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Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:05 am
by dakotawint
It seems more prepaired, but also very expensive. Does it really matter if you send it with a sharpie?

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 3:27 am
by mharm2k6
Some people tend to send them with Via Venue, but for the most part- it's not really necessary, as most celebrities will have something on hand if they are signing a lot of fanmail. I'll caveat this by saying, including one is a courtesy that would probably be appreciated. This can also be useful if you want your item signed with a specific thing, though don't plan on getting the pen/marker back. In the end this can be more expensive, but whenever I had worked out an agreement with a certain celebrity to sign something for our organization, i always sent along a specially printed sharpie with our items (just business practice).
-M

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Fri Dec 19, 2008 9:32 am
by autographfanno1
I would probably say not, as has already been said, if a celeb is going to answer fanmail then they will have a pen on them. You will most likely lose it too and it would end up being very expensive.

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:59 am
by RYAN J.
I've sent Sharpies TTM, But the celeb (Robert Duvall) Did not use it or return it. So I stopped sending them. :lol:

RYAN J. 8)

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 1:13 am
by x hayley x
I've never even thought about sending one before! I suppose sending one VV is quite a good idea just in case the celebrity doesn't have one on hand. But I really don't think it's necessary at all :)

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 11:10 am
by lizane
Hi dakotawint! ;)

If you just want to write to celebrities as a hobby and to keep the autographs for yourself, don't send sharpies/markers. As already explained, most, if not all, celebrities have markers to sign with. {up} Also, you're not even guarenteed to get your photo back signed with the marker you sent, so it's not very effective.

Good luck,
zanne

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 12:50 pm
by seamus
Sometimes, I send them the sharpies because I got a lot of autographs smudged because they used THEIR ,,bad sharpies"...

Re: Sending sharpies (markers in general)

Posted: Sat Dec 20, 2008 6:45 pm
by dobie516
RYAN J. wrote:I've sent Sharpies TTM, But the celeb (Robert Duvall) Did not use it or return it. So I stopped sending them. :lol:

RYAN J. 8)
If you do send one your chances are probably none of getting it back. I've often given stars sharpies IP when they don't have one. I don't wait around to get it back.