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Originally Posted by packs
10 or 15 years ago my dad bought me and my brother a book of addresses and we sent out cards to every living HOFer. Most wrote back and were happy to sign my card for me. But others were real grimey about it and returned my letter and card in my SASE without a signature and with a list of the prices they charged for various autographs, even though I had sent them a pretty worthless card to sign, which they could have just personalized if they really felt like I was out to gain anything but a signature from someone I respected. Always rubbed me the wrong way. When you're at a show that's one thing, people know well in advance you'll be charging. But through the mail? I wrote each of them back advising them to get a job if they needed my ten dollars that badly.
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IMO, you writing back to them and chastising them was pretty disrespectful. It is their choice to sign for free or charge if they like. The thing is too, had you paid what they were asking back then, most would be worth quite a bit more today.