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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 1:00 am
I saw someone in the subway here in Munich at 10.30 pm last night with one. MINE IS IN MY MAILBOX. Crapola, I won't get to read it until after Aug. 7th. Life's a ....think I'll just have to go to the opera tonight and have a weissbier. Trying to decide if I want to read your spoilers or just WAIT!
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Nickovtyme
Member
07-29-2004
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 6:22 am
The wife got ours last night. She said at Hastings where she bought it, there was a line from in front of the store, wrapped around to behind the store. She estimated 500 to 800 people there for the doors to open at midnight.
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Emmy
Member
05-05-2004
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 1:08 pm
We went to our local midnight party and waited in lines. Best thing I saw (besides the book) was an employee dressed as Moaning Myrtle with a toilet seat over her head!
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Mamie316
Member
07-08-2003
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 1:47 pm
Got mine at Target this morning for $16.59. They had a ton of them there.
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Tashakinz
Member
11-13-2002
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 3:10 pm
I got mine for $14.52 at Sam's Club this morning if anyone hasn't gotten theirs yet. Great price. I have lots to comment on - but not in this thread. 
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Sillycalimomma
Member
11-13-2003
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 3:13 pm
I picked mine up first thing this morning and then I just stared at it. I walked by it several times.....I kept telling the family "Im going to start reading it...." they all remember what happened to me last summer when I finally picked up the fifth book....I was MIA for 2 weeks while I read it. I picked it up finally and got to chapter four before putting it down to check on things in the house and see if any live feeds were back up for bb.... this may get ugly. By the time I get done reading it I fear the dust will have consumed my family and they will have starved to death!
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 4:07 pm
I took my 3 daughters to Borders around 11:15 pm. We were all very excited driving over there. I finished reading book 5 to my 11 year old right before we left! I estimate that about 400-500 people were milling around with their numbers. They called us beginning at midnight in groups of 50. My 8 year old was disappointed that we missed any treats and activities. The four of us sat around reading until our set of numbers was called. They passed the HP book out right by the cash registers. Next time, I'll have it delivered the next day. (As it was, we did get a shipment from Amazon today anyway...) If anyone wants to go to a midnight party, we'll go early and not wait to pick up the book. Everyone will be too old to be interested in the activities by then though. My 14 year old stayed up all night and read the whole book! (She says it was good!) She says "it was an accident, (she) didn't mean to! ... tried to sleep three different times but was too excited and couldn't sleep!" I have read into chapter 2, my 11 yr. old is on chapter 6.
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 4:53 pm
Our book arrived from Amazon today and I have one very happy DH who will be laid up after hip surgery next week.
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Saxywildcat
Member
05-30-2005
| Saturday, July 16, 2005 - 5:18 pm
Mine came from B&N today. Not sure what time. Came while i was at walmart, thank God they left it at the door. i haven't started reading it yet. I will soon. 
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Neko
Member
08-03-2001
| Sunday, July 17, 2005 - 2:26 pm
I got mine on Saturday since I was only number 60 from the holds at my library. (There was around 450-ish by Friday. I've had my hold since this time last year ) Read it in about 6 hours.
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Jkm
Member
07-10-2002
| Monday, July 18, 2005 - 7:07 am
We went to the local Walmart this time - got there about 11:00 did some shopping, took it out to the van. Came back in and asked where they were passing it out -- said line was going to form back in layaway. We headed back there and nobody was there -- had seen many milling around -so we waited and about 20 before 12 they put out some rope lines and announced the line forming -- We were at the front!!! Probably about 50 to 60 people there in line -- got high fives as we walked away with them from the crowd. $15.83 (bought 3 books and a set of cds) Was back next day because I forgot a few things and there were no books to be found anywhere! (ours is a superwalmart but a small one - county only has about 25,000 people in it and we're only 1/2 hour from a large city)
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Reader234
Member
08-13-2000
| Monday, July 18, 2005 - 12:57 pm
I"M HOME!! We were in Antigo WI, Boy Scout Camp, Saturday at 4pm I took my 17 yr old and his 3 counselor friends to WalMart to get the book!! I bought one to take home, and one for DS's at camp!! (they were$15) Back at camp, dh picked up my copy and read DD chapter one, when he finished, he realized he had all the scouts sitting and listening behind him!! Very sweet memory - esp considering 3 nights before a few had commented they had outgrown HP!! lol DS, 19 couldnt believe his younger brother got it before him, he thought since "MOM" bought it, it goes to eldest first!! DS 17 didnt 'buy' that argument! DD was upset her 2 brothers were fighting, went to the car and gave her brother HER copy!! *sigh... I then told dh to find another WalMart (Shwano WI) to buy a copy so *I* could read it!! Shwano on Sunday only had about 45 copies left at 3pm!! (still $15) Because of only getting 3-5 hours of sleep, I'm so tired, its hard to stay awake to read more than one chapter at a time!!
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