I send SASE and I don't send photos. If I have something I was specifically signed (like lobby cards) than I'll send them but I just send a LOR and a SASE

I always send a SASE, IMO I think its the "mannerly" thing to do. I never send photos to be signed, so I would be hoping the celeb would send me one of their pics therefore its only right I pay postage. I do send an index card though lol

I think it's only good manners to pay return postage costs. If everybody were to send just SAE's, I'm sure the amount of ttm signers would drop considerably. Celebrities get a lot of fan mail and if they had to honour every autograph request at their own expense, it would definitely put them off signing for us.
I send about five letters a week and it costs me almost £8 in postage. Imagine how much it would cost a celebrity to answer every single letter they recieve :shock:

Only time I'll use an SASE is for via venue requests. Other than that, SAE all the way for me. I'm not exactly Bill Gates, postage is a helluva lot of money - and if a celeb I really admire is willing to pay it, why not?!

I always send SASE (or SAE with dollars/IRCs), regardless of whether I'm sending a photo or not.

Whether I send a photo varies on a lot of things, but the SASE (or SAE with postage costs) is a constant.

In my opinion, if you want an autograph, you should be willing to pay return postage. (By "you" I dont mean you specifically, just in general)

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