by kreecher » Sat Feb 01, 2014 1:15 pm
Once again. The artist has a right NOT to reply. In my letter I'm just kindly asking for an autograph. If an artist HIMSELF thinks it's unacceptable to ask without paying for the reply postage, I don't expect him to send me my photos back. It's always up to him to decide.
Moreover, a lot of those, who receive a letters VV with the already paid envelopes do not reply - that's a fact!
The same applies to the e-mail requests.
I will tell you even more. In December I sent 4 letters to Russia. I provided special reply envelopes (valid for Russia only) which are smaller, so they didn't influence the weight of the letter (i.e. it was still up to 20 g) and signed them of course, but the return address was also in Russia (at my friend's), because the reply-envelopes are valid only in Russia. Moreover, it was in the one and the same city - both the celeb and my friend to get the reply.
No reply was received until today.
On the other hand, I've e-mailed to one celeb's office to ask for a postal address, but her manager offered me to e-mail her the pics I'd like to sign, printed them HERSELF, signed them at the celeb and mailed me back. The letter is still in mail, so I should get it in some days.
Well..... everything happens...
I also e-mailed to ask for a address to one singer. His sec told me he's on tour now, asked for my address and told me, he will sign and personalize the pics they already have, but I will need to wait until he's back from the tour. She therefore didn't want my pics or envelope.... People take it more easy. Even Aaron Taylor-Johnson is reported to send out HIS OWN envelopes and postage and not to use the IRCs people send him..... 0_o, strange, huh?
And I also would like to say, that a lot of artists don't like big crowds of fans. Well.... it's their choice. Being a celeb means, that you will have to deal with fans, or nobody will be interested in you. Do you know, how much money do celebs pay in order to have their photos mailed from SFM? They not only pay '88p' for a letter, but also print cards (and they are of a very good quality, it's not that 0,10 cent pics from your local super-market) AND pay the people, who send these cards out to those, who request. I believe, that Mrs. Stubbs, in my example, is in much more better conditions. I also believe, that it's always a pleasure to receive a hand-written letter from somebody, who loves what you're doing.
And the last one: not everything is measured with money. Even if some celeb sends ca. 50 letter out each month, he will spend 44 pounds (45 incl. envelopes, which costs almost nothing). Big deal, if he gets paid a hundred of thousands per season or millions per film....
Once again. The artist has a right NOT to reply. In my letter I'm just kindly asking for an autograph. If an artist HIMSELF thinks it's unacceptable to ask without paying for the reply postage, I don't expect him to send me my photos back. It's always up to him to decide.
Moreover, a lot of those, who receive a letters VV with the already paid envelopes do not reply - that's a fact!
The same applies to the e-mail requests.
I will tell you even more. In December I sent 4 letters to Russia. I provided special reply envelopes (valid for Russia only) which are smaller, so they didn't influence the weight of the letter (i.e. it was still up to 20 g) and signed them of course, but the return address was also in Russia (at my friend's), because the reply-envelopes are valid only in Russia. Moreover, it was in the one and the same city - both the celeb and my friend to get the reply.
No reply was received until today.
On the other hand, I've e-mailed to one celeb's office to ask for a postal address, but her manager offered me to e-mail her the pics I'd like to sign, printed them HERSELF, signed them at the celeb and mailed me back. The letter is still in mail, so I should get it in some days.
Well..... everything happens...
I also e-mailed to ask for a address to [i]one singer[/i]. His sec told me he's on tour now, asked for my address and told me, he will sign and personalize the pics they already have, but I will need to wait until he's back from the tour. She therefore didn't want my pics or envelope.... People take it more easy. Even Aaron Taylor-Johnson is reported to send out HIS OWN envelopes and postage and not to use the IRCs people send him..... 0_o, strange, huh?
And I also would like to say, that a lot of artists don't like big crowds of fans. Well.... it's their choice. Being a celeb means, that you will have to deal with fans, or nobody will be interested in you. Do you know, how much money do celebs pay in order to have their photos mailed from SFM? They not only pay '88p' for a letter, but also print cards (and they are of a very good quality, it's not that 0,10 cent pics from your local super-market) AND pay the people, who send these cards out to those, who request. I believe, that Mrs. Stubbs, in my example, is in much more better conditions. I also believe, that it's always a pleasure to receive a hand-written letter from somebody, who loves what you're doing.
And the last one: not everything is measured with money. Even if some celeb sends ca. 50 letter out each month, he will spend 44 pounds (45 incl. envelopes, which costs almost nothing). Big deal, if he gets paid a hundred of thousands per season or millions per film....
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