Consumerist
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video wars
DVD Price War: Harry Potter, Star Trek For $10
Walmart announced yesterday that it will be slashing prices to below wholesale on 10 of the most popular DVDs that will be released soon, says the LA Times. Target announced that it will be matching Walmart. Amazon has not yet responded. More » -
whoops
This Harry Potter Blu-Ray Set Requires A HD-DVD Player
Best Buy is still selling a defective Harry Potter Blu-Ray set that contains a HD-DVD version of the Goblet of Fire. The bumbled bundles were first discovered in 2007, but reader Bill found one sitting on a Best Buy shelf in Grand Junction, CO. More » -
stupid shipping gang
Amazon Fails At Gift Wrapping Your Nephew's X-Mas Present
Matt would like to let Amazon know that there's no point in gift wrapping a present if you then put the gift wrapped item inside a box that says what the gift is. This should probably be self-evident — but alas — it isn't. More » -
followups
Explanation For The $307.06 Harry Potter DVD
On Wednesday, we posted a picture a reader sent us of a Harry Potter DVD priced at $307.06. Not only was it not Photoshopped, several CompUSA employees chimed in to let us know there was actually a very good reason for it to have this huge price. Whenever a movie is supposed to be held until a certain street date, the price for that item is set to the release date. In this case, Harry Potter and the Goblet Of Fire came out on March, 7th, 2006, 03/07/06. By mistake, this tag was moved out to the floor when it should have been kept in the backroom. Mystery solved!
PREVIOUSLY: The $307.06 Harry Potter DVD
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price errors
The $307.06 Harry Potter DVD
We're guessing that this DVD came bundled with a carved, solid-wood goblet. (Thanks to Chris!) -
copyright
J.K. Rowling Sues To Stop Publication Of Fan-Written Potter Reference Book
Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling takes a dim view of independently authored reference books, it seems. She's joined a lawsuit to stop the publication of a fan-written reference book based on a website that she herself admitted to using while fact checking her writing. More » -
fakes
Chinese Fake Harry Potter Is Awesome; Also A Dragon
Officials might consider counterfeit Chinese "translations" of copyrighted work illegal, but we like to think of them as the marketplace's version of outsider art; it's like fanfic and Lulu.com got together and opened up a bookstore in Shanghai. The New York Times teases its readers with awesome excerpts from a handful of recent Harry Potter knockoffs, with titles far better than the real ones:- Harry Potter and the Chinese Porcelain Doll Harry Potter and the Leopard-Walk-Up-to-Dragon Harry Potter and the Chinese Overseas Students at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
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does anyone have page 10?
Harry Potter And The Missing Pages
Several hundred copies of Harry Potter are missing pages; a handful are without entire chapters. We have yet to observe it on the subway, but reports suggest that is a consensus reaction to the absent pages: screaming. More » -
shipping
Would UPS Lie About Delivering Harry Potter To Stay In Amazon's Good Graces?
Jason Kottke was home Saturday at 3:36 pm when UPS claims they attempted to deliver his copy of Harry Potter. No notice was left on Kottke's door; the neighboring doorman saw no UPS truck; UPS' own website shows that the package never transitioned from the penultimate status of "In Transit To Final Destination" to "Out For Delivery." Why would UPS lie about delivering a copy of Harry Potter? More » -
j.k. rowling
J.K. Rowling's Airport Voodoo That She'll Do Do
Thanks to some schmoozing at the airport — or perhaps black magic spells cast on TSA agents — the next Harry Potter manuscript is safe. More »
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