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Anyone searched for spoilers or photos from the new book.

Would anyone like a link or any small bits of info from the book, I can help.:)

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Would you like to know how many die?

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Go on then, how many? I’m not really interested but i'm sure we’ll spoil it for some. :D

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If you want info PM me, I don't want to spoil it for anyone who wants to wait.:cool:

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Well PM'ers what do you think real or made up?

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Dont know - just going to wait for the book on saturday.

Then depends on how long it takes me to read it - normally can finish a book in a day

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Works in Accy ( Broadway) are opening at midnight for the book release ! (hope they are on double time !)

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Its well know how many die in the book. JK Rowling has said on many occasions how many do. I wont say incase anyone doesnt know.

I personally dont believe that the rumours are true because, the books are so highly guarded.

I'll have read it by Sunday morning!!

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Go on just a snippet you know you want to.:)

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Go on then - tell us all the details you know - I just can't wait until Saturday

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i think i will wait til saturday if i find it in a shop - couldnt be bothered to pre order saved a fiver last time on the book when it went in shops

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What books this then. :confused::D

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the last harry potter book (number 6). i got it in asda for 8.97 aprox.

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if ya wait awhile after it comes out you could get it for half the price;)

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i could wait but i dont think my partner will want to wait.

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What so special about this book then.

Whos this Harry Potter bloke anyway.:confused:

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im not one for reading meself, ill wait till the movies come out:D

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I was going to PM you a link but its now gone, anyway 5 characters die.;)

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£5 ASDA tonight

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Found the book on internet my gf's been reading it :p She'll be buying it tonight tho!

Asda were originally going to be boycotted because the publisher claimed to not be paid, but they have sorted that out now and asda have slashed the price.

I'm totally against the whole Asda thing. It will put smaller more book specific stores out of business if Asda do loss-leading selling like this just because they can afford to with their mountains of cash.
If the smaller book stores didn't exist Harry Potter would have never took off because it was a slow seller and the supermarkets would have just sent it back.

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i argee that the smaller book stores are good. but im always looking for a bargain.

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ASDA notice this afternoon. From midnight tonight. New Harry Potter book £5. 2 per customer. First come first served.

If ASDA is selling the book at a loss then that is below the belt and they should be hauled over the coals because as I understand it loss leaders are not legal any more.

However if £5 generates ASDA at least 1p profit then that is market forces at work. It does begger the question though – if ASDA can sell the book at £5 and still make a profit imagine what profit a book shop is making by selling the book at the RRP of around $17.

Personally I will wait until the film comes out on DVD. I’ve got the first four because they are rattling good yarns and I’m looking forward to getting the remainder over time.

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I wonder if there'll be a ginourmous queue and if they'll run out? I don't know where to go for best! :(

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I'm being hassled by my daughter who wants to go to the Asda at midnight despite the fact that my wife and daughter have one pre-ordered from WH Smith and I have access to a downloaded version for them to read, anyone going at midnight?

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i was going to but i had to nip down about 30 mins ago, was told they have 3 pallets of books, i dint think that many people in accy could read lol so i think ill be safe in the morning

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didnt say, but work it out asda has 300 stores and ordered 500000 copies thats about 1500 per store so even if smaller towns got less i bet you still looking between 500 and 750 but its just a guess, my 11 year old as just told me we are going after all lol so anyone else down there spot me in my chelsea shirt dont spit on it lol?

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Well I have just come back from their and I think they will sell out before everyone in the queue gets one.

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Thank you very much Willow, I am off to read the last 2 pages. :D

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Don't you dare tell me until I've read it! :p

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The queue was still huge the full length of the store then folding back on itself.

My GF got hers because we waited a few people from the front at 10:30 (yay :()

I knew the plot a few days ago, been itching to tell her hehe :p

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well went and got slinky harry potter book went at 12 to asda saw queue and left and went to the works on broadway and was back home for 12:20 i was the first in the works lol
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:p:p:p:p:p:p

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no i was well happy
lol
:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:Dgot a spare one as well just for ebay i think

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I wonder how many people will buy it and never read it? They just got caught up in the hysteria of it all. :D

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Wonder if the Samaritans are on high alert for the grown up readers too!!

Childline is preparing for a deluge of calls from Harry Potter fans after the final book in the series goes on sale.

The phone counselling service has asked its volunteers to work extra shifts with the death of a key character expected to cause a surge in demand.
Childline's Kate Tench said Harry Potter had become a "major part" of the childhood of many children.
Meanwhile, author JK Rowling has hit out at US newspapers which revealed plot details.
Ms Tench said: "Death and loss of any kind can make children feel upset, angry and afraid. "The story could bring back unhappy memories for children who have lost friends, relatives or pets."

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mi dads just been down to asda to buy mine, said they had loads left, read the last two pages first, just to make sure :D

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didnt take them long on ebay did it?
who in there right mind would pay those prices for them?
yeah it says first edition on them, but so does mine

eBay.co.uk - harry potter and the deathly hallows, First Editions, Children's Books, Fantasy Myth Magic items at low prices

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i think this person is extracting the urine

harry potter,and the deathly hallows on eBay Children's Books, First Editions, Books, Comics Magazines (item 300132717118, end time 31-Jul-07 01:08:12 BST)

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Means very little to me. Never read one of the books and only seen the first film, which was nothing special.

