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| - On Saturday, Feb. 20, Changing Hands hosted what they probably thought would be a manageable little Ozzy Osbourne book signing. Fat chance! What were they thinking? On the phone early that afternoon I was told only, "Hurry up and reserve a copy, they're going fast". Was I told there would be thousands of people there, and that they'd already sold 2,000 books by 9 A.M., and that they were having supply problems? Was I told the line would be THREE HOURS LONG in cold, rainy weather, and they, most likely, were going to run out of books, even for those who bought a ticket/book? No, every indication they gave, all the way down the queue, mind you, was that there are plenty of books, you'll get one. Ha! What a lie! Changing Hands bit off WAY MORE than it could chew having Ozzy book sign at their store. In short, their staff was a rude bunch of liars, and the way we poor Ozzy disciples were treated was beyond deplorable. It was simply uncalled for treating us like misbehaving schoolchildren, and I hope everyone else who was there and froze their asses off in the rain only to get treated like shit and get a post card for Ozzy to scribble on (Ozzy is great btw, he'll be here long after Changing hands) Yelp their minds here too, and show how Changing Hands' staff gets when the heat gets turned up. For seven years now, I've gone out of my way to patronize them, over the big chain stores, but...why should I? I hope they go under, the jerks. See you at Bookman's.
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