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OK, for anyone requesting autographs through the mail, here's some more clarification.

 

I was wrong in only including 58 cent stamps on my 9x12 SASEs. A 9x12 envelope automatically requires 80 cents postage. Plus that covers up to a total of one ounce of weight. An envelope plus one 8x10 should be around exactly one ounce and 80 cents should cover both your postage there plus another 80 cents on your SASE. Anything additional is going to cost 17 cents per extra ounce. Plus if you include anythingi rigid like a piece of cardboard it's going to run you an extra 33 cents. So to be safe, if you're sending a SASE plus your own picture plus cardboard, you should have $1.30 postage on the envelope (80 cents plus 17 cents for extra ounce plus 33 cents for the cardboard) you're sending there and on your SASE.

 

But like I was talking about before, I don't know how diligent the post office is in checking these things. It seems pretty hit or miss. I've gotten envelopes back with my 58 cents postage without any problem. I've gotten a couple that were stamped "postage due" but the only time I actually had to pay was when I was outside and saw the mailman coming and he said I owed him 44 cents.

 

So anyway, if you're like me and send out 20 or 30 autograph requests at a time and aren't inlcuding your own item and won't be crushed if you don't get anything back, it's probably OK to guess on the postage (80 cents). But if you're sending out one or two at a time and it's your own picture or whatever, I would actually take it to the post office, have them weigh it and then put the amount they tell you on the outgoing envelope plus the SASE. Hope this helps. Yes, I'm a a total dork.http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/glasses.gif

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I just sent out 8x10s to Prince and Braun today, I'll let you guys know what happens... Cost me $18.00 to ship them out, with return postage and bubble mailers, so hopefully, they sign those puppies and send them back to me...

 

stay tuned...

"I'm sick of runnin' from these wimps!" Ajax - The WARRIORS
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Got my Braun 8x10 back today!

 

That is fast turn-around, I wonder if I will ever get the one I sent Prince on the same day?

 

Braun signed in Gold paint pen, it is S-W-E-E-E-E-E-T! Has a slight smear, he put it back in the top-loader a little too soon, but it is still a very nice sig!

 

Thanks Mr. Braun!

"I'm sick of runnin' from these wimps!" Ajax - The WARRIORS
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Got my Braun 8x10 back today!

 

That is fast turn-around, I wonder if I will ever get the one I sent Prince on the same day?

 

Braun signed in Gold paint pen, it is S-W-E-E-E-E-E-T! Has a slight smear, he put it back in the top-loader a little too soon, but it is still a very nice sig!

 

Thanks Mr. Braun!

Man thats crazy you got yours back already! I think I sent mine out before you did. I hope mine didn't get lost in the mail or stolen from my box.

 

Edit: Do you have a picture you can post of it?

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if you don't get it back it os only an 8x10, it won't be that hard to get another one. I mean if you sent a ball out you would waste $15, this way, you are only losing a photo. I mean it sucks, but you could always buy another and send out another.

That is true, hopefully it will still show. I just don't want to have to do another and wait all that time again and waste all that money on postage and such.

 

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here it is:

http://i111.photobucket.com/albums/n136/turborickey/RyanBraun8x10.jpg

 

I wish it wasn't smudged, but at least it came back to me...http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/glasses.gif

 

Good luck to those who are still waiting, I hope Prince finds it's way into my mailbox before season's end...http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/indifferent.gif

"I'm sick of runnin' from these wimps!" Ajax - The WARRIORS
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Got my Braun 8x10 back today!

 

That is fast turn-around, I wonder if I will ever get the one I sent Prince on the same day?

 

Braun signed in Gold paint pen, it is S-W-E-E-E-E-E-T! Has a slight smear, he put it back in the top-loader a little too soon, but it is still a very nice sig!

 

Thanks Mr. Braun!

Cool, now to my commission fees....http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif

 

That's awesome, I might send out more if I get time.

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