Merchandise Madness

[babynick34]

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No: HPFGUIDX C6655
From: babynick34
Subject: Merchandise Madness
Date: 8/11/00 8:03 pm  (ET)

Oh they've done it now.

Not only are the Warner Bros. official merchandise not available in
the UK until near Christmas, but Warner Bros is not allowing their US
licence holders to sell items over the net!

Hallmark.com has a number of Harry Potter items now available in their US
Stores. They are also featured on their site (see links at end of post).
However, you can't purchase these items on-line. You can only get them
from a store.

A Hallmark representative told us (Broomsticks.org) that "Hallmark.com
does not have the licensing rights to sell them online. We only have
the rights to sell them at our retail
stores."

How silly is that. Surely if a company is given licensing rights to sell
an item, then they can sell it - period. Obviously Warner Bros wants
to stop us importing... got news for them, I can fly to the US, place a
large order, and import in bulk if I so desired. The way things are going,
I can see a grey market coming, trading in Harry Potter mechandise. I
wonder who has the UK licence for these products - if anyone.

Here are links:

Harry Potter
http://www.hallmark.com/hmk/Website/goto.jsp?CONTENT_KEY=QXE4381&CONTENT_TYPE=PR
ODUCT

Hedwig the Owl
http://www.hallmark.com/hmk/Website/goto.jsp?CONTENT_KEY=QXE4394&CONTENT_TYPE=PR
ODUCT

Hermione Granger
http://www.hallmark.com/hmk/Website/goto.jsp?CONTENT_KEY=QXE4391&CONTENT_TYPE=PR
ODUCT

Hogwarts Charms
http://www.hallmark.com/hmk/Website/goto.jsp?CONTENT_KEY=QXE4404&CONTENT_TYPE=PR
ODUCT


Nick
www.broomsticks.org