Happy Friday my people! Hope all is well..
50 Days until the biggest and best offline EVER!
Please get your deposits in, today is Friday.. payday, so get er done.. lol
Now this a lot of text here so I already know that it won't be read by everyone.. Why? I won't say it here but you know what they say about us.. If you have info, and you want to hide it???? You know the rest. Lol
If you looked at the text and thought " I aint reading all of that" Then you might be one of those people.. Ok.. Enough. (I'm just kidding folks..lol).
Ok folks, I just want to clarify some details of the "ATL Offline Party & Networking Getaway". A few of you sent me emails and based on what I'm getting it appears I need to make a few things clear for folks. Communication is KEY! lol
First of all, thistrip is for folks who areLIVING their life and are drama free and want to have fun and party up close and personal with celebs and like minded people. Believe it or not, this doesn't represent everyone walking around.. lol
It is also designed to make it cheap for folks to come. The artists we are bringing (TANK & RAHEEM DEVAUGHN) are very expensive!It literally cost t-h-o-u-s-a-n-d-s to put this thing on!It really should be around$400 per personbut we have worked hard to pinch every corner to bring it to you at a reasonable price...only $300 per person.
$300 gets you access to EVERYTHING(Food, Open Bar style drinks, concert Featuring Tank &Raheem DeVaughn, expo,Greek Scroll Off,Comedy Show hosted by Rickey Smiley...including your OWNroom) not to mention Olivia Fox will be in the building, Marc Clarke and the whole Hot 96.3 STAFF!
$250gets you access to EVERYTHING also, you just double up rooms with someone. [Now, let's say you have a girlfriend ladies that you want to getyour party on with and don't mind doubling up within a room...2 beds of course! LOLWell, a lot of ladies roll like that anyway. For you the price is even less...just $250 (per person). This means you pay $250 and your girlfriend pays $250. It takes care of EVERYTHING(Food, Open Bar style drinks, concert Featuring Tank &Raheem DeVaughn, Offline Expo,Greek Scroll Off,Comedy Show hosted by Rickey Smiley...including a double room with 2 beds)] did I mention 2 beds?? lol
We are trying to make this a big event. It is NOT about making a buck at this point so much as to promote our station in a big way!We have done these offline parties before and had a blast!We really want to make it a no brainer for people to come. Most people see it for what it is but we also have received a few emails regarding those who want to come to the party but not pay for the HOTEL. Folks, THIS IS A PACKAGE DEAL!We have to sell it as a package. For insurance purposes when you are putting on a weekend like this and people are drinking free, we have to show that the patrons are staying on site and have rooms booked. We do not have a liquor license and a million dollar insurance budget, so the way around it is, having the party at the hotel withrooms accounted for each patron. Besides, you need a night out from the same ole same ole! Stop trying to be cheap and enjoy your life.LOL (just kidding but not really) LOL
Now, here is the part where I preach...LOL
I am still getting black folks who don't want to support this thing for what it cost and want to cut corners. [W-E-L-L] It is incredible how we sometimes just have to have the free HOOK UPor the outragous discount all the time. LOL Folks, you can not attend an event like this for any less than we are able to do it for, so please, if you can not afford it, then you can notafford it![W-E-L-L] I understand the economy is rough right now but thatis why it is a low as it is...trust me.
I wish everyone was able to come to this event, Lord knows it is going to be incredible, but that's just the way itis sometimes.I hope someday I can make it so I can do an event like this for free...oneday I will too -watch!But for now, it is not free. Please try to support the event if you can and resist asking for the megga hookup. :) We have done everything we could thus far to make this work. Thankfully most people see this!
Ok, I'm done...
The sermon for tomorrow taken from the book of De Posites 8:10...and The word saith,THOU SHALL PAY YOUR DEPOSITS! ;) for the record all you non church going folks.. There is no book of De Posites.. It is a take on the word deposits.. Ahem.. Um.. Ok! NOW I'M DONE. :)
2 Updates & Rebuttals
Sheila
United States of AmericaAll of a sudden "Payments are non refundable"???
#3Author of original report
Tue, February 08, 2011
MYSTERICALLY the words "PAYMENTS ARE NON REFUNDABLE" has appeared on the website that is now down!
It was always known and stated that DEPOSITS were non refundable. In the event that the offline was canceled by the organizer, in which it was, we were to get refunded. The non refundable portion on the site (IF it was always there) become NULL AND VOID after Marcel sent us a number of emails telling us he was going to give us every penny of our money back.
Anyone can see that this was just added! Vivian B. in Power Springs, GA/Marcel Thornton or whoever you are, I don't buy it! Use the same font next time! And, how were you able to get to that web page?? I made no reference to that page in my report. I only wrote the URL for the main site. Since January 16, 2011, the main site was shut down! Going to www.wmarfm.com should have put you on a page that read:
“SHUT DOWN!!
Greetings! Friends and supporters of the radio station. This is not a prank or a joke. It is not the 4th of July and is no stunt. I appreciate the support and interest from you guys for over past year or two for WMARFM.COMThe time has come to shut down WMARFM.COMthe Facebook page that is connected with it as well. This was a very difficult thing to decide but the time has come. Again, shutting down this station is not easy for me to take but it has to happen. Why The shutdown? In this troubled economy, we simply can no longer afford to keep the station running. We had some good times and I met some good people during this time. Radio has been my LOVE... Still is and will always be. Shutting it down is just the best thing to do at this time. I really enjoyed doing radio the way it was meant to be done. For YOU! The Listeners.. You guys are the ones who support us and we should show love right back. We have been fighting the good fight to keep the station running but it just can’t be done any longer. We will be back someday, I promise... But for now, it is good bye. Love you all.. Thanks for the support. Marcel-“
Come again Vivian B. of Powder Springs, GA/MARCEL! Try the main site NOW and see what you get...IT IS WHAT IT IS!
Vivian B.
Powder Springs,Georgia,
United States of America
PAYMENTS ARE NONREFUNDABLE
#3Consumer Comment
Fri, February 04, 2011
It does indicate on the site that PAYMENTS ARE NON-REFUNDABLE.
http://wmarfm.com/atlofflinepmt.html
However, it is a sleezy way to do business...it is what it is.