Show was great but the Meet and Greet was slack. We were rushed thru the photo op very quickly. In defense of the band, it was their handlers that were doing the rushing.

For $250 I would have expected a more laid back, take your time atmosphere.

Again, it was the handlers doing the rushing, not the band.

dave

Line up individually and scatter from your group or they will group all 4 of you in a single pose. It's one photo with band per order...not one pose per each pass holder.

I bought the VIP upgrade for the Durham, NC October 10th show. It was a big screw up from day 1. GroundCtrl, the company the sells and handles these events, is the most incompetent company I've dealt with in a long time.

The Meet and Greet was a joke. When I meet and greet someone I shake hands and say "hi, how ya doing?"

The band members stood shoulder to shoulder, so you had to stand behind them or try to wiggle your way in between them, no handshakes, not a word from any of them. The second you stepped up to the band, the photographer was "1, 2, 3, flash, next ! Just like cattle.

I have still not received my lithograph which I was told would be shipped October 8th.. today is October 19th.

To Dusty, Frank and Billy, if you see this please remember you've stood the test of time and become rock icons for 2 reasons; because you're good and because WE, the fans, have bought your records and CD's and requested your songs on the radio all these years.

Thx,

Dave

Here's what they told me in reply to an e mail today:

Thank you for contacting ground(ctrl) support. The lithos are on tour with the band right now and they are signing a batch of posters every night. Once the tour is over, those posters will be sent to our warehouse and we will mail them out to all fans who have yet to receive their poster. Please let us know if you have moved or need an address change in the near future.

Have a great day!

Sincerely,
ground(ctrl) Support

The signatures will be fake anyway.

I just filed my complaint with the BBB. I want a 50% refund. My next step is to contact the State Attorney General.

What ground(ctrl) is doing isn't just bad business practices, it's fraud which is a crime.

I met Frank and Dusty on a flight a couple years ago and they signed my ticket for me. When I get my litho, I'm going to compare the signatures. I'm going to the show tonight, so am now prepared for what to expect / not to expect during the meet & greet. Wish I would have seen this thread before buying the package. Oh well.

I think they used the same auto-pen on the latest La Futura album release. I don't know if you did the pre-order with "signed" picture, t-shirt and CD, but the first thing I thought was that the silver sharpie signatures looked fake. The other thing was that the signatures were done over the wrong images. Dusty was signed over the silhouette of Billy, Billy signed over Frank and Frank signed over Dusty. It was a complete joke, but at least it was cheap and good value for the CD and t-shirt purchase.

I'm hoping the litho signatures I do get a legit, but I'm not holding my breath on this.

Very interested to hear how your "meet and greet" went ML.

Thanks,

dave

with all the negative reviews and possibility of never receiving a picture that i paid $250 for i was wondering if we are allowed to bring our own cameras? i would feel a lot better if maybe i could ask the person in line behind me to also take a picture while the so called inept woman who supposedly takes them does the same. any chance of this? the show i'm going to is this sunday oct. 28th and after reading these posts i'm worried. thanks, john

and you WILL get fake signatures on you lithograph too. enjoy !