Billie Jean King - FAILURE!

[kzone10]

On March 31, 2014 I sent Ms. King a copy of her book BILLIE JEAN at World Team Tennis (WTT) at the address listed in this website along with a fan letter and return postage and self addressed return mailing label - asking if she would please sign the book and return to me.

When about 13 months went by without a response, I wrote WTT and inquired on the status. I received a hand written card from her office manager stating they still had my book, but it is often many months before Ms. King signs requests and to please be patient.

Today, October 1, 2015, over 18 months after I sent the book it was returned to me UNSIGNED. There was a post-it on the cover where someone wrote "You already got a signed book - one to a fan."

Please note that I have NEVER, EVER written Ms. King prior to this instance in my life and certainly NEVER, EVER received a signed book-or anything else from her for that matter!

To say I am disappointed is an understatement. At first, I thought I would write WTT and plead my case to them, and ask if I could please return the book for signature a second time but I feel it is simply not worth the time, money or effort to do so. :-(

I hope someone has better luck than I did.

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[bigman222]

In a situation like this, find a friend in a different city / state (preferably a different state), have them write out a request and use your first name as their first name, and send it out again.

[mjsavage2001]

That you wrote to check on the status of your autograph request is probably why it came back unsigned.

[bigman222]

That you wrote to check on the status of your autograph request is probably why it came back unsigned.

If one cares to check in on the status, it's best to do it for one of two reasons

1. You paid for the autograph for your item (like the Nolan Ryan Foundation allows) and never got it returned. Very helpful if you had a tracking return label and it was shown as never sent (or in some cases there was no return invoice to acknowledge the job as complete.)

2. You pre-arranged the item to be sent with approval from the personal assistant. I've done this at times and it always worked out with good results.

Without the two, it's going to be 50/50 - either they will be honest to try to look or dismissive and forget you ever sent it.