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Old 02-12-2023, 06:02 AM
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So the claim is that Palmer spent over $100k a year to mail autographs to people? That seems.........extremely implausible. 45 cents for a stamp and 15 cents for an envelope = 60 cents per. So 160,000+ autographs to people who didn't send an SASE? I don't buy it.
It seems a bit suspect to me as well, even if a lot of people sending 8x10s, programs, visors, etc did not include return postage. In between postage/packing materials/paying someone to package all that stuff up and take it to the post office, if it came out to $10 per request, that's 10,000 autographs a year, or almost 200 requests a week just of large items without return postage. I'd certainly be interested in what Chris Rodell's source was for that six-figures line.
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