Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
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Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
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.....
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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.....
Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
I imagine you will be contacting the seller. It will be interesting to hear his reply!
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
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!
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
well said!!
I saw 'Heidi' being described as 'By Enid Blyton' the other week on eBay.
I saw 'Heidi' being described as 'By Enid Blyton' the other week on eBay.
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
I have contacted the seller and received this reply:
Moonraker - taking action whilst others talk about itHi 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!
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
And sure enough, it's been corrected!Moonraker wrote:I have contacted the seller and received this reply:
Moonraker - taking action whilst others talk about itHi 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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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
And Nigel's incorrect quotation tags have been corrected too!
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
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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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
I see the listing has been fixed, Moonraker you obviously got there before me .
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 .
I wonder if the books had sold would the buyer have left negative rep for the item not being as described?
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 .
I wonder if the books had sold would the buyer have left negative rep for the item not being as described?
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
actions speak louder than words I was wondering who had fixed it because the first thing I did was see the link rather than read the posts!Moonraker wrote:I have contacted the seller and received this reply:
Moonraker - taking action whilst others talk about itHi 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.
Jolly well done Nigel!
I don't blame the seller because that has happened to me too many times, even in exams!
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Re: Enid's 'very successful Peter Rabbit books range'....
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!
'Oh voice of Spring of Youth
hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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hearts mad delight,
Sing on, sing on, and when the sun is gone
I'll warm me with your echoes
through the night.'
(E. Blyton, Sunday Times, 1951)
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