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Yeah!!! £4.95 for postage??? That's outrageous!

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pmsfl terrible aint it

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:rofl38::rofl38::rofl38:lol

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surely that will be removed?

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You can report things like that to ebay I believe.Don't know how though,I've never done it.

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The listing fee to Ebay must be enormous, so they're unlikely to want to remove the auction. ;)

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yeah like it would sell

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Got to Accy Asda about 10.30 this morning with my youngest who wanted the book only to find empty shelves & one of the staff taking down the signs, was just about to turn away & come home when another assistant arrived with a copy of it saying 'I've just found one more' - needless to say he was thrilled to bits - now thats magic :)

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I haven't read any of them but have enjoyed the films immensely - anything that gets children to enjoy reading books is wonderful.

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I'm sure that no-one would buy it intentionally at that price but someone could go on ebay when they come home very drunk after a night out,not notice the price and buy it.They'd be in trouble then,especially if it was a buy-it-now sale rather than just bidding because they'd have already paid with their credit card.They wouldn't get their money back.Doesn't bear thinking about does it?Logging on to your paypal account to discover you've paid £1000 for a Harry Potter book!:eek:
My friend once went on ebay whilst drunk and bought a shirt for £15,when it was delivered the shirt was full of holes.When my friend re-read the description it was actually stated on there that the shirt had holes in it but my friend hadn't noticed that in his drunk state! It's amazing the stuff that some people buy when they've had a skinfull without reading the price/description of the item.:D

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There were lots on sale in Wilkinson's this afternoon for £8.95, if anyone is still without a copy.

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I don't know about £1000 it looks like a £1 short of a million to me.

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my mum qued up in asda for 2 got home took myn to bed and left it on the side was sick in the middle of the night all over it :O went and got another at 2pm they had bout 50 left dno bout them finding you one :S

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But you pay to list it and the amount you pay depends on the price bracket you place it in. Ebay get paid either way.

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just been to asda in blackburn and they said they sold out this morning, i think mi dad must of got mine from accy

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Tut,can't have been that special eh Willow?:(

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I am reading the first chapter tonight with willow and mimi can't wait :D

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I've finished it!! Its fantastic!! :D I won't go into any detail, I dont want to ruin it for anyone.

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Anyone else finished it yet?? A couple of my friends were reading it in the pub this afternoon (as you do!!) and it was killing me knowing what happens and not being allowed to tell them anything!

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ive now read the last chapter(not read anymore of the book though) and i'm happy :D

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Fantastic chapter, best one in the book!

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they were all great

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it made me laugh lolly

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do you think she should write another book?

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Its a pity nobody let me know they wanted a copy as they started to sell this book on the ferry on the way back from Belgium at 1am for £5 (out at sea no tax) they had 20 copy's 1 they gave as a raffle prize and when we docked they still had 16 left.

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most of us only paid £5 anyway mick

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Didn't see my daughter yesterday locked away in her bedroom all day only came out for tea, she finished it last night and it's now in the hands of my wife.

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I didn't dare open this thread before now just in case there was a spoiler in it.

I've just finished it - it's fab. Had to take a break in the middle of it to take Maddie to see the film though so things got a bit confusing, lol.

My friend got her copy yesterday morning and read the last chapter first. Because I was working all day yesterday I didn't get to open my copy until later yesterday evening but I did have to spend most of the day avoiding my friend as she was working too.

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Picked it up from asda (queued for 35 mins I was close to the end of the checkouts when they announced 3 mins to go, the look on peoples faces as they followed queue and found it had doubled back all the way to aisle 17), as I got to front the staff were saying that they had 3 pallets of 1000 books each, they had sold about 850 by 12:30.
Quite a difference to last year when I walked into asda at 12 on the release day and just picked up a copy and paid at till (in & out 2 mins).
My son spent all day Saturday reading it, finished last few chapters Sunday morning (i took it off him late sat night otherwise he'd have still been reading it when he should have been sleeping).
He said it was the best of the seven, and is dying to tell me details, I keep having to tell him to shutup and wait till I've read it.

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We paid £5 for ours at ASDA in spite of what I said about ASDA and the little bookshops. :o

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Reminds me of the General Election in 1992. ;)

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Me too:confused:

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Sorry.... in the build up to the 1992 election, Labour told the electorate that in order to improve education, health, etc they'd have to increase taxation. The general feeling around the country was that people were willing to pay more tax in order to gain better services and Labour were well ahead in the polls.

When it came down to it, people voted with their pockets and the Tories were re-elected.

I know it was far more complex than that, but it just reminded me of that.

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man that last last chapter was a total anti-climax - i know why she put it in there - to end all possiblilty of there being another harry potter but come on that was just blaaaaaah

it was all goin so well upto then!!

nice twists - i was expecting a few of them to die - i got about 3 right of those that died.

the snape story was good and touching i think. and the whole after-life thing

but why o why did she write that last one - she cud've done a wrap up chapter instead just sayin who did what and what happened to so and so... how harry took to his new position as godfather etc what happened to the malfoys

the last battle was good but i wanted some more. maybe some wizards from other countries turnin up etc... some turn arounds something more.

it did sorta drag a bit when they were doin all that camping and tryna solve it all