J.K.Rowling updates site with warning
 

In addition to the news about iTunes, J.K.Rowling has updated her website, warning fans in regards to fake 'autographed' merchandise.

Source: HPANA

That stinks that people are doing that!!!! :toilet2:

thats nice.. that she warns us about things like these..

It's really great that she got the time to write that because I bet there are many out there who have already fallen victim to such theft. Of course you'd be excited to find memoriabilia signed by JK, but personally, if I got something signed by Her Geniosity, would I really go and sell it on e-bay? :rolleyes:

Take everything with a pinch of salt! You can never tell how far Voldemort's clutches have gone around the world. You know, due to all the false rumours and such false stuff, it's a wonder we all don't have high blood pressure.

*shrugs* Can't blame ebay, they can't tell people they CANT sell something. That would lead to a lawsuit.

My advice would be to just not buy it off of ebay. Or, if you do, check it out upon delivery and then sue the person who sold it, if it is a fake.

That's you. There was one of our members (i believe) who got to meet JK and get stuff like that (the cub reporters) and he/she said that it was overheard that several of the cub reporters were already talking about selling the item(s) on Ebay.

That's really bad what fans are doing "fake 'autographed' merchandise". It's good to see JKR warning them!! Go girl! lol

Ottery is...annoyed at all the mean people out there, and the gullible ones too...grr
 

It's terrible that it would be necessary to make warnings about phoney merchandise. Sadly, I bet many autographs out there are fake.


I,for one, would never pass off a phoney...

*coughlovetheD/GavvyOtterycough*

Ugh...E-Bay is evil. I don't buy anything from it...

Ottery that's the problem they really aren't fans when they get the autographs or someone or some thing really sad has forced them to sell it

Well, thanx for the warning...but i don't go on e-bay.

Well, I'm off to send my e-mail to e-Bay, per Jo's request.

I think its just better not to buy things like that from eBay. You have no way of knowing if it is real or not.

It wasn't one of our members, it was one of the Canadian winners. But she did say she heard some reporters mentioning how they were going to sell stuff on eBay, which I think she was disgusted at. As would I be. To be among that 70 would be an honour. To go and taint that by profiteering from it? That's wrong in my books, considering the hundreds of thousands of genuine fans who would've easily given an arm and a leg just to be there.

How nice! ;)

What an awful thing for someone to do... *smacks the awful people*

Kinda sad what people will do for money. Sky-dive, yes, (i'd do it with or without being paid) But forge one of the best authors of all time's signature, no. I dont think malfoy is even that low.

she's so nice! It's too bad people are twisted enough to do this

its really cool that JK actually cares about her fans buying fake autographs.but why would anyone want to BUY an autograph? i dont understand the concept,a fan receives an autograph as proof that he/she has met the author/actor etc. so isnt buying it kinda beating the purpose?

Aww, poo, I thought we were special to get one of our members there, oh well. I would be disgusted as well. *pets the signed merchandise I do own* I'll never sell them! Never!

That is so shallow of people, some people are so stupid, I hate stupid people.

that tells you alot about fans out there. like me, heck, i probably wouldn't have known the difference between jkr's signature and a phony unless i was comparing the two. the nerve of people to pass off fakes just to earn money! it was awfully nice of JK to write a 'Heed My Warning" type thing on her site! ^.^