Lukin Stontmehn
Don Corleone
This aggression will not stand, man.
Serves glasses of water from the bathroom sink to his guests
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Post by Lukin Stontmehn on Sept 30, 2012 23:08:24 GMT -5
For 1,000$, you can have a video chat with him. That's 500$ more just to see his face.
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Post by Jedi-El of Tomorrow on Sept 30, 2012 23:41:35 GMT -5
For 1,000$, you can have a video chat with him. That's 500$ more just to see his face. Only his face if you're lucky.
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Post by notasmark on Sept 30, 2012 23:58:42 GMT -5
You're basically paying for the signature in a lot of these scenario's. Let's be honest, Flair is one of the biggest names in wrestling and 30 dollars for an 8X10 with an autograph on it is a steal.
To give you an example of how much other celebrities charge. Next month I'm going to be meeting George Lazenby (Played James Bond in 1969) and it's 100 dollars to even get in to the building to see him, 40 dollars for a signature and I'm expecting to pay 20 dollars for an 8X10 for him to sign.
Some of this is crap that Flair is hocking (Halloween Costume, Baseball) but he does have some things that are fairly priced. He is selling a 500 dollar Replica Belt with a 60 dollar name plate for 4600 dollars though so you're paying 4 grand for a Flair signature.
It's kind of so-so but I bet he makes a killing off his website with pictures, scratch cards, books, etc
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Post by joebob27 on Oct 1, 2012 0:54:43 GMT -5
I like how he signs the lottery ticket in a place that means you can't scratch it off!
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Post by Kash Flagg on Oct 1, 2012 8:51:38 GMT -5
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hitch
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Post by hitch on Oct 1, 2012 11:10:57 GMT -5
If I was rich enough I'd pay him $1000 for a video chat and just scream 'DANCE!' at the camera while clapping and laughing hysterically.
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Mozenrath
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Post by Mozenrath on Oct 1, 2012 14:12:48 GMT -5
Why is he even signing a baseball? What does that have to do with his career?
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 1, 2012 14:29:04 GMT -5
Some people get baseballs signed when they have no other item for a celebrity to sign. Say they go to a large movie premiere and rather than having photos of every star they have some baseballs and get them signed. It's a different item for sure and one that a wrestling fan might not like to have but for a collector of autographs in general they may like it. Flair has done a signing or two for promoters that weren't wrestling based where non wrestling sport stars appeared. Perhaps someone took a baseball to get signed by him and he went ahead with it as an idea for the website. Steve Lombardi would be the best choice to get a baseball signed, I would think.
I loved the story about him appearing at prom, though it fizzled out when no one could prove it originated from Flair or his agent. It could have a reality show based on one prom night alone.
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Lukin Stontmehn
Don Corleone
This aggression will not stand, man.
Serves glasses of water from the bathroom sink to his guests
Posts: 1,737
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Post by Lukin Stontmehn on Oct 1, 2012 17:22:14 GMT -5
Ric Flair is available for piggyback rides...wow. You book Ric Flair, and the best you have for him is for piggyback rides. Just wow.
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Post by Ryback on a Pole! on Oct 1, 2012 18:57:21 GMT -5
To be fair, the signed photos he's selling are actually reasonably priced. $24.99 for a signed 10x8 photo is cheaper than what many celebs, some with far less fame than Flair sell them for.
Example, Lilian Garcia sells autographed 10x8 photos on her site for the same price as Flair. Now, no disrespect for Lilian but... there's a difference between a mediocre announcer and one of the greatest wrestlers of all time.
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Post by norsisclouds on Oct 1, 2012 21:57:29 GMT -5
Good god, this thing is $250!!!! I've been laughing for the past five minutes. My God.
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Post by jason1980s on Oct 1, 2012 22:20:41 GMT -5
Surprising any guy would post for that. It's a shame the robe is just a regular bath style robe with a pink boa to go around it. It should either come with a robe like Flair would really wear to matches or be sold as "post match showers costume." The guy's face in the robe photo has a sheepish look on his face like "why am I even doing this?" The wig photo looks cooler with the guys black eyebrows as Flair had those with his blonde hair.
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tms
Don Corleone
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Post by tms on Oct 1, 2012 23:22:33 GMT -5
Good god, this thing is $250!!!! I've been laughing for the past five minutes. My God. It's like the whole thing was just thrown together in the most half-@$$ed photoshop of all time. I love how the robe looks like it cost 99 cents, and how the tiny pink boa was just thrown in as an afterthought. The wig is truly hideous, and the chintzy sunglasses? Hooo boy. But you know what makes the whole thing even more (unintentionally) hilarious? WHEN THE HECK DID FLAIR WEAR A PLAIN OLD BLACK ROBE? Sheesh, this is, to quote the exchange between Galvatron and Starscream from the original Transformers movie, "bad comedy."
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Post by willywonka666 on Oct 2, 2012 12:21:17 GMT -5
I feel bad for him. I also get the feeling that we will be seeing a flood of this from celebs that have hit hard times. You can actually set up a site and ask for donations. Octomom did it
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Celgress
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Post by Celgress on Oct 2, 2012 12:26:23 GMT -5
Please Flair retire for real. Your legacy is near completely trainished. Please preserve what small shred of dignity you still possess.
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Post by willywonka666 on Oct 2, 2012 13:05:21 GMT -5
Please Flair retire for real. Your legacy is near completely trainished. Please preserve what small shred of dignity you still possess. That's the problem though. having any money for retirement
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Post by lildude8218 on Oct 2, 2012 13:10:48 GMT -5
that's nothing
you should see what brutusbeefcake.com is selling
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Post by norsisclouds on Oct 2, 2012 14:45:18 GMT -5
I've been laughing for the past five minutes. My God. It's like the whole thing was just thrown together in the most half-@$$ed photoshop of all time. I love how the robe looks like it cost 99 cents, and how the tiny pink boa was just thrown in as an afterthought. The wig is truly hideous, and the chintzy sunglasses? Hooo boy. But you know what makes the whole thing even more (unintentionally) hilarious? WHEN THE HECK DID FLAIR WEAR A PLAIN OLD BLACK ROBE? Sheesh, this is, to quote the exchange between Galvatron and Starscream from the original Transformers movie, "bad comedy." It's just so damned lazy. He couldn't even get a sewing machine and put the feathers on the sleeves. Maybe get some glitter and put Nature Boy on the back. That's embarrassing.
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