Jesus Christ.

>>211973272 (OP)
are you poor?

I'm sure he needs the money, anon. He only has a couple million to his name

WhTs the problem? Luke skyWalker should sign his name for free?

I look down on this kind of simping a lot harder than some dude who pays an only fans whore to blow his load. >>211973303

>>211973272 (OP)
What quantifies a "Bulky" autograph?
Does he use a chunky marker pen?

>>211973423
probably a mini poster or he writes some generic message along with the sig

>>211973423
He upcharges fat fans. Smart.

>>211973303
a couple million really isn't that rich. He probably has more than that but I wouldn't be surprised if he's not that rich. His only real big roles were the OT movies and those came out so long ago I don't think actors were making as much as they do now. What else has he done? The Joker voice? I doubt that paid much. His biggest payday was probably the Sequels, since even though he didn't have a big role I'm sure they were willing to pay a ton for him to be there.

I thought 4chan was into free market enterprise?

>>211973533
>a couple million really isn't that rich.

>>211973272 (OP)
Looks like the average daily grocery prices

>>211973398
Then you’re a fucking retard. At least you get a personal memento and a chance to meet/speak to em for a minute.
Paying for shit you can get for free is very poor intelligence.

>>211973587
$20 million might sound like a lot until you realize most mansions in LA are $10 million at the low-end

>>211973272 (OP)
The money goes to the convention host.

>>211973668
Then don't buy a 10 million dollar mansion?

>>211973533
a 'couple' million is enough to live in excessive comfort for the rest of your life if you aren't stupid. Hell a million is enough.

>>211973398
Paid interaction is a transaction and I wouldn’t consider it anything personal. If you paid for a backstage pass and struck up a conversation with him it counts. If he @s you or likes something on Twitter it counts. Standing in a line for a handshake and an autograph with a bunch of mopes does not count. I’ll give Hamill credit he doesn’t seem to secretly loathe his fans they way most celebrities who do those cash grabs do.

>>211973873
>Hell a million is enough

>>211974480
if you can't live comfortably off a million, you're an idiot.

Sure maybe he's a shitty greedy fuck, whatever, who knows, but the reality is, as has been pointed out, this works to filter out many of the autograph resellers, the kinds of people who get things signed for the sole purpose of selling on ebay as soon as they leave. Just like any other hobby, people are extremely reluctant to give stuff for free nowadays, because it feels like whenever you do, even the presumed "true fan/hobbyist" who receives it immediately tries to flip it. The majority of the time it turns out that you didn't cut a good-buddy deal for a fan or another passionate hobbyist, rather just donated your time or gave away your stuff to some scalper so they could make an easy profit.

>>211974849
The solution to this is to make autographs more available so they're monetarily worthless.

>>211973533
this, he got paid like $8 for the first movie got no royalties. also he probably hates soi wars fans after being accosted by them every day since he was 25 so he feels justified in ripping them off, based mark

>>211974849
You know normal actors just take the extra second to personalize it instead of charging outrageous prices

>>211973272 (OP)
luke skywalker actually

>>211973272 (OP)
He didn't get enough money from selling his soul to the pedocrats lmao

>>211975002
I don't think any celebrity wants to spend hours writing a thousand autographs. And then there might be a super rare autograph(maybe the pen was drying up, maybe he held the pen slightly different, maybe the picture has a misprint) that is worth a lot more to specific collectors.

>>211975427
The fuck else does he have to do? Man spends 12 hours a day tweeting shit about Trump

>>211973423
He draws a big cock with bulky balls underneath

>>211974480
Being as dumb as you would drive me to a suicide I would accidentally handicap myself attempting.

>>211973272 (OP)
I don't even get why you'd give a shit about an autograph
>b-but I met Mark Hamill!!!1
Only in the most superficial sense. You paid for it, like a chump, and he gave you 30 seconds to embarass you and then promptly forgot about you and your insipid questions.
Hamill's a giant tool btw, he's just the example. Saying you "met" someone should never be prefixed by you paying.

>>211973272 (OP)
And just think..

Back in 1977, when the cast got their paychecks, the first thing that Harrison Ford bought was a car. Carrie Fisher, a line of coke and Mark Hamill bought a hot meal.

>>211975725
>have to do
Nothing. They do what they want. Do they want a role? Then they have to prepare and audition. Do they want to do an event? Then they have to prepare, travel and plan. Do they want to hand out autographs? Then they have to write some.

>>211973668
>mansions in LA
You mean the ones that only rich people live in

>>211975963
That's the point, Hamill is a fucking greedy jew that chooses to charge his fans hundreds of dollars for an autograph. He doesn't have to do that, he does it willingly.

