The fan clubs new fee!

I can't believe the price either. I think I'll just save my $40 and use it to get a better ticket. Sounds like I'd have an equal chance to get in. I hear that Pearl Jam is known for treating their fan club members really well too. I'd pay $25, but any more than that is rude to ask of true fans who already put time and money into supporting the band. At least the concert tickets are reasonable though.

I'm a sheep on this one so I already sent in my membership fee. Since Backstage is not allowing credit card payments at the moment, though, I had to go back to "the old school way", cause I absolutely refuse to pay some 20 euros extra for an international money order or a bank check. The membership fee itself is not a problem to me, the membership is gonna be valid until the end of the next tour and it's only $5 more anyway than what it used to be for international fans.

The only thing that gets to me right now is the way a few Backstage members, including some whose bans were only lifted recently when they changed webmasters over there, are treating those who dare to ask about methods of payment and/or about the raise in the membership fee from the earlier announced $25 to $40. No matter how people word their posts, how honest and true their questions and concerns are, no matter how well or badly they write English, they are immediately attacked. Pi$$ off, go ffff yourself, join another fan club, take your complaints elsewhere, we hate you, we don't want you here. That's basically the essence of what I've been reading there tonite, with regard to people asking questions or discussing the membership fee and/or the methods of payment.

I myself am so used to getting that crap from those few people that I try not to pay any attention to it; to me it's pretty much like it was back in high school when I was bullied by just about every single guy in my class and hated by just about every single guy in my school. The only difference is that now I'm a bit stronger and aware of the situation, so I try not to let it affect me and the way I feel about myself. But I do feel sorry for others who are getting a similar treatment from those people. Guess there must be some huge cultural difference there or something, cause no matter how much I think about it, I can't see any justification whatsoever for that kind of behaviour towards ones fellow fans. Maybe I'm too kind, maybe I'm too much of a softie to understand that kind of "New Jersey attitude", but I just can't understand why people have to behave like that, why they have to treat their fellow fans, their fellow human beings with such hatred, contempt and hostility.

I was over at backstage too trying to get some answers and am just getting attacked! Its absolute madness how people...three people in particular are answering posts.

You cannot ask one question about your membership and your jumped on. There are new fans over there trying to ask questions about joining. Its just shocking really.

Those three people seem to be only members. Are they moderators or anything over there to actually control whats said on the boards??

well those true fans sure know how to help out new fans. kinda the image of jovi following I had anyway

omg did you read this on backstage in the general forum from the old moderater mrkryz?????? i liked the guy he was cool & should come back.

TheTruthHurts
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Posted: Friday Jun 10th, 2005 11:27 pm


Mrkryz has in fact moved on to greener pastures. The site has
maintained uptime certification in excess of 99.6% during the time it
had been hosted by me.

For those(all 4 of you) that have less then glowing reviews or comments ... I ask this:
Are you perhaps bitter you've spent the last year banned as a
result of harassing other members or just being generally an
undesirable nuisance and a liability ?
Are you deeply and/or emotionally disturbed in a manner that
requires your very existance to be validated on an internet message
board by a loyal cult of 4-5 like minded simpletons daily?

I for one have not lost sleep over what your team of 4
semi-neurotic, internet addicted, intellectually constipated,
emotionally retarded, morally bankrupt, mentally unstable, butt-kissing
lunatics have to say.

The irony is that certain typess of people in life are just unhappy and unfortunately misery loves company.

MaryBeth you are a clown, plain and simple. Your beef is that I did not
give you the queen-for-a-day pass letting you run rampant. The sheer
number of complaints I got regarding your attitude was in the hundreds
of emails and that is why you got banned. The only time I recieved
similar volume was of thanks when I banned you. Your knowledge
regarding computers is equivalent with anyone having read a "Learn
Computers in 21 Days Book", and you are quite frankly unaware of the
big picture that surrounds you.

Not to mention the fact that you spend 8+ hours a day mostly on your
employers dime doing everything but working at amex. Think about that
before you make any comments about my level of professionalism.....

While at work .. I WORK .... Which is also why I didnt & dont have time to get into the self-serving drama you create.

I dont surf the web for hours on end visiting every fan club under the
sun. NOR do I pretend I am unable to work due to "wrist conditions",
surgeries, mental incapacities... yet manage to type novels
online. Grow up and get over it already.. for a grown woman you
behave like a selfish, spoiled 3 year old that has a tantrum if she is
not given 100% attention.

Donna.... dont even start with me... you and your fearless leader can
move in together and raise teams of ferrets while you both coddle each
others over inflated ego's with nothing to back them up with.

Some people just have nothing better to do then complain/whine/argue
with the world... I choose to spend it making things happen and not as
a bystander watching.

For the folks I have met here I wish you the very best.

MrKryz

Wow.
and you know what. Those are two of the three people main people I see attacking people over there.

Surprisingly (NOT!!!), the thread by TheTruthHurts has been deleted from the Backstage board.

Also, I have a feeling that certain board members there who shall remain nameless might have got a personal "c'mon now girls, take it easy" message from the new Mod or someone in the fan club... Two or three of the regular loudmouths did continue to post in that "FROM MRS B...CLARIFICATION ON MEMBERSHIP POST" thread, but at least one of them changed the tone of her posts quite a bit. And two others completely stopped posting to that particular thread, though I suppose we can expect their quick and full return once the weekend gets into full swing in the EST timezone.

$40!!??!!

Is that just for the membership? We don't get anything special out of this?
What a rip off!
I have been lucky to get wristbands because of my membership card a couple of times, but I won't be renewing

That just about sums up those 2 bitches on that board. The fact that this guy has gone probably explains why Mary Beth has been allowed back in.
I find it staggering that Mrs B or whoever runs that forum allows Mary Beth to 'represent' the band it such a hideos way.