Geography Tip for U2.com

u2com-fail

If you’re a paying member of U2.com, I’m betting you got an email earlier today just like the one above. A lot of friends said they got this email, too.

Thing is, U2.com — I’m not one of your European subscribers. I live in Washington state. And the folks I’ve been trading emails with today also live somewhere in North America.

maps

These things are not the same.

To be fair, I’ll bet that the folks at U2.com requested that Fanfire send out an email just to the European subscribers, but Fanfire somehow screwed up those instructions and sent to pretty much the whole list of paying members. So, yes, this is probably a Fanfire mistake. But as long as U2 and U2.com continues to associate with the clueless people that run the fan club for them, it also reflects poorly on the band and the official web site.

(Related: Some folks that are still waiting to get their Artificial Horizon vinyl are reporting that the $30 charge has just appeared on their credit cards. It’s from Beatles.com. Perfect, isn’t it?)

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spacejunk 20 July 2010 at 3:20 pm permalink

Yes, and I can confirm that U2.com’s/Fanfire’s map of Europe apparently includes New Zealand too.

Now non-European U2 fans know how Kiwis feel when journalists announce that the band might be coming to our country as part of their “tour of Australia”.
PatrickM 20 July 2010 at 3:32 pm permalink

Matt, it seems Brazil is also in Europe, according to U2.com. They just sent it to everybody.

Unfortunately, these geographic mistakes don’t seem to happen when they offer the single wallets for their UK-only fans…
borntorocknroll 20 July 2010 at 7:36 pm permalink

Did anyone is EUROPE actually get this?
Lisa K. 20 July 2010 at 9:27 pm permalink

Thanks Matt. I was a bit confused when I read that so I’m glad to know it wasn’t just me.
Shade 20 July 2010 at 10:29 pm permalink

Sup Wash-ing-ton?! Yeeeeah. I’m
done now.
ZooTV8 21 July 2010 at 8:03 am permalink

Although, the way I look at it, Washington State looks a bit like southern Sweeden.

Also, Chicago, IL, USA is very Euro-chic…

Finally, Fanfire informed me last week to expect deliver of the triple vinyl set sometime between the first and third weeks of August.

FAIL indeed.
camiel 21 July 2010 at 11:30 am permalink

Not to leave us all by ourselves up here, Canada has also been included. Now we are one!
sw 22 July 2010 at 3:40 am permalink

That’s globalization, baby! Welcome to beautiful Europe, y’all