Originally Posted By Labuda ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I paid overnight shipping and Amazon was supposed to get my copy f the new Potter book to me today, yet UPS still shows it in transit! I wonder how many other Amazon customers got this runaround? Anyhow, at east Target had it, so I just went and bought a non-Deluxe copoy that will be library-bound once I g3et my real opy from Amazon ON MONDAY. Evil, evil, EVILLLLLLLLLLLLLL! I've only finished 4 chapters so far when I should have been halfway through by this point! ARGH!
Originally Posted By Labuda Eek, sorry for all the typos. Off to the theatre for me - taking my Potter book to read during the show when I'm not busy, of course.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo Sorry that didn't work out for you! I didn't want to trust home delivery so we braved the lines, which were actually pretty short with the wristband system at B&N. It's worth the wait.
Originally Posted By MissCandice Labuda, I join you in anguish. Usps.com advises me that my item was misrouted by the shipper and my book is in Oregon right now even though yesterday it was sitting pretty in Federal Way, Washington. So I am pissed. I can't afford to buy the book twice so I am stuck until I actually get it from Amazon. This blows.
Originally Posted By Disneyma Oh, I'm glad I didn't order it from Amazon. DD just got it at Wal-Mart, she said there was a ton. I already read the last chapter It ticks her off! She has been in her room all day reading. Sorry it didn't work out for you guys.
Originally Posted By SFH "What can brown do TO you?" Some of our wedding presented ended up being enjoyed by the neighbors, or sent back to the company that shipped them. Oddly enough, we took our honeymoon after our wedding, being the strange folks that we are, and weren't home. And yes, we listed a relative's address for wedding presents, but some people sent them to where they knew we lived. SFH
Originally Posted By irishfan Sorry to hear about the delays with amazon. I waited a couple of hours and stolled up to my local book shop, missed all the hysteria, and bought the book. I'm half way through, and really enjoying it.
Originally Posted By amazedncal2 Labuda I just saw your Topic and thought, Uh, Oh, the Harry Potter book didn't come. I was at Target this evening so was going to post that Target had a bunch of copies for $17something. Then I read that's where you bought it! Great minds think alike
Originally Posted By JenniBarra >>ARGHHHHHHHHHHHHH! I paid overnight shipping and Amazon was supposed to get my copy f the new Potter book to me today, yet UPS still shows it in transit! I wonder how many other Amazon customers got this runaround?<< I think part of the problem is that it appears UPS subcontracted the "last mile" to USPS. Yesterday, I kept alternating between checking my front porch and UPS tracking. I had to give up because we were headed out for the rest of the day. Just before we left, I went to the mailbox to pick up our mail and, lo and behold, guess what was in the mailbox? (And in a cute box, too.) If I look at my account at Amazon, the order still shows as "in transit."
Originally Posted By Labuda OH, I am gonna be IRKED if it's in my mailbox. Thanks for the heads-up on that, Jenni - I'll check today. Anyhow, I'm almost haflway through now - didn't get to read at all during the show last night because I got roped into running a spotlight instead of standing by for sound emergencies -= hoping I can make u; for that today! hehe
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I finished my book at 4PM saturday. It was pretty much a straight shot from getting home at 12:45AM and maybe 4 hours of sleep.
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I was in line at Walmart at 11:00pm. Most people came at the last minute, so I had my book by 12:20. Came home, read until 3:15am, read all day yesterday (except to go out to diiner), and just finished it about 30 minutes ago!
Originally Posted By sunNrainfall I think there was about 2000 people in at our bookstore. About 1200 I think we estimated with reserved books (gold wristbands), then unreserved (blue wristbands). We were about 130 in line so we got our books at 12:25AM. My friend in NYC had like 5000 in her line!
Originally Posted By x Pirate_Princess x I got 2 red wristbands (Gryffindor) and they were giving out Yellow, Blue, and Green ones, too. Everyone who got a wristband got a book. They had plenty of books, with plenty left over. I'm sure I could go right now, and there'd be a huge display.
Originally Posted By threeundertwo "Amazon.com spokesman Sean Sundwall would not confirm or deny reports of delays but said Sunday that anyone who did not receive it on time would automatically be refunded the cost of the $34.99 book, which Amazon sold for $17.99." <a href="http://www.abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/WireStory?id=3402498&page=1" target="_blank">http://www.abcnews.go.com/Ente rtainment/WireStory?id=3402498&page=1</a> The article also describes how the book sold 8.3 million copies in its first 24 hours, or 5,000 a minute. whoa!
