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15th June 2014, 04:39 PM | #1 |
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Personally signed Randi poster?
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? t |
17th June 2014, 04:54 PM | #2 |
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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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7th August 2014, 12:21 PM | #3 |
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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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7th August 2014, 12:27 PM | #4 |
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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?"
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7th August 2014, 01:23 PM | #5 |
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7th August 2014, 02:20 PM | #6 |
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7th August 2014, 02:57 PM | #7 |
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Write to Sharon. sharon@randi.org
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7th August 2014, 03:46 PM | #8 |
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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.
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7th August 2014, 03:53 PM | #9 |
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I have no idea what you're trying to say, but I'm still pretty sure that you're wrong. -Akhenaten I sometimes think the Bible was inspired by Satan to make God look bad. And then it backfired on Him when He underestimated the stupidity of religious ideologues. -MontagK505 |
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7th August 2014, 05:48 PM | #10 |
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I will try Sharon, thanks Rem.
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7th August 2014, 08:02 PM | #11 |
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Sharon says, "We will be sure to arrange this when [Randi] gets back." Thanks for the tip Rem.
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21st August 2014, 01:02 PM | #12 |
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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... t |
21st August 2014, 03:46 PM | #13 |
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Yay!
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21st August 2014, 04:46 PM | #14 |
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Good to hear, Teamonger! That was nice of Randi to call.
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22nd August 2014, 09:02 PM | #15 |
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30th October 2014, 06:47 PM | #16 |
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Glad to hear that you got your poster, Teamonger. That call was very nice, an extra to make up for something going wrong.
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