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Posted by audiori on 10-30-2003 at18:36:

  Fan Clubs

Hello,

We are currently not taking fan club subscriptions so that we
can get caught up on all fan club memberships. We are also
currently discussing the future of the Avocado Club with Terry.
We will keep everyone updated on what is decided.

For those of you that were not aware of how the fan clubs
were done (it seems like many people were not), let us give
you a brief rundown of how things work. Joining a fan club
is like subscribing to a magazine, in a way. When a person
subscribes, they are not entitled to every single fan club release
that has ever been made - they are only entitled to the next
two releases that follow their subscription. (Although, we do
usually try to send older titles when available.) There is also no
promise that a subscriber will receive a fan club disc *immediately*
after joining (just as you would not necessarily receive a magazine
immediately after subscribing). The main difference between the
fan clubs and a magazine subscription is that there has never
been a firm schedule with the fan club releases. This has always
been out of our hands. We simply make the covers and ship the
fan club discs as they are sent to us. They are usually sent to
us at random times throughout the year.
But that is part of what we have been discussing with Terry.
We've needed a better way of doing things for a while,
and thanks to the guys that volinteered we probably will have
a better way soon. But we want to get some things straightened
out before we turn it over to them.

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Posted by Tyler Durden on 11-05-2003 at22:48:

 

I viewed the club as a way to support the band and hope to get up to two releases per year. I enjoyed getting stuff that would have never seen the light of day. Perhaps offer less and on occasion over deliver. You can't force Terry into a hole until he creates something every six months.

I thought the price was low for what we got. I did spend 60 on TT,77 and Mike Roe. I received three disks out of that. (the other 77s and Mike Roe will be sent eventually) Bottomline:I know that I am getting very cool unique music from my all time favorite bands. Priceless.

The 77s Christmas was outstanding and would have outsold Amy Grunt if given a chance in a world made right.

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Posted by audiori on 11-05-2003 at23:05:

 

Yes we agree.

The whole thing needs reworked to some degree. When
JT sent out the announcement, I believe he did intend to do
everything that was promised, but it has proven to be
unrealistic to support those promises through the store. Instead
of the clubs being something that made a little extra money for
the guys while getting some interesting and unique music released,
they became something of a ball and chain for the store... slowing us
down and causing a lot of headaches.

The things that were released were things that would not of seen
the light of day otherwise. So, in that sense they are really cool.

One major flaw with the way they were set up was that we had
nothing to do with setting it up, but we ended up having to fulfill the
promises that were made. We had no control over when the discs
would arrive here, for example. There needs to be a stricter schedule.

We've been talking with Terry the last week or so concerning his
plans for the site, the fan clubs, future releases, etc. Things are
going to start having more of a clearer direction and structure.
There are other people that will be involved soon, and together
we can turn things in a better direction.

In the meantime we are working hard to fix some of the mistakes and
fulfill the current memberships.

j and e

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Posted by servantsteve on 11-08-2003 at18:14:

 

why were you guys clubbing fans, anyway? Were there no baby seals around?

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Posted by JR88 on 11-10-2003 at10:00:

 

quote:

Originally posted by servantsteve why were you guys clubbing fans, anyway? Were there no baby seals around?

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Posted by jiminy on 11-10-2003 at10:35:

 

well- hurry up - I missed membership earlier
and I am 20 bucks flush at the moment-
so snap to it!

jk of course...........

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Posted by BigDork on 11-10-2003 at22:49:

 

I'm sure woggy would give you a good clubbing for $20!

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Posted by servantsteve on 11-16-2003 at17:41:

 

Club me! Club me!






I've been a baaaaaaaaaaaaad bunny!

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Posted by baxter on 11-16-2003 at17:43:

 

Oh, please let me!

This will be much more fun than a baby seal! And i'll give him an extra whack for Abe

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Posted by dorfsmith on 11-16-2003 at18:20:

 

I like a good clubbing every now and again...as long as I have the club in my hand.

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Posted by Raelinor on 01-30-2004 at01:07:

 

quote:

Originally posted by dorfsmith I like a good clubbing every now and again...as long as I have the club in my hand.

LOL

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Posted by Raelinor on 01-30-2004 at01:09:

 

quote:

Originally posted by servantsteve Club me! Club me! I've been a baaaaaaaaaaaaad bunny!

Me and me daddy were just saying that statement tonight. Uncanny!

When does the fan clubbing get resolved, anywhoo? Such foul play! j/k. Or, maybe I'm not.... this lil stinker wants in on the clubbing!

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Posted by samson on 03-02-2004 at04:48:

  Avocado Club

I did this>>> Renew your Membership to the Avocado Club ...

now what

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Posted by audiori on 03-02-2004 at06:34:

 

Anyone that renewed will still get something for their money.
The Avocado Club may continue - so the renewed sub may just
go towards that. If the club closes down, then we'll give folks
that renewed a chance to either receive something special (we
don't know what that would be yet), have credit in the store or
just get a refund.

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Posted by DrDanAmos on 03-06-2004 at16:27:

 

I am just curious about me. I joined the fan club and really got nothing for it. I am not complaining, it's just out of your control, but just curious what you would do for the types like me if the fan clubs go away. I didn't even get a single CD. I am not sure when I joined, either.

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Posted by audiori on 03-06-2004 at16:41:

 

All current members will receive the two AC club releases,
even if the clubs end up shutting down. We have some discs
that will be going out in the coming weeks and will probably
have to invest in some additional discs ourselves. One way or
another, we'll get those two releases to the current club members.

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Posted by Captain Pedantic on 03-06-2004 at21:28:

 

edit...ignore me I just read further up and you answered my question

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Posted by Tyler Durden on 03-29-2004 at19:45:

 

I don't understand why I never received the second 77s cd nor the only Mike Roe cd from the fan club.

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Posted by audiori on 04-14-2004 at14:51:

 

Me neither... send us a note at audiori@77s.com