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Fan Day question from someone who hasn't been in years...
Aug 17, 2016, 10:24 PM
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I've read over the past few years that Fan Day is mass chaos often resulting in many disappointed fans. If autographs are only to be given from 2:30 to 5:00, do you think it is possible to arrive at 2:00, immediately get in the QB line, and still get the autograph by 5:00. Or is it possible that they will block the end of this line before the event even starts due to the length of the line?
Any serious responses would be appreciated as I have not attended this in probably 20+ years.
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Re: Fan Day question from someone who hasn't been in years...
Aug 17, 2016, 10:41 PM
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I have heard that people who arrived about that time last year were turned away
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It's good to have multiple representatives with you
Aug 18, 2016, 9:14 AM
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Send people through each line and make sure they shove kids out of the way to get up front. At least that's what always works for me. Some parents try to be jerks and yell at you for it, or whine about how their kid didn't get an autograph, but to me, that seems selfish of them. I usually just calmly explain that if their kid wants a DW4 autograph they can visit my eBay store and purchase one.
The other secret is having all of your items ready to sign when you get to the table so you can get each player to sign like 50 or 60 items before someone notices and cuts you off.
Good luck, have fun and go Tigers!
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Your ebay store shelves aren't going to stock themselves.***
Aug 18, 2016, 9:21 AM
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Exactly, and if I don't get a few items autographed then
Aug 18, 2016, 9:28 AM
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I have nothing to sell. What the parents who complain to and about me fail to realize is, to me it's more important that my kid has food on the table than for their kid to get an autograph on Fan Day.
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Re: Exactly, and if I don't get a few items autographed then
Aug 18, 2016, 10:05 AM
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You are an awful human bean.
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If putting food on the table for my family makes me an
Aug 18, 2016, 10:09 AM
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"awful human bean" then so be it. Plus there are many different types of beans that people enjoy, so I don't really understand where you're going with that.
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Maybe he means awful like
Aug 18, 2016, 10:13 AM
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the type of gas the beans will give you?
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Their parents should know better. Business is business, I'm
Aug 18, 2016, 10:24 AM
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just giving the kids good life lessons which prepares them for the real world where everything isn't safe spaces, trigger warnings and participation trophies. The parents who enable this gentle snowflake mindset are the awful human beans. I should be thanked.
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Your swollen bank account should be thanks enough.***
Aug 18, 2016, 10:27 AM
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what is swollen? oh, i see it...
Aug 18, 2016, 10:36 AM
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bank account
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I'm all for bringing them up right, but fan day could be the
Aug 18, 2016, 10:32 AM
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payoff for these youngsters after a summer of trimming the family verge or cutting the back 40?
Anyway, if you're looking to help prevent the wussification of 'Murica, perhaps you should pass out 8x10 glossy stills of that special snowflake, just_the_TIP? That'll scare them straight.
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The kids can use the allowance they earned
Aug 18, 2016, 10:37 AM
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by doing summer chores to purchase some quality signed items in my eBay store. They will learn more about capitalism and economics from me on Fan Day than any high school class will teach them in an entire semester.
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Allowance? You going soft on me?
Aug 18, 2016, 10:43 AM
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Wait, strike that.
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you all should be in church!*** lol
Aug 18, 2016, 10:31 AM
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null to you I say@
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