."
I cannot believe that reply ya got Neil:
"Don't know how to answer this. We have to go forward with what we know. USA tour is on. World portion is not announced yet. If I were you l would join before prices rise.
The Knight (Jonathan)"
"If I were you...", Geez that's a big stinkin' pile of crap...Seems the profits must be the ONLY thing on their mind over there...Brian "No $$$$ allowed" J.
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I think Brian is spot on here. This response from Knight indicates all too plainly that accommodating fans is not the name of the game over there. Knight's only purpose is to pitch sales. Fans who continually attempt to get Knight to revise these "packages" are just spinning their wheels. That's not what the Web site or its admins are about. They're there to sell as many widgets as they can sell for the greatest price they can get in as short a time as they can legitimately manage. They're a business with a bottom line, as were all the other official fan clubs for Fleetwood or Stevie. You're not "fans"; you're customers. And if you have a problem with something you've bought, you need to stand over there in the customer service line. If you haven't actually bought anything yet (like a fan club membership or a backstage ticket-and-greet package), you're not a customer, & they won't care what you have to say because you aren't entitled to a refund or an exchange until you've bought something.
I was reading something the other day that Lindsey said about Mick's book in 1990. He said it didn't really "dignify the name of Fleetwood Mac." I wonder what he thinks of all the commerce activity being promulgated in the name of "serving the fans" over on Mick's site. He couldn't possibly think it's anything but sordid. Fleetwood Mac is just as much Lindsey's band as it is Mick's band, & he's equally responsible when Mick concocts yet another harebrained scheme to extort dineros from the fans in the name of Fleetwood Mac. They're really all responsible for any decisions made in that name, regardless of how on top of things they manage to keep themselves personally. They've got managers & assistants & lawyers & accountants to help them keep tabs on fellow bandmates who repeatedly use the name of the band to fatten their personal coffers.
It's time for the other members of Fleetwood Mac to put a stop to this crap---if they themselves don't want to be held responsible for it.