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   None of these are too my taste but cool stories. I often wonder how   
   these huge entities from the machine are as I've heard the Jonas   
   Brothers and Miley are so popular mobs appear everywhere for them.   
   Much like the Beatles or Stones used to be mobbed.  Glad to see they   
   understand the fan business and how it helps THEM as well.   
      
   Nice on the guitars.  Where do you get them (the specialty ones)?   
      
   I liked this part about the security lying etc.  I've found that as   
   well.  Oftentimes, they understand die hards won't go away, so they   
   try to trick them.  I've seen them say things like "they've left" when   
   they haven't, or "they're down there..." and they aren't.  Or they   
   won't sign (and they will).  So like you said, it's a judgement call   
   because pissing them off could be a disadvantage too.  Charming them   
   can work SOMETIMES but not all too often.  Depends who and what mood   
   they are in that day.   
      
   Ever try bribing?  Often wondered if anyone's tried that.   
      
   On Thu, 14 Aug 2008 09:52:26 -0700 (PDT), autographpros@gmail.com   
   wrote:   
      
   >Normally these tour guys   
   >and security are all liars and just try to manipulate you out of your   
   >perfect spots so of course we were hesitant. These types of decisions   
   >are ones that make or break a day. If we decide to stick by the bus   
   >entrance where we know they have to come to, we have a few scenarios   
   >that could result. One is that we get them and no one else does. This   
   >is often the case, but the tour manager seemed sincere and the wording   
   >he chose (they won’t stop twice) really made me believe he was telling   
   >the truth. The other scenarios were that we’d upset them and they   
   >wouldn’t sign for anyone, and of course the final scenario would be as   
   >he warned, they’d only sign for the crowd at the corner and not for   
   >us. We opted to trust their manager, and believe me this was a very   
   >tough decision. One that reaped incredible rewards….   
      
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