I know. WTF is wrong with them. The information's been out for at least 9 hours and they still haven't bothered to take care of it?! :-) Must. Have. Book. Now.
It's got to be their fault, damn it! (I'm sure the Republicans are trying to find a way to blame Bill Clinton for the delay anyway... although I guess all the good god-fearin' Conservative Right thinks that Harry Potter is evil and no one should read it anyway...)
I KNOW! Bastards! I swear, I'd give them almost any amount of money if they promise to get me a copy. :)
(Our local Borders also does pre-orders, and you can go there at 12:01 on the release date and pick yours up. I think I may actually do that instead, because who needs sleep?)
I hear ya. I have the first one. I was going to order the second one, but that book on Vivian Stanshall finally came out so I ordered that instead. And I want that Stephen Fry book about the bears, too.
I have the first three in UK paperback editions cos they were really cheap when I was last in London and I couldn't possibly pass them up. Ditto my copies of the two other books (the Guide to Monsters and the Quidditch Rules one) which had just come out.
I have a mess of books and cds to order from Amazon.co.uk but I'm waiting until my mom is ready to order more of her historical mysteries to save on shipping. I'm just lucky I don't have a multi-region dvd player. *twitch twitch* There are so many UK shows I want that will never be released here. *sigh*
I'm doing hardbacks because I know I'll only end up replacing paperbacks later and just want it over with. :p
Don't even get me started on UK DVDs with their stupid old and new Randall and Hopkirk and old Tomorrow People and Ace of Wands and AAAAAAAAGH!!! Bastards.
I couldn't do the hardbacks because they weighed too much and between Mom and I, we'd already bought like 75 books already to bring back.
Yes, yes, Randall & Hopkirk (which I haven't seen since I was a kid) and Tomorrow People and for me especially Rock Follies and Rock Follies of 77. *sob* Stupid tv format stuff.
I envy your R&H stuff -- I haven't seen it since the 70s when it was running here in syndication as My Partner The Ghost. I remember loving it but this was in the days before VCRs, of course. I just get all twitchy when I look at the Amazon.co.uk DVD section (which I should know better than to do)...*sigh* I should really figure out how to change the region settings on my DVD-Rom drive.
Can't decide whether I should order from Amazon, or figure on paying the extra $$ to get it as soon as the bookstore across the street offers it (which may well be midnight, after all...which would give me a good 12 hours' head start, there...)
Last time the Common Readers went to Tower, purchased book at midnight and did a little victory dance all around the store, then took it home and read it all night.
I double-checked. It's still listed on my incomplete orders from last march. However, since these things can be, like, amazingly stupid, I cancelled the earlier order and pre-ordered it again. One way or another, I'm getting that book on the release date!
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Date: 2003-01-15 10:49 am (UTC)*ahem*
Want some?
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Date: 2003-01-17 06:46 am (UTC)I need to get me some maple pocky.
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Date: 2003-01-15 10:23 am (UTC)(Our local Borders also does pre-orders, and you can go there at 12:01 on the release date and pick yours up. I think I may actually do that instead, because who needs sleep?)
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Date: 2003-01-15 01:16 pm (UTC)I am trying not to be so geeky that I need the UK edition of the book too. At least just yet. ;)
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Date: 2003-01-15 01:45 pm (UTC)I have a mess of books and cds to order from Amazon.co.uk but I'm waiting until my mom is ready to order more of her historical mysteries to save on shipping. I'm just lucky I don't have a multi-region dvd player. *twitch twitch* There are so many UK shows I want that will never be released here. *sigh*
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Date: 2003-01-15 01:56 pm (UTC)Don't even get me started on UK DVDs with their stupid old and new Randall and Hopkirk and old Tomorrow People and Ace of Wands and AAAAAAAAGH!!! Bastards.
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Date: 2003-01-15 02:01 pm (UTC)Yes, yes, Randall & Hopkirk (which I haven't seen since I was a kid) and Tomorrow People and for me especially Rock Follies and Rock Follies of 77. *sob* Stupid tv format stuff.
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Date: 2003-01-17 06:52 am (UTC)R&H holds up unbelievably well. (I have like 30th-generation VHS copies of about half of it.)
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Date: 2003-01-15 09:16 pm (UTC)*peeks out* It's just, y'know, I have...issues. With delivery stuff. It's from years of UPS trauma.
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Date: 2003-01-15 12:04 pm (UTC)I've had it pre-ordered for nearly a year.
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