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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!

Id say around a year, but Ive had quite a few that took longer then that to come back

So far, I've only ever gotten 2 replies from celebrities.

They BOTH took over a year, and I had completely given up on both by the time they arrived, but I'm so glad they came back.

To be honest, wait a year and a half, because I waited a year, resent a request, and the original one came back the next month.

So a year AT LEAST but if it's a popular celeb, wait a bit longer. Obviously if it's Via Venue, then more then a month means you should move on.

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

RYAN-J

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

I would wait like 3 years..

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

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

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.

dancingirl1 wrote:

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

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.

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.

Give it up to 20 years lol