'Water for Elephants' author 直面するs angry (激しい)反発 as she sells her hoard of 156 Hatchimals in four days at a $6,000 利益(をあげる) - and says she had no idea money-making 計画/陰謀 would 刺激する 乱暴/暴力を加える?

  • 'Water for Elephants' author Sara Gruen has sold out of the 156 Hatchimals that she 購入(する)d for?$23,595.31 in just four days
  • She made a 利益(をあげる) of だいたい $6,000, and now says she had no idea her 計画/陰謀 would upset parents who were desperate?to buy their kids the toy?
  • Gruen is using the money to help 基金 the 事例/患者 of a man serving life in 刑務所,拘置所, but will not 明らかにする/漏らす his 指名する or 詳細(に述べる)s about him
  • She drew the 激怒(する) of many when she wrote last week that she was in danger of '財政上の 廃虚' because there was a 限界 to how many toys she could sell online
  • In 新規加入 to having 多重の bestselling novels, Gruen has also sold the film and theater 権利s to Water for Elephants?
  • 'I have a friend with a special needs child and all he 手配中の,お尋ね者 was a Hatchimal, but they're sold out. People like @SaraGruen make me sick,' said one woman?

The bestselling author of 'Water for Elephants' has sold out of the 156 Hatchimals that she bought off eBay in just four days.

Sara Gruen made a 利益(をあげる) of だいたい $6,000 after she sold the lot to individual 買い手s, which she 購入(する)d for the price of $23,595.31 the day after 黒人/ボイコット Friday.

Last week, she began to complain online that eBay would only let her sell four of the toys a week, which meant she would not be able to get rid of the Hatchimals before Christmas, but then she 始める,決める up an online shop and they went quickly, with each toy also coming with one of her 調印するd 調書をとる/予約するs.

However she drew the 怒らせる of parents desperate to get their own children the toy.?

She says she had no idea that people would be upset and was only trying to sell the Hatchimals to put a dent in the 合法的な 料金s she has racked up while trying to get an innocent man out of 刑務所,拘置所.

Gruen will not 明らかにする/漏らす the 指名する of the man or anything about his 事例/患者, other than to say she is trying to have it heard before the 最高裁判所.

Hatchimals 小売 for about $49.99, and Gruen was selling hers for as much as $199 to 利益/興味d 買い手s.?

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All gone:?'Water for Elephants' author Sara Gruen (above) has sold out of the 156 Hatchimals that she purchased for $23,595.31 in just four days

All gone:?'Water for Elephants' author Sara Gruen (above) has sold out of the 156 Hatchimals that she 購入(する)d for $23,595.31 in just four days

Clueless:?She made a profit of approximately $6,000, and now says she had no idea her scheme would upset parents who were desperate to buy their kids the toy (above with her lot)

Clueless:?She made a 利益(をあげる) of だいたい $6,000, and now says she had no idea her 計画/陰謀 would upset parents who were desperate to buy their kids the toy (above with her lot)

Attack:?'I have a friend with a special needs child and all he wanted was a Hatchimal, but they're sold out. People like @SaraGruen make me sick,' said one woman (above)

Attack:?'I have a friend with a special needs child and all he 手配中の,お尋ね者 was a Hatchimal, but they're sold out. People like @SaraGruen make me sick,' said one woman (above)

'I thought, "Oh yeah, those look 冷静な/正味の," so we bought some for the grandchildren off eBay and then somehow I decided that they were going to be an "It" toy,' said Gruen on Today Monday morning.?

'I just thought maybe I could raise something, I sold out in four days and I think I made an 普通の/平均(する) of $30 per Hatchimal.'

Her Hatchimals with a Heart website shows that she was selling the toys for $189, with one going for わずかに more because it has a 'rare 一括 error'.

Gruen also explains her 合法的な 戦う/戦い on the 場所/位置.

'About a year and a half ago, by sheer happenstance, we became aware of this man’s 状況/情勢 and realized that if we didn’t do something, nobody would,' 令状s Gruen.

'We live by “The Golden 支配する,” and realized we wouldn’t be able to live with ourselves if we didn’t do everything in our 力/強力にする to help.'?

That has not stopped many for attacking Gruen however online.

Must have: Hatchimals (above) have become a surprise hit this holiday season

Must have: Hatchimals (above) have become a surprise 攻撃する,衝突する this holiday season

'I have a friend with a special needs child and all he 手配中の,お尋ね者 was a Hatchimal, but they're sold out. People like @SaraGruen make me sick,' wrote one woman on Twitter.

'What about all the parents that 手配中の,お尋ね者 to get one, but can't afford to be ripped off by people like you? What about their kids?' said one woman.

One parent wrote on Facebook: 'Honestly at this point I don't really care what your 利益(をあげる) is! There are plenty of other ways to raise money! Not preying on families who wish to buy what is 初めは a 半分 非,不,無-expensive Christmas gift for their children and asking three times a 示す up! one of them wrote.?

And many others 手配中の,お尋ね者 to know more 詳細(に述べる)s about this man she was trying to 始める,決める 解放する/自由な from 刑務所,拘置所.

'Why don't you use some of your own money rather than だまし取る money using kids toys? Who's this mystery man your trying to 解放する/自由な??' wrote one man.

Another woman wrote: 'People might be more inclined to buy your "Hatchimals" if you 現実に said 世界保健機構 THE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED MAN IS.'?

Reason: Gruen is using the money to help fund the case of a man serving life in prison, but will not reveal any details or the man's name (website explaining cause above)

推論する/理由: Gruen is using the money to help 基金 the 事例/患者 of a man serving life in 刑務所,拘置所, but will not 明らかにする/漏らす any 詳細(に述べる)s or the man's 指名する (website explaining 原因(となる) above)

She 以前 told the Philly 発言する/表明する in an interview last week that she was also working on a 'Making A 殺害者-type docuseries' about the man and that soon everyone would know his 指名する.

Gruen gave that interview after realizing she would not be able to sell her toys on eBay, 述べるing the moment she 設立する out that she was 限られた/立憲的な in the number of Hatchimals she could 名簿(に載せる)/表(にあげる) per week.

'It felt like I got 攻撃する,衝突する with a freight train. I waited until the next morning to tell my husband that I’d 完全に 廃虚d us,' said Gruen.?

'He should have 殺人d me. I ran up the credit cards for this. But, he feels sorry for me. He feels bad that I feel bad. I married a saint.'

She said that things had become so bad that she was even having nightmares about her toys.

Gruen also wrote about her troubles on Facebook, and the directed people to her website.

'So ? and here I cringe and hang my 長,率いる in shame and feel sick to my stomach - if you or anyone you know wants a Hatchimal,?here is a link to my Shopify storefront,' wrote Gruen.?

'I have a fortune 投資するd, only one 発生地 to offload them, and in only three weeks they will magically transform into useless pumpkins that will (問題を)取り上げる space in my office forever, and have 原因(となる)d my 財政上の 廃虚.'

In 新規加入 to having 多重の bestselling novels, Gruen has also sold the film and theater 権利s to Water for Elephants, which is 始める,決める to 首相 as a Broadway musical.?

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