Aleksandr Orlov Meerkat (compare the meerkat) soft toy available from harrods

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chickywiggle wrote: »

what about people who had wanted to buy them for THEIR children????? what are you going to say to their dissapointed faces........ "sorry but you're not special enough!"?

personally Harrods should sell them to those that have been promised.
They can then donate ALL the money raised (or toy equivalent) to the charities.

So WHAT if people sell them on???? If I could I would........ I would then use the huge profit I would make to put on my own debts to make my own sons life better.

Sorry - and I am anticipating a stabbing here - but MY son will ALWAYS be a higher priority to ME then anyone elses!! Thats not to say I don't feel for other children and their situations but they are not MY first priority!!

Just for the record I didn't order one (or even try too) before anyone acuses me of being jealous etc.

Did you always get what you wanted for christmas? probably not and you still are here living, it didnt do yuo any harm did it.

I am presuming your so is perfectly healthy, so surely you cant begrudge this great gesture? I would have liked to get one for my daughter but I cant but I am sure they will become available for purchase at a later time for you to get for your son.

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chickywiggle wrote: »

**was going to respond to Sarahlucy but it wasn't worth the anger she had risen in me**

you cant respond because there is no response to sarahlucy's wonderful post.

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TBeckett100 wrote: »

I am sorry, but Harrods promised 5000 of these and 5000 people bothered to be lucky enough to be on the list.

i do not accept that these are now to be given away to charity. I had no intention of resale but wanted something limited and unique.

the debate on here about kids who are "not special" should thank their lucky stars they are not disabled is utter tripe. It doesnt mean that people who have been promised an item should have to give it up to a child who is ill. I would have rather Harrods asked for an extra £10 to charity. Money helps charities a lot more than stuffed toys.

Cant you wait? as I am more than sure that the meerkat soft toy will be sold again at a later date.

You really do begrudge this dont you!! :mad:

Siren1974

The attitude of certain posters in this thread has wound me up all day. Several times I've sat here fuming and each time walked away because it serves no purpose at all to argue amongst ourselves.

However, Mr Beckett. You may have risen to the ranks of "consumer champion" in other threads on this forum and for that I commend your persistance, but this time you really look like a bitter person to be complaining about not getting your toy. I understand you feel disappointed, but really, have the decency to let it go.

As for the "little johnny must have this, little johnny must have that brigade", you are breeding nothing more than spoilt brats.

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TBeckett100 wrote: »

letter is in the post.

You are really one sad person, and that is being extremely polite :mad::mad::mad::mad:

SandraScarlett

Would it matter if a child got another meerkat toy, and not the official one? There are loads of soft meerkat toys on ebay, ranging from about £5. The only difference is, they are not wearing a cravat or dressing gown.

Most children remove the clothes anyway, so how about wrapping one of these meerkats in a blanket, and saying it is Stephanov, the Special Son of Simples!

xx

pollyskettle

OwtForNowt wrote: »

To santa asking for a Meerkat?

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Sally22_2

I was really hoping for one of these for myself as I really love meerkats and especially Alexander (I didnt reserve tho, i would have tried my chances instore).

I have 2 'normal' meerkat toys already though and if the meerkats get given to children or auctioned off for charity to raise funds for research then im happy with that. I would much rather a poorly childs face light up with excitement, than my own, and at Christmas time, me and my family will do as we always do and toast to our good health and happiness.

At the end of the day, who knows when we may need these charities personally ourselves...

lisawood78

I think this thread is an absolute disgrace, the way people are speaking to other people is disgusting.
People are allowed to have their own opinions, without being picked on and attacked for them.
I have reported this thread to be looked at by a BG as it is turning nasty, IMHO.

koolkid

Hohoho MERRY CHRISTMAS! Let's really get into the swing of the fesitive period by turning our disapointment into resentment towrds sick kids and their parents all for the sake of a bloody ugly stuffed piece of fluff!

To the lovely human who made the contradictory comment 'My objction is that these children's parents think children in this situation are more impotant then any other child in the world and feel it perfectly acceptable 'normal' children should go without to prove a point that they are healthy'. Yet you say yourelf the YOUR child is the most important thing in YOUR life.... ok so why does that make them any different to you? It doesn't the only difference is they have a sick child.

Anyone would've thought Harrods had been inundated with parents of sick children saying their children should get the meerkats- they didn't they have more important things to worry about. Let me tell you what would've really happened....

... the fact that people were already putting these meerkats on Ebay starting at 5 times their RRP will have seriously pee'd a very astute and generous business man. He probably thought that rather than watch these things be used for financial gain by a few greedy so and so's that he'd give them away to charity and allow them to make some much needed money. I'm sure they will have been given the go- ahead to sell them and rightly so.

I feel sorry for genuine buyers who would've liked them but really some posters get a grip it's a bloody stuffed toy.

Did these parents ask for these meerkats- no! Do you seriously think that they give a stuff... no! But do you think that if their child passes they will remember the day santa came round the childrens ward with toys from Harrods and brought some happiness or that for a day a child might forget the pain and suffering they're facing because of a generous stranger... I would say yes.

If I was one of the parents that received this gift and read some of these posts I'd bloody send you the meerkat and hoped you'd feel bloody ashamed... if your children are anything like some of you then sorry Harrods probably will have ruined their Christmas because you're coming across like spoilt brats.

I feel sorry for Harrods staff I bet they've never had so many chav's and nasty people calling in their 175 years! Guess what guys it's his shop so the boss will do what he wants and no amount of temper tantrums is going to change

Merry Christmas!