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Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....

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Found this on eBay

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Apart from the fact you'd have to be from Mars not to know Beatrix Potter wrote Peter Rabbit, I am absolutely staggered how anyone could photograph SIX books close up, with the author's name clearly on each one, and still get it completely wrong..... :shock: :shock: :lol: :lol:
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I imagine you will be contacting the seller. It will be interesting to hear his reply!
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The more I see things like this, the more I think that some people do not have a brain inside their heads anymore, just an empty space full of rubbish! :lol: :lol:

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well said!! :lol:

I saw 'Heidi' being described as 'By Enid Blyton' the other week on eBay.
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
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I have contacted the seller and received this reply:
Hi Nigel
many thanks for contacting me,oooops I was reading Enid Blyton to my young daughter last night and had her name stuck in my mind when I listed these, I will look to correct the listing,many thanks for taking the time to contact me,

kind regards Chris.
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Well done, Nigel! :D
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Moonraker wrote:I have contacted the seller and received this reply:
Hi Nigel
many thanks for contacting me,oooops I was reading Enid Blyton to my young daughter last night and had her name stuck in my mind when I listed these, I will look to correct the listing,many thanks for taking the time to contact me,

kind regards Chris.
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And sure enough, it's been corrected! :)
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And Nigel's incorrect quotation tags have been corrected too! :wink:
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That sort of thing is everywhere. Amazon is particularly bad for books by Enid Blyton which are clearly not - I've seen science textbooks and all sorts.
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I see the listing has been fixed, Moonraker you obviously got there before me :P .

I've seen a few books that state their by Enid Blyton when their not. I have a sneaking suspicion that some do it because they know it will draw people in, which might work up to a point if the writing isn't visible but not when another author's name is blatantly on the front :lol: .

I wonder if the books had sold would the buyer have left negative rep for the item not being as described? :lol:
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Moonraker wrote:I have contacted the seller and received this reply:
Hi Nigel
many thanks for contacting me,oooops I was reading Enid Blyton to my young daughter last night and had her name stuck in my mind when I listed these, I will look to correct the listing,many thanks for taking the time to contact me,

kind regards Chris.
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actions speak louder than words :lol: :lol: I was wondering who had fixed it because the first thing I did was see the link rather than read the posts!
Jolly well done Nigel! :wink:
I don't blame the seller because that has happened to me too many times, even in exams! :oops:
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This reminds me (sort of!!) of when my aunt was a child and had to write a composition on 'Wind In The Willows' - but absentmindedly used her own surname instead... 'Wind In the Websters' -- which the teacher found very amusing! :lol:
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Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
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(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)



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