From: dahoov2@cox.net   
      
   Originally when I posted, I was hoping someone here might have gone.   
   This is not the TV one.  It's part of it, but I don't think it's the   
   kind on TV... they have some of the same appraisers there, but this is   
   not the city tour but the WHRO annual fair here in VA (public   
   Television; maybe because HQ is here we reap the benefits of this but   
   I had assumed it extended to other states as well).   
      
   Anyway, I tried to call them to get four questions answered because   
   they do NOT give you a lot of help...  the phone number puts me in a   
   loop.  "if you are calling about information on the Mozart special,   
   please press 1" and when I wait, it just keeps repeating that same   
   option over and over and over again!   So I emailed them but was told   
   either I'd not get a response, or get a generic answer not really   
   answering my questions.   
      
   So I'll ask the group to see if they know as I am out of options and   
   do not want to register till I know how it works.  I have 4 questions.   
      
   1) if you want to go with someone, are you charged 100 again?  They   
   say "100.00 admission with three items".  So what if it's me and   
   someone else with three items total?  Am I charged 200?  Or maybe   
   125.00?  Or perhaps they can get in free and not have anything   
   appraised?   
      
   2)  If you have a small lot of items (say like autographs, you want a   
   BINDER full of them) is that one item or do they make you take one   
   item out (in that case, it's not worth to bring that).   
      
   3) Is this a verbal appraisal only?  Or do you get something signed   
   that gives you a value attached (for insurance or whatever)   
      
   4) Lastly, what if they just don't know anything... do you get another   
   item appraised in place of that or are you SOL?   
      
   This matters... it may NOT be worth doing it for me. I guess I could   
   live with the verbal only appraisal or the 125 entrance fee, but if   
   I've gotta remove an item from a binder that is worth nothing by   
   itself, it's not really worth it and I don't want to lug crap there   
   only to have to carry it around all day for nothing.   
      
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