JERRY SIENFELD VV SUCCESS

[buffysatine]

I want to add that this might be a word of warning against writing "please hold for Person A on XX/XX dates" on the envelope - the only logical way my package could have arrived late was if the mailman who picked it up out of the mailbox saw that and mistakenly had the post office hold until those dates and THEN mail it out. That scenario makes sense. Needing more than 6 days to go from NY-MN doesn't seem plausible. If someone isn't familiar with autograph collecting, who's to say they know any better? This was the first time I put "please hold" on a via venue request. I had another VV come back last year without putting such a message on there (I didn't know about the "please hold" stuff then).

I ALWAYS put 'Please pass on for performance on & the date' on EVERY via venue request I send & have never had a problem.

I serioulsy doubt the post office OR a mailman would see that & hold on to a letter - there job is just to deliver, they dont care about special instructins written on an envelope - if they did DO NOT BEND might get more attention paid to it.

[mwmiller]

Sending to a venue is a crapshoot in my opinion. I've had some great successes and some puzzling disappointments. I always put the performance date on the envelope. It is always possible that the mail will arrive late, even it mailed in plenty of time, or it will be misplaced at the venue and not delivered to the performer, or the performer's handlers will leave the item or lose the item.

[rdf8585]

I got mine today - the one that arrived late was indeed mine. The OP, who had a return, sent his a day earlier than I sent mine but he lives a state or so farther away than I do. Mine was postmarked the day it was sent (11/12) and still arrived late for shows on the 18th and 19th.

My package was just RTS'ed and postmarked from MN on 11/23. 9 days ago. That's a pretty sorry performance by the USPS. I've had mail go to Japan in that time. NY-MN usually takes 3-4 days in my prior experiences. I'm sure I would have had a success if the USPS was on the ball.