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Collectors' Jargon

Often times at in-person autograph venues you will face certain collectors who are not very friendly or do not like to share information with other collectors who are not a part of the 'inner circle' of local collectors. While this may be unfortunate, you can still try to decipher some of the dialogue going on without engaging in direct communication with them. Also, by knowing some of the jargon used by seasoned autograph seekers, you can sometimes 'ease' you way into the trusted circle and gain access to valuable information. This discussion group is geared towards identifying some of the unique terms used by seasoned autograph collectors and defining their meaning for newer collectors! Feel free to add terms you know of that are in use by industry insiders.

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Permalink Reply by michael hardin on May 14, 2010 at 12:35am

there are so many things that have happened to me and my fellow collectors when we get blown off, some of the funniest are the cell phone trick, when a guy pulls out his cell phone and acts like he is talking on it or talks to another player who is right next to him, antoher is im late or its to cold, ill get you later, my hand hurts, i already signed for you,me and one of my buddies were going to make a wheel like the wheel of fortune and have 30 squares on it and make the celeb spin it to see if they had to sign or not, there would be 15 spaces for them signing and then 15 spaces for them on how they usually turn us down