I thought this was interesting. Once the Official Beatles fan club closed down, people who were still members received a refund check from Apple for the remaining amount of their membership dues! I can't even remember how many fan magazines and fan clubs I have joined over the years and never got money back when they went under. There are some magazines (cough cough Good Day Sunshine cough cough) that I had just renewed my membership to and they folded soon afterward without sending me anything in return. I think it just goes to show want a top-notch fan club the Official Beatles Fan club really was.
Compare with the way Paul's website treated fans recently who paid for membership only to have it all pulled, with no money refunded and a couple of downloads that everyone already has as "compensation". Very shabby indeed.
ReplyDeleteI had forgotten about that because I had not paid for the membership. I was thinking about it, but luckily never gotten around to it. I think those who ran the Official Beatles Fan Club would have been outraged by that ordeal.
DeleteI think it is interesting that the letter lists Paul last, after John George and Ringo. I wonder if John was behind it . . .
ReplyDeleteI wonder if anyone cashed the check. Doubt many did.
ReplyDeletemeanwhile, gayleen and myself have been waiting for our check since 1968... paul said we would get a session fee. that's some slow post office, i tell you! regards to all from a very hot rio de janeiro, from a very tanned yours truly (i'm working on my book right now).
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