Did anyone get fan mail from Steven Creg?

bbchris

He wrote to Thinking Out Loud saying:

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I hope you and your family are well ,my father is dying of emphysema. Can you please send him a autographed photo?

Dale Creg address, USA.

God bless you and your family.

We just got him a cd player for his b-day .

He loves all music ,sports ,tv .he loves listening to cd’s and watching dvd’s

Your friend,

Steven Creg

Box 758 address, USA

Please, keep him in your prayers.

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Why do I feel uncomfortable by this?

I edited his address btw, he gave me a different address for his Dad to himself

Would YOU send him a photo? Would you send him more? Is this a good thing for Steven to do? *confused*

Damien Project · Joined: 04 Jan 2003 Posts: 257

I have seen this type of thing before Chris....bogus

Mark

www.soundclick.com/damienproject

bbchris

So Mark, you reckon it's bogus? What a strange thing to email someone!!! I just read it again and he doesn't say what music his Dad likes!! What if TOL are not his cup of tea?

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

i live by my gut instincts. if you think the guy is a tool and is just wanting a free cd then forget it, if you think that it's an opportunity to spread your music a little, then go with it.

however.......he didn't ask for a cd, he asked for an autographed photo. so maybe his dad doesn't necessarily listen to tol, or maybe his kid downloaded some music from the internet and burned it to a cd for him as part of a mix cd and thinks the old guy would get a kick out of a photo- like a case where the mysterious internet becomes a part of his real life (you know, like an unexpected letter from hong kong with an autographed photo and a brief personal message?). i know from dealing with my parents and inlaws who are in various stages of dementia that sometimes they enjoy odd things in the mail or odd gifts.....maybe a photo would give the guy a few minutes of joy.

Bud Bennett

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HKRockChick · No More Peas! Joined: 25 Nov 2003 Posts: 1513

maybe his dad collects autographs from musicians around the world and was once a music groupie who went to concerts and what not????

Emphysema is a terrible sickness though. Wouldn't wish it on anyone - smokers disease and I've known three people who died from it, horrible horrible deaths.

If I can be bothered I might, I don't really think my autographed photo would be of much value to anyone, so I'd probably just laugh it off.

But sometimes its nice to get a friendly note from people who don't know you - its a kindness. If its a conjob, I guess you've taken the writer at face value and trusted in the human soul, and that is goodness too. Maybe he'd feel sorry for being such a liar...

:gl

Hwagang · Joined: 30 Jun 2004 Posts: 84

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Would YOU send him a photo? Would you send him more? Is this a good thing for Steven to do? *confused*

I have been getting mail like these or written in a similar way some times; I agree that you should follow your gut feeling here. I have sent photoes and sometimes cd-s, but I tend to do this less frequently now...

huggies/Hwagang

www.hwagang.com/

droolymutt

I've gotten than kind of thing also....

Sometimes I'm torn, thinking "What if this is sincere?"

But, as others do, I go with my gut feeling, and trash the puppy.

droolymutt

Expressions of deep emotions in an email from someone you have never had any form of (pardon the word) intercourse with, is totally ridiculous.

bbchris

Thanks everyone for your input. I'll go with what my heart felt.

droolymutt

I love it when people follow their Hearts.....

ilikepie2 · Joined: 08 Oct 2003 Posts: 371

the path with heart is the only one i take.

Bud Bennett

homepage :

stained glass :

broken snowman · Joined: 14 Nov 2004 Posts: 1

Weird..I received the same email...

Jorn Lavoll · Joined: 27 Jun 2002 Posts: 197

seems like www.frankiebanali.com/fbfanmail.html has gotten the exact same mail

bbchris · Posted: Mon Nov 15, 2004 2:39 pm Post subject: Re: steven creg

He sent me another one worded exactly the same recently. Its not sincere I think because neither email mentions the name of any of my bands.....

RonOnGuitar · Joined: 08 Jan 2003 Posts: 1916

It kinda sounds like the guy does it as a way to get freebie things - like CDs (note the mention he just got his father a CD player). I'd send him a catalogue of items for purchase, hahahaha! Well, maybe including a 10% discount, lol.

That's one of the cool things about reviewing CDs - I get to keep 'em all. But in a few cases - the real awful submissions -I wish the CDs were re-writeable so I could burn good music over them. (Cassette tapes were good for that,lol)

You're a good-hearted person, Chris - so when you think something smells a little fishy, then it probably is.