^ she was there in a month..
but she just met with the fans in 2 weeks time...
aishhh LA fan meeting is the sweetest!!

She already left for japan?? when is it?? :):) aww... she's been there for a month... Time flies.. :)

i think last night US time..?
she arrived around afternoon JPN Time~

While looking around on eBay, I found this~

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sexy-Ayumi-Hamas...item255f58b6d5

(I searched "ayumi hamasaki" and set the options to "price - highest first" to see all the cool stuff, and I found this, and clicked on it because I was curious about the "w/ proof" part... There's a picture, but you can't see the picture itself getting signed. But it does look pretty legit... O_O")

It says that it was from Ayu in LA~ the 26th~
That is a huuuuge price for this...and it should be special to the person who got it signed, imo :(

That is just sad. I'm sure it's those (im)poster fans!! :eviltongu

That's just... sad. It defeats the whole purpose. I'd never buy an autograph.

what a piece of **** person

WTF
It's definitely from the people who came over with all the posters...no heart. :shakehead
Seriously...they better not put up any more, if Ayu's staff, or Avex for that matter sees this, they're going to pressure her into not seeing fans.

What a ****ing *******!!! This makes me mad!!!

Ugh. Ew. Just. Ew.

For one thing, if I -were- to bid on that picture, having no idea about the situation beforehand, I'd be skeptical. The photo they show could be her signing anything, since you can't see what she's signing in the picture. They could have just pulled a random paparazzi/fan picture off Google.


But of course, we know what's more likely... and that's why it's even more infuriating to me. So rude... beyond rude. There are no words.

This^

It's just so disrespectful, tacky, and classless.

But I mean, let's get real for a sec. We knew it was coming all along. We could all tell what they were trying to pull. They weren't real fans, they didn't care about her or what she was doing for everyone, they just wanted money.

You almost gotta give them credit, as bad as that sounds. They saw an opportunity for money, completely legal, no strings attached, and went for it. While it does piss us off, and probably Ayu and her staff as well, it's not like they care. They're doing what they set out to do... and it sucks, really.

But I'm not sure why we're all acting surprised and miffed. I think it was obvious. Terrible, but obvious. :/

I'll bet they played up the whole "fan" thing too... And then this... :irked

This. :yes

Uggghhh...it's really ruined overseas fans image...i hope ayu or her staff won't know about this...

That's why they're not in the group shots. >.< Well GOOD because I didn't want them in anyway :P

But seeing this, yeah I'm not surprised at all because we knew what they were doing. That's how some people operate. I think Avex and Ayu will find out about it, because they know in general that this sort of stuff happens anyway.....but it just sucks. It really sucks.

I doubt anyone is going to buy it.

I agree with Nessa...I doubt anyone will buy it.
It does piss me off, too that they did this.

Someone needs to buy this, then not pay for it and leave a HUGE NEGATIVE FEEDBACK. Hopefully someone will.