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New Member - and hobby

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:04 am
by lamb_of_god123420
Hey , my name is Chris and i am a new member to FanMail.biz , and its great , but i am also new to the Autograph Collecting Hobby , and i have gotten 2 things so far , since monday , I've gotten a Metallica Fan PAck , and a picture of the wiggles for my brother and sister. But any who , I like this forum , and its great

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 12:18 pm
by YOURS_SINCERELY
Welcome to the forum... and welcome to autograph collecting, it's certainly a great hobby, also you've came across a great forum. Anything you need to know you can ask on the forum and we will try and help you with it.

All the best of luck in your collecting.

Remember the golden rule.

SEND A SELF ADDRESSED STAMPED ENVELOPE and BE POLITE TO THE CELEB (as well as patient in their reply)

Best of Luck,

YOURS_SINCERELY

Welcome!!

Posted: Mon Aug 01, 2005 2:48 pm
by TheCollector
[agree]

Well said!!!! I have been "harping on" about always sending SASE's for months now. But it really does make a difference.

You will still get some autos back without one, but you will get LOTS if you use one!

Incidentally, if you are writing abroad you should enclose a self-addressed reply envelope and a couple of IRC's. IRC's are International Reply Coupons and you can get these from most post offices.

You just need to include a couple of these with your letters and the overseas celebs can exchange them for stamps!

Cheers, and welcome to the forum!!!! {up}

Ian

Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2005 6:46 pm
by rainbowvicki
Hi, I'm alos new here, but i was wondering what sort of size SASE to send, the biggest envelopes we have are 9 by 6 inches. Is that ok?

Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2005 9:29 am
by TheCollector
rainbowvicki wrote:Hi, I'm alos new here, but i was wondering what sort of size SASE to send, the biggest envelopes we have are 9 by 6 inches. Is that ok?
Hi rainbowvicki {up}

I try to use at least A4 (9x12) envelopes as this will cover all eventualities. A lot of celebs send out 10x8" pictures which will need the larger envelope.

I would suggest investing in some 9x12's (you can fold them to fit in your main envelope when you mail them out).

Failing that you could still use your 9x6's but you would have to rely on the celeb supplying their own envelope of they only have 10x8 pics!

Hope this heps,

Ian {thumb2}