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Hi guys,
A couple of months ago I sent a request to Bonnie Wright (UK) and Evanna Lynch (Ireland) and I only included a SAE... no stamps.... would I have a chance of getting anything back, or should I try to get Irish and UK stamps and send another request?
Thanks,
Carolina
P.S. This is kinda weird to ask, I guess, but do you think 13 is too young to be collecting autographs?

I would send again with the stamps, to be honest.

Is 13 too young? Nope, assuming you have your parents' permission?

rachael wrote:I would send again with the stamps, to be honest.

Is 13 too young? Nope, assuming you have your parents' permission?

oh yeah, they know.
I was thinking about sending another request.... I'll try to get Irish and UK stamps... thanks!

Send cash, don't send stamps.

I know some people use cash, but it's really not something to recommend over stamps.

dfreely wrote:I know some people use cash, but it's really not something to recommend over stamps.

thanks

I can't see anything wrong with an activity which mainly involves thinking of nice things to say to other people in a concise and clear way. I would recommend it to anyone simply as writing practice, or to help with shyness, or even as practice for writing essays. I have a thirteen year old son, and I certainly wouldn't think that he was too young to take up the hobby if he wanted to (he tends to ask me to do it for him!)

I asked a famous British comedian for his autograph when we met him in a cafe when I was nine, I've dropped in and out of the hobby ever since. I wish that I had started writing to people when I was thirteen, a very large number of people I would like to have written to are no longer with us, although before the internet it was a lot harder to find addresses!

On the other question, I would definitely send stamps rather than cash, and if you do send cash then make it a note rather than coins. Make the envelope look unexciting as well, if your letter passes through the hand of a dishonest postie they are more likely to target something that looks like a birthday card than a letter inviting someone to purchase new window frames.

HappinessStan wrote:I can't see anything wrong with an activity which mainly involves thinking of nice things to say to other people in a concise and clear way. I would recommend it to anyone simply as writing practice, or to help with shyness, or even as practice for writing essays. I have a thirteen year old son, and I certainly wouldn't think that he was too young to take up the hobby if he wanted to (he tends to ask me to do it for him!)

I asked a famous British comedian for his autograph when we met him in a cafe when I was nine, I've dropped in and out of the hobby ever since. I wish that I had started writing to people when I was thirteen, a very large number of people I would like to have written to are no longer with us, although before the internet it was a lot harder to find addresses!

On the other question, I would definitely send stamps rather than cash, and if you do send cash then make it a note rather than coins. Make the envelope look unexciting as well, if your letter passes through the hand of a dishonest postie they are more likely to target something that looks like a birthday card than a letter inviting someone to purchase new window frames.

thanks for the advice!