Warning

[nicgaia.livejournal.com]

Hi all.

Just a bit of a heads-up for you all. Apparently a store (Great Canadian Superstore?) in Coquitlam BC accidentally sold six copies of HBP today. They are asking the people who purchased the copies to please return them, in exchange for a ton of free stuff, including signed copies of books, etc. However, figured I'd post a little heads up that spoilers may be headed your way very soon.

This was apparently just on CTV, however the story is not yet on their website, and I wasn't watching, but other family members were.


EDIT: So, actually saw the report this time.
1) It was Stupidstore (apologies to any and all Superstore employees etc)
2) It actually happened on the 7th.
3) There were 14 copies sold. (though some say 15)
4) Several copies have been returned (FOOLS!)
5) This was the apparent cause of the BC Supreme Court granting Raincoast, Bloomsbury, & JKR a 'John/Jane Doe' injunction.

Comments

[kristalee.livejournal.com]

That's terrible! They better fire the person who sold those!

[kristalee.livejournal.com]

Okay, maybe not fire, but definitely give them heck.

[autre.livejournal.com]

lol i'd go with fire. what a dumbass!

[queenweasley.livejournal.com]

Lol... if I had bought a copy of HBP four days early I'd hold onto it with my life.

[nicgaia.livejournal.com]

Oh, I know. They are not getting those books back.

[aoyana.livejournal.com]

I'll tell you what'll happen... the people will read them, then return them for the autographed copies

[billie-jean.livejournal.com]

hahaha

[hackergroupie.livejournal.com]

That's exactly what *I* would do!

[ag05.livejournal.com]

Woah I cant believe they actually sold copies early. Good luck to them getting the books back even with the offer of signed copies etc I doubt the books will come back.

[leggyslove.livejournal.com]

Ha, if that were me I'd keep the book.

[thespyglass.livejournal.com]

Oh my god, how thick can you get? Crap. This means my media blackout starts early this year, then.

[mandagemini.livejournal.com]

*facepalm* Someone is so fired right now. Haha. I can't believe they did that. I wonder if they paid with cash...or credit cards. 'Cause you can get people's addresses with a credit card. Seriously, the people who sold them are going to get fined so much...and definitely lose their jobs, which is an appropriate repercussion in this case, I think.

[mandagemini.livejournal.com]

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1121087346322_44

If you read down, it says it was a Wal-Mart...hmmm.

[nicgaia.livejournal.com]

that was with OotP though, as I read it.

[mandagemini.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes...this is what happens when you (by that, I mean me) completely skip over a paragraph. Oh, well. Hopefully it wasn't the same store. Haha.

[alonelymiracle.livejournal.com]

I remember with the Goblet of Fire at the Wal-Mart where I used to live the books were out a week early. I *almost* got to buy one... except then they realized their mistake. I was the only one who had tried to buy it.. but I lived in a really small town, not a big one like now.

[voirs.livejournal.com]

That is just...odd. If I had a book, I so would have not given it back. XD

[ainu-laire.livejournal.com]

I'd read the book, then exchange it back for free stuff, innocently claiming I just heard the memo... ;)