[quote="GUN5L1N6ER"] How long should I wait after sending a request a certain celebrity, athlete, etc., before I either send another request or just write that person off as a failure?[/quote]

Here is a success that took 2 years..just as an example. So you relly dont know when they will come back...tak a look: http://www.fanmail.biz/mboard/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=219408

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[quote="GUN5L1N6ER"]I am new to collecting autographs. Like a complete newbie, I have a million questions. The one question that keeps surfacing in my mind is this one.

How long should I wait after sending a request a certain celebrity, athlete, etc., before I either send another request or just write that person off as a failure?

Any information y'all can give will be most appreciated! Thanks![/quote]

It is highly variable. My Aussie footy 'graphs average about a month. Star Wars & Lord of the Rings a few months. Rather than re-sending to to the same address, I might try to find an alternative address when I can. I might try the same address a few to several months later. But celebs, I'm sure, don't like to be hassled.

3+ years is my longest. One thing I learned is to use a return address that will stay constant. ie if you rent and move around a lot, you will miss letters that take 3 years to get to you! Parents addresses can be good, or your own PO Box.

^MEGA LOLZ!

Give it up to 20 years lol

[quote="dancingirl1"][quote="Ravenmaniac"]Don't start thinking that they'll all take years to get a response.[/quote]

No, they all wont, BUT some can. And the user asked "how long should we wait until we re-send a request...." so we answered the question.[/quote]

I was just noting that no one mentioned to the new collector that they all won't take a year to be returned. Obviously some can take years, but on average they take about half that, which no one mentioned.

[quote="Ravenmaniac"]Don't start thinking that they'll all take years to get a response.[/quote]

No, they all wont, BUT some can. And the user asked "how long should we wait until we re-send a request...." so we answered the question.

Don't start thinking that they'll all take years to get a response.

I would wait like 3 years.. {up}

Thanks for all the stories and advice! Makes the waiting a little more bearable!

I've had some successes take up to 4 years for a reply. and one guy on here had one take 19 YEARS!!! :shock: So you can never write them off as a failure. {up}

RYAN-J 8)