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Personally signed Randi poster?

Teamonger

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Hullo, I wonder if anyone could shed light on my experience...

Back in December, the JREF was offering a signed Randi poster "Levitation" for donating at a certain level. I was feeling generous and took Mr. Randi up on the offer.

Early in January, I received back an e-mail from Mr. Grothe thanking me, in which he asked "How would you like your poster from Randi personally inscribed?" I replied that Mr. Randi could inscribe what he liked, as long as he spelled my name right.

A month went by, and no poster. So I inquired of Mr. Grothe, and he said he would "confirm this was taken care of". A few weeks later he said "we will make sure to take care of this soon".

April came along, and I inquired again... asked if I can claim the one million prize for holding my breath that long. I also asked if they just ran out of posters. No response to that one, nor to another query a month later.

I'm not really as pissed as I sound, but I do feel a bit put off that nobody even wants to talk to me anymore. Doesn't seem a very good way to treat a donor.

So I'm curious... did anyone received signed posters, or am I just the unlucky one?
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Just to post a follow up... I did get DJ's attention, and he's chagrined about my delayed poster. Says he will follow up ASAP. Thanks DJ.
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And another update. I did get DJ's attention back in June, but it's been 7 more weeks and still no "personally signed Randi poster". My latest e-mail to him was ignored. Sigh... I guess it's time to give up. But I'm still curious how many folks took up the donation offer, and whether anyone else actually received such a poster.
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Perhaps you can recant on your "inscribe what he liked" statement and ask him instead to sign it "Forums? What forums?"
 
madurobob said:
Perhaps you can recant on your "inscribe what he liked" statement and ask him instead to sign it "Forums? What forums?"
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<snort>

Considering Randi's age, and other commitments, I would have been a little skeptical of receiving a personally inscribed poster, though you certainly did act in good faith, sorry.
 
TheGoldcountry said:
Considering Randi's age, and other commitments, I would have been a little skeptical of receiving a personally inscribed poster, though you certainly did act in good faith, sorry.
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Making an offer and then not following through isn't the way to foster donor loyalty or good will. Didn't occur to me that I should've been skeptical of, "Don't miss this chance to have a very special gift from Randi... !"
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Randi will happily sign it, I'm sure. But someone needs to get him the poster and then send it out. I agree it should have been done months ago. Hope Sharon can help.
 
Teamonger said:
Making an offer and then not following through isn't the way to foster donor loyalty or good will. Didn't occur to me that I should've been skeptical of, "Don't miss this chance to have a very special gift from Randi... !"
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It was a joke, I apologize for lack of <sarcasm> tags.
 
Sharon says, "We will be sure to arrange this when [Randi] gets back." Thanks for the tip Rem.
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Just wanted to say, happy ending! I finally received my Randi poster, very pleased with it. Also got a call from Mr. Randi last week, much appreciated. We chatted for some time, I mentioned how I had been slightly involved in his faith healer investigations back in the day.

Text on the 18x24" poster reads:
The Amazing Randi
The Levitation of a Living Woman in Mid Air

Randi inscribed it as I had asked,
"Thanks for waiting! Patience is a virtue in any skeptic!"

So now I need to find a frame, pronto. Thanks for listening to my saga...
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Good to hear, Teamonger! That was nice of Randi to call. :)
 
Teamonger said:
Just wanted to say, happy ending! I finally received my Randi poster, very pleased with it. Also got a call from Mr. Randi last week, much appreciated. We chatted for some time, I mentioned how I had been slightly involved in his faith healer investigations back in the day.

Text on the 18x24" poster reads:
The Amazing Randi
The Levitation of a Living Woman in Mid Air

Randi inscribed it as I had asked,
"Thanks for waiting! Patience is a virtue in any skeptic!"

So now I need to find a frame, pronto. Thanks for listening to my saga...
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So glad to hear that, Teamonger. How cool to have a personal inscription.:)

Looks like when I have a problem I will email Sharon.
;):D
 
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