Today"s successes Jan/16/09

[jane0514]

Bob Baun 2nd success
Red Kelly 2nd success
Larry Hillman 3rd success
Kevin Haller
Claude Vilgrain
Dave Taylor
Jeff Carter
Pierre Pilote 2nd success
Steve Thomas 2nd success

Been a slow week....will post all info on master list !! Thanks, Have a GREAT Wknd !! Kevin

Oh yeah...One RTS Gary Valk 8105 Muirfield Cres. Whistler,BC. V0N 1B8..yellow sticker says he moved ??? any help finding him would be greatly appreciated !!! tks again K

[happyman]

what address did u use for larry Hillman?

[jane0514]

Master List !!!

[GoldenSkates]

What address did you use for Claude Vilgrain. I have been looking for him for 10 years!

[Tarantulaman]

Look under the thread "Success Since April 23/2008". That's the master list he refers to and has a buttload of addresses listed there. Great job on that list, by the way. Keep up the good work and excellent job with the Vilgrain find.

[jane0514]

thanks Taranulaman..list should hit 600 successful addresses tomorrow...my goal is to bust 800 by this April 23/09 Thanks again..talk soon Kevin

[stratford streak]

Hi Kevin,

I see you got Jeff Carter. Was it the real thing or an autopen ? I've tried to get his 4 or 5 times, I even sent to his parents house. No luck. The Flyers front office sent back my photo with a fake autographed picture earlier this year. They were so kind that they put the picture of Antero Niittymaki in the same envelope (unsigned) that I had sent him.
I get sick of these teams that have someone screening their mail. If guys don't want to sign that is their business, but shouldn't they get their stuff and make the decision themselves ?

Sorry to go on like this but.....

Neil

[icecards]

Totaly agree with you. I hate it when teams dont give fan mail to the players. Like the Rangers, Flyers, Devils and Avalanche especialy. Coaching staff and front office for all these teams respond to fan mail but not the players? What gives. But what I find the most pathetic is the Houston Aeros of the AHL wich dont accept fan mail at all. I'm sure they get tons and tons of mail and cant possibly handle all of it. Wish more teams could be like CBJ, best team for responses in my opinion.

[jane0514]

Sadly a ..like you said a team photo copy..did not post as a success only because I don"t consider it one...as for those enjoy Avs hockey letters ??? I"am tempted to send the stupid sticker and letter back with a note telling them that it is now the last game that I will watch when theres usually 5-6 to pick from...I agree,,leave it to the player...if he dosn"t want to sign ..send the stuff back...As for the Avs mgmt or whoever made the decision to do the mail the way they do...I feel that they give both the player & team a bad name..we pay their salaries ..I don"t know who they think they are ?? ..but we all know that there are many better a player ( HOF ers etc ) than on there rooster who have treated all of us respectfully in the past !!! Don"t know what more to say other than Avs hockey is one thing I refuse to watch !!!

[Devilbat]

I completely understand the frustration, but isn't it really the players who should get the blame here?

The teams put in place an efficient way to handle fan mail of those players who don't wish to receive their mail. The players have the option to opt out of the program, but they don't.

While I don't write to the team or players that send out pre-signed or facsimile signed items, I appreciate that some teams/players do something rather then tossing it all out (Devils). If my 8 year olds son is pumped about receiving a preprint and a team sticker from Paul Stastny, rather then never seeing any reply, then I'm ok with it.

[druce26]

It may just be the decision of the particular player. I know alot of the Flyers suck, but Briere and Hartnell are usually really good. It may just be that someone from the team is taking the initiative to mail people back something, knowing full well that some players aren't going to sign.

[avsgirl621]

Jeff carter also is horrible in person trying to get stuff signed too

[happyman]

I used a master list foe hillman's address from 05, it came back RTS, can some 1 post his new address. pleeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssssssssssse eeeeeeeeeeeee

[jane0514]

Don"t know what master list u looked at ...but go to Successes since April 23/08 post and you will find Hillman ..606 successes since April 23/08..probably others there for your taking !! Hope it helps rgs Kevin

[jane0514]

Hey Happyman ..did you find master list ??

[happyman]

Jane, i found it, thanks. I thought you meant Harvey's master list.