Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Jul 17th 2005, 3:03 am
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Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
My mum has it on order, so we will get it tomorrow. We were going to Borders bookshop to get it at midnight on Friday, but I got a severe bout of food poisoning so scrubbed that ... "It's like the Battle of the Somme down there". (Line from The Vicar of Dibley). Maybe I had a spell put on me ... :scared: 
Jul 17th 2005, 8:29 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Originally Posted by Franklin
My mum has it on order, so we will get it tomorrow. We were going to Borders bookshop to get it at midnight on Friday, but I got a severe bout of food poisoning so scrubbed that ... "It's like the Battle of the Somme down there". (Line from The Vicar of Dibley). Maybe I had a spell put on me ... :scared:
Picked it up in Sainsbury's at 9am Saturday morning for a bargain £8.49 - loads of copies. No hassle, no queues.......
Jul 17th 2005, 9:13 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Amazon Kindly delivered it on Sat morning....gift wrap with a thank you note for the Wifey.......MAXIMUM BRownie points......thats gotta be worth karma!
Jul 17th 2005, 10:39 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Hello
We were the 4th family in line at our local Wearhouse yesterday. We joined the queue at 10.25am ready for the launch at 11.01. Paid $27.80 and because we were in the first 50 people got a free HP cap.
Daughter has been glued to it ever since.
Cheers
Gill
We were the 4th family in line at our local Wearhouse yesterday. We joined the queue at 10.25am ready for the launch at 11.01. Paid $27.80 and because we were in the first 50 people got a free HP cap.
Daughter has been glued to it ever since.
Cheers
Gill
Jul 17th 2005, 12:06 pm
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Amazon delivered ours on Saturday morning too. £8.99 I think, although you could get it in Kwiksave on Saturday for £4.99 before noon (I think) as long as you're under 16!
One of the lads from a book group I run at the library got up at the crack of dawn and went to a book signing and got J K Rowling's autograph for me. Isn't that sweet? Right that's going straight on Ebay (only joking
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One of the lads from a book group I run at the library got up at the crack of dawn and went to a book signing and got J K Rowling's autograph for me. Isn't that sweet? Right that's going straight on Ebay (only joking
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Jul 17th 2005, 2:08 pm
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Certainly have! Bought if from Smiffs, then went to Tesco where I could have picked it up for £4 cheaper 
Only read the first chapter, put it down then Jake nicked it! He's sworn to secrecy though as he reads faster than me!!!
Only read the first chapter, put it down then Jake nicked it! He's sworn to secrecy though as he reads faster than me!!!
Jul 17th 2005, 2:26 pm
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Originally Posted by Pompey_Paul
Amazon Kindly delivered it on Sat morning....gift wrap with a thank you note for the Wifey.......MAXIMUM BRownie points......thats gotta be worth karma!
Jul 17th 2005, 8:58 pm
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Hi.
We have a 24 hour flight to look forward to in the next few weeks so I am going to get a copy when we are back in Uk and read it on the way. Only problem is Andrea wants to read it too so I might have to buy two copies!!
Matt
We have a 24 hour flight to look forward to in the next few weeks so I am going to get a copy when we are back in Uk and read it on the way. Only problem is Andrea wants to read it too so I might have to buy two copies!!
Matt
Jul 18th 2005, 3:09 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Originally Posted by the turner family
Hi.
We have a 24 hour flight to look forward to in the next few weeks so I am going to get a copy when we are back in Uk and read it on the way. Only problem is Andrea wants to read it too so I might have to buy two copies!!
Matt
We have a 24 hour flight to look forward to in the next few weeks so I am going to get a copy when we are back in Uk and read it on the way. Only problem is Andrea wants to read it too so I might have to buy two copies!!
Matt
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Jul 18th 2005, 4:51 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Yep, avoided the ques and got it the afternoon from the Warehouse, loads available - and just re-reading the last to be sure I don't miss a thing as had been so long inbetween them. 
Jul 18th 2005, 5:41 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
Originally Posted by sunshine_and_rain
Yep, avoided the ques and got it the afternoon from the Warehouse, loads available - and just re-reading the last to be sure I don't miss a thing as had been so long inbetween them.
We got it from Amazon but to be truthful we went shopping to Asda on Saturday afternoon and found that it was a £1 cheaper that we got it from Amazon (which was £8.99)!
Anyway, have a good time reading it!
Dave
Jul 18th 2005, 6:52 am
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
No.
Does that win the "The most pointless post of the day" award?
Does that win the "The most pointless post of the day" award?
Jul 18th 2005, 1:31 pm
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Re: Anyone got the new Harry Potter?
T'other half received his copy via Amazon on Saturday at precisely 1pm BST.... parked himself under a tree and read it through in one hit, finishing at just a tad before 6pm same day. How understanding am I?? Kids weren't too impressed, it was their favourite tree!
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