WB Merchandise Update; Civic Duty to Vote (partially OT)

[milz]

No: HPFGUIDX 5292

Whoa! When I was quickly scanning through the titles, I read this 
thread as "WB Merchandise: Civic Duty to Buy". Made me do a 
double-take! hee hee

8-)Milz 

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, Penny & Bryce Linsenmayer 
<pennylin at s...> wrote:
> Hi --
> 
> I spoke to Warner Bros. just now about the sheet sets.  I don't own 
any
> full-size or twin beds, but was interested in buying the 
pillow-cases
> separately.  No such luck.  They aren't selling them like that, and
> noone seems to know if they will develop queen & king sizes 
eventually.
> 
> I did talk to someone in customer service about the state of the 
website
> (things that you could swear were on there suddenly disappear).  She
> confirmed that if something sells out, they remove it entirely from 
the
> website (rather than just saying, here's the item & it's sold out). 
 She
> indicated that the Nimbus ornaments that are still listed in the 
print
> catalogues *are* sold out.  I was complaining to her because I 
couldn't
> find one on their website last night (& noone got me one for my
> birthday).  So, I went to ebay and paid $20 to win one.  The 
catalogue
> that I received in the mail today was listing them for $10, and I 
was
> about ready to shoot myself.  But, customer service says that they 
are
> definitely sold out and likely will not be getting anymore in.  She 
said
> that demand is far exceeding supply on most of the HP merchandise 
out
> there (are they feeding demand by keeping supplies low or did they 
just
> badly misestimate??  Hmm).  So, if you're a collector and/or want to
> make some money off the rest of us suckers, I'd strongly suggest 
that
> you stockpile what you want or want to sell.
> 
> If none of you guys want my extra set of Fat Lady bookends, I may 
end up
> listing them on ebay!  <g>
> 
> I think I may email the person that Nick posted about earlier today 
--
> they really need to know about the adult market (i.e., queen & king 
size
> sheets would be nice!).
> 
> VOTE: While I've got the bully pulpit momentarily, I will state my
> opinion that every U.S. citizen eligible to vote should do so
> tomorrow!!  If you live in one of the "battleground" states, your 
vote
> WILL count!  Exercise it!   We don't see elections this close very 
often
> -- it's of critical importance this year.
> 
> Penny