>>211973668
don't live in a mansion in LA then, retard

>>211976023
>loyalty vs. $500 on ebay
hmmm

>>211976023
He isn't obligated to autograph anything. The reality is that anything he signs becomes a collectible due to his autograph, so his options are (a) give away work for free to scalpers who would think him an easy mark, (b) not sign anything at all, which would further drive up rates of the few things he did sign and/or piss off fans who think he's too stingy with his sig, or (c) charge an amount which makes it so that very little if any profit is to be made with a flip, so he, the guy whose name is actually valuable, gets the money, and more true fans are able to get him to sign their crap as opposed to the front of the line getting dominated by scalpers who only care about the profit. Sure, it comes across as scummy, but his work has given his signature value, so if he wants to charge for it, so be it. If people don't want to pay it, they won't, and he'll wind up looking like a dunce who overvalues his name and time. Even for real fans who love him are involved in an entirely one-sided relationship - they might want nothing more in life to have Mark Hammil smile at them and sign their junk, but to Mark, they're just another random person who he'll probably never think about again.

>>211973272 (OP)
I have mixed feelings on this.
On one hand l, it's incredibly greedy to to charge that much. On the other hand, 99% of the people who are paying for it are man-child resellers who are immediately going to try and sell it online. Fuck both of them

>>211973272 (OP)
Why are leftists so greedy?

>>211976399
Again, all he has to do is take the extra second to personalize it to prevent that sort of behavior. He doesn't because he WANTS to charge 700$ because he's a millionaire who thinks people should just throw money at him for being famous.

>>211976551
Do people pay for his signature? If the answer is yes, then obviously it has monetary value and there's no reason the money shouldn't go to him. People get this weird idea that celebrities they obsess over are their friends or that they owe them something, but the reality is they're no more your friend than any other stranger. If he went to a children's hospital and started demanding dying children pay for him to sign their cast or whatever, then yeah. But this is at a convention, a leisure activity for people to go to to get to meet the objects of their obsession and piss away money on collectibles.

>>211976399
Or, instead of being a kike, he could set up a free autograph signing at some struggling cafe, sign a couple hundred things for a few hours out of his usual busy day of tweeting, people get signatures that are monetarily worthless because they are more common and personalized, the business and others around get more patrons, and he gets to touch grass for once.

>>211976844
If it was Harrison Ford, sure. I don't care. Problem is this guy has built up an entire persona of being a down to earth, "I love all my fans", guy and he's charging 700 dollars to his fans for a sig. During a recession.
Exploiting people who love him isn't something a decent person would do.

>>211973533
He has 20 million and he gets a quarter of 1% royalties from the original stat wars. You made this exact thread yesterday, op. You fucking faggot.

>>211973668
The sole purpose of money is not having to work. Spending it on extravagant trash instead of investing it, because you lack self-esteem and need to look important in front of retarded NPCs like you to earn their validation, is the very apex of idiocy.

>>211977012
He's a draw at highly commercialised conventions. He can charge whatever he wants. If some cuck is willing to pay, that's up to them.

>>211977344
And everyone else can call him out for being a greedy jew rat

>>211977327
>The sole purpose of money is not having to work.
>work
Do you really consider showing up and getting fawned over for a few hours while getting paid 10s of thousands of dollars work?

>>211977344
I feel like I have to repeat myself every time I respond to you. I just said, if it was some dude like Harrison Ford I wouldn't care. It's the fact he plays up his gregarious, friend of everyone, attitude and turns around and charges exorbitant prices (on top of whatever he was paid to come to the conventions in the first place) is scummy and it marks him as a hypocrite.

>>211973587
Correct. People who think a million is a lot are the kind of people who don't earn enough to recognize how little it means today.

>>211977491
how much money do you make a year, anon?

>me when I get an autograph

>>211973272 (OP)
>One BULKY package, please.
>Actually, I'll have two.

>>211977396
If any of those cucks didn't have money to waste they wouldn't be at a convention in the first place. He's the main draw and deserves to charge whatever those faggots are willing to pay. You act like he's demanding money from some random kid on the street.

>>211973272 (OP)
the convention is charging premium for tickets
the autograph ebay hunters are selling these pictures
hamill is dumb about plenty of things, but he might as well get a piece of the pie

>>211975427
ahh yes defending endless greed

>>211977556
Most people going to cons don't have $500 to burn on an autograph. Charging this much essentially guarantees that the only people buying this will be scalpers instead of legitimate fans.

>>211977470
Just because he's more accepting of needs and "nerd cuture" bullshit doesn't mean he doesn't want to get paid for his time. The same goes for Hayden or any other actor who shows up to do this shit.

>>211973587
my uncle is a financial advisor (non jewish)
he says you need $5M in interest bearing assets to maintain a middle class lifestyle in Virginia (away from DC) to generate enough passive income
can't imagine how much southern Cali costs

>>211977707
You're right, but he's still a piece of shit for doing it. Which is my entire argument, do you have poor reading comprehension?

>>211977707
Nobody's time is worth $40k an hour

>>211977699
>don't have $500 to burn on an autograph.
Just for their faggot costume or some replica bullshit though? He's the reason they showed up so they could get a photo with Luke skywalker, frame it and hang it on their wall so they're king of the needs in their little social group.

>>211977862
are you saying NEETs you stupid fucking phoneposter

>>211973289
Dude, I'm a nepobaby, never worked a day in my life, coasted off of my rich parents' money and probably will until I die, and I still think this would be a retarded waste of money, who the fuck would pay ANYTHING for a fucking signature?

