SASE for so many different things! Then email and the web happened.

Posted by agent_uno@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 13 comments

How many people actually sent a SASE letter? How many people actually got a reply? Was it a genuine reply, or a scripted form-letter w/a stamped signature?

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edasto42@reddit

In the short time I collected baseball cards, I used to send players their cards for an autograph with a SASE to get it back. It worked more often than not.

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2099AD@reddit

To this day, a friend of mine sends trading cards to celebrities and voice actors with SASEs, and has amassed quite the autograph collection from doing so.

He doesn't get them all back, but I ended up with an Optimus Prime card signed by original voice actor Peter Cullen out of his hobby, so I ain't complaining.

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supergooduser@reddit

I think back to when I was 15 and sent away for a short from the back of a comic book.

And we're told "wait six to eight weeks"

Shit was crazy.

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Long_Audience4403@reddit

I can't even imagine my kids waiting 6-8 weeks for something to arrive

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MacStainless@reddit

You can still do this today. I’ve sent a couple of things out and got them back signed. There’sa whole forum for it.

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Yes, sent a few as a prereen and teenager. There are actually people who still donthat, too! I think a visit PA site for pennsylvania, and one of the people from xm octane. Ive seen them posted recently. Usually for stickers or various giveaways.

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night-swimming704@reddit

Yup, spent a couple summers around 13-14 years old mailing baseball cards to stadiums for signatures. I’d mow grass for money and go buy a book of stamps from the grocery store each week and send out ten SASEs. I think there was around a 50% success rate and by the end I had boxes filled with autographed cards. And lots of the star players of the time….Jeter, Mariano, Tony Gwynn are a few names I remember. Now autographs are a huge industry and hardly any players sign through the mail anymore….sorry kiddos.

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mouse6502@reddit

oh my god, I thought you were talking about some long-forgotten protocol I’ve never heard of and missed out on back in the day (protocol as in MIME or UUCP or something)… jeez. umbday, brain

Anyway can you imagine expecting the average kid (hell, anyone) to wait 4-6 weeks for anything? it’s an inconvenience to wait 4-6 seconds!

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