>>211977862
You have some weird incel anger towards cosplayers but that's neither here nor there. Unless you're a professional cosplayer, nobody is spending $500 on a costume, or any one item at a convention.

>>211977774
>>211977775
>We are selling to willing buyers at the current fair market price.

>>211977396
exactly

>>211977914
nerds.
Im on a bus, what do you want from me?
>>211977985
No, I dont. I'm just saying if their willing to pay hundreds of dollars for replica lightsabers and hand painted busts and whatever the fuck else this is no different. If they're willing to pay that's up to them. Their picture with luke will most likely be their most prized possession.

>>211977206
>a quarter of 1% royalties from the original stat wars
i can't imagine things have gotten better with disney, but fucking darth vader himself said he was never paid star wars royalties because according to the accountants it never made any profit

>>211978246
I want you to stop being a filthy phoneposter

>>211978303
Fair enough but you'll need to wait until I get home.

>>211978252
He gets paid for his likeness with every new piece of media. The actor for Darth Vader, not JEJ, was just a guy in a suit.

>>211978368
kek he doesn't get shit.

>>211973272 (OP)

I wonder how much Batman's VA charged for his autograph? What, $5.00? Nothing? Imagine having gone up to the two of them at some Batman: The Animated Series panel and Batman just signs your shit for free and says "I am vengeance. I am the night. I... am... BATMAN!" because he knows everybody loves that line

https://youtu.be/4xbbpH-20ak?si=gwTWeouDga-Ycmxu

And then faggot Hamill asks you for $500.00 for his initials and if you want his entire name, it's $700.00

>>211977459
any excessive interaction with strangers is exhausting, so yeah it is still work.

this is pretty smart. He doesnt have to use his paycheck to get a hot meal he can just sign his name and eat for a week

>>211978420
Okay retard

>>211978962
>excessive interaction
Dude spends a total of 15 seconds tops "interacting" as he scribbles his name

>>211977517
300k/yr before starting my business. much less now (business is hard) but being your own unfireable boss is worth several hundred grand in life satisfaction.

>>211979305
You think prowse gets paid for darth vaders likeness. You're the fucking retard.

>>211979502
I was talking about Hamill you absolute mongoloid. Please go back to 3rd grade and learn basic reading comprehension

>>211979588
You realise he signed his likeness away right? As did carrie.

>>211979802
Yeah and he got paid for it. JEJ also sold his voice likeness for AI recreation, Hamill could also do the same for both Luke and the Joker

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRmII99vavg

>>211974849
He just (rightfully) hates all of his fans.

>>211979876
>he got paid for it
In the 70s when it was worth nothing.

>>211980021
Let's not pretend he hasn't had every opportunity to renegotiate the contract or pursue other paths of revenue that don't involve scamming some starstruck nerd out of $500

>>211974849
>and who do I make this out too?
Celebrities will ask to personalize autographs so they can’t be easily resold

>>211973272 (OP)
I thought this was greedy af at first, but then you look at the scum that re-sell this shit for about those prices, and it all makes sense to me now. I've seen some pics where "fans" have a stack of shit they want autographed, and it's obvious they're just going to re-sell the shit.

>>211980310
That's why you limit it to one and write their name on it. Like a smart person

>>211980098
Why would lucasfilm or Disney renegotiate his contract?
That has nothing to do with whatever people are willing to pay for a photo/autograph.

>>211978047
Fat cats and starving dogs

>>211980465
You're a fucking retard.

>>211980588
Because they wanted to use him for the sequel trilogy? And it's tangentially related, because now we're back to the question of if he doesn't need the money, then he's just being a greedy jew

>>211980658
I'm not the one paying $700 for an autograph

>>211973518
Kek, he knows his audience

>>211980735
Neither is anyone in this thread, but go look at autographs on E-Bay and tell me how many are signed to a specific person.
That doesn't change the value one fucking bit.

>>211980840
>go look at the unsold autograph listings

>>211980198

Yeah, personalization of an autograph goes a long way. I'd imagine first and last names required would really make it a difficult sell. Unless that's your actual name, or you are extra thirsty for that autograph, it won't be valuable to you

>"To my greatest fan, Bort Simpson."

>>211980310
Lucas was aware of this and when a paparazzi guy asked for his autograph he told him to fuck off and get a real job.

>>211980871
You're a fucking retard.

>>211981065
Why would reselling even matter? Raising prices to obscene amounts just prices out any legitimate fans to where only scalpers are going to be willing to buy them.

>>211973587
a kind of good house is half a mil. A million if you want to upgrade a little but still that's not some huge mansion. So you have a million left over for the rest of your life for travelling, hookers, and anything else including normal expenses like food.
>>211977517
NTA but I make about $110k. It's good money, don't get me wrong, but after 20 years I will have made more than $2 million but I wouldn't be rich by any means. I definitely won't be retiring at that point nor would I be so rich that I would turn down $500 for somebody who wanted me to sign a picture

>>211973272 (OP)
keked

>>211973533
a small home here is $800k