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Nobody told me, but i saw this:  :D   But only Ron and Krum in the set and still the Rita Redemption.

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I was just about to post about Tom's set up for sale Thomas!! ;)
Krum's auto is lovely to see at long last and Rupert's siggy looks good too ... wooo hoo so I suppose we'd better get the redemptions sent in pronto! ;D

What about Rita Skeeter has that card been seen with the sig?

No, but the only thing you had to do was cklicking the link to find out.  8)  Or did you mean anywhere else. You did probably.  8)

I've not seen her auto card yet Dave and I'm sure if it were available then Tom would have included in with this set. ;)

I sent my Krum in 3 weeks ago ::) so hopefully mine will be one of the first redeemed! Lovely auto as well :D

I sent my redemption cards in on Tuesday and I received the Ron and Viktor back yesterday. 8)  The Rita will be another 4 to 6 weeks according to the note Artbox enclosed with autos.

That's great Anna! I hope that mean that mine are on the way back as well... though knowing Australia Post at the moment, they will be in limbo for a while when they get here ::)

mmm Australia post seems to be very slow this year somethings i am waiting on from ebay and that have yet to arrive mind you Australia Post onyl worked 1 day last week so that might account for it

I received my Krum autograph today :) Redemption number 38 (I think that is what the number under the date on the letter is). They had sent the card in a sleeve and toploader and I then saw that the toploader had not been taped shut! The card was almost falling out (as opposed to being stuck to the sticky tape as I first feared. I assume they reused the toploader I sent in which makes me glad that I sent it with that protection as I heard horror stories of cards returned with no protection ::) I think if I was sending in a Ron redemption, I would consider sending it in a screwdown holder ::)

I think that's the number also.  Each card I sent in was returned with a separate letter with a unique number.


That's strange, my autos were taped inside of the toploaders. ???  I don't like it when I receive tape on the toploaders so I packaged the redemption cards in team bags.  Artbox sent me the autos taped in the toploaders and then inside the team bags. :P

Thanks for all the info regarding these redemptions - I now have a better idea on how to package them so that when they're returned they remain undamaged! :-\
I think a trip to the Post Office is due in the next day or so! ;) ;D

Anybody keeping track of the redemption card numbers? With the letters I got today we are at Victor Krum #61 and Ron Weasley #26

This may seem a ridiculous question but once you've sent off your redemption card, am I correct in saying Artbox send you an entirely new card with the auto? I wasnt sure if on the card where it says "redemption" it was a peel away and the actor just signed there.  :P

Yes ArwenEvenstar, you are correct.  Artbox will send you a new card with the autograph on it.  They will keep the redemption card you send to them.

I dont think the back and the "redemption" part could stay on for long. I'm sure we would have figured it out by now anyways. Plus, I dont think Artbox would go to the level of putting that all on there and having you send them in. They put redemptions in a set because they dont have the autograph card yet.

Nah thats cool. Thanks for your info guys.  ;D I just havent ever got a redemption card before so I was a little unsure.  :)

My redeemed autos arrived today, Viktor Krum is #67 and Ron Weasley is #33. Arbox are still quoting 4 - 6 weeks on the Rita card. I wish they returned the redemption card like Inkworks do with a small whole punched in it though.

I was aboiut to say that Inkworks reterns the redemption cards with the autos.

Wow, so that means 33 Rons have been pulled.  I guess most of them are not on this forum :P

Didn't they say 4-6 weeks, 4-6 weeks ago?  ::)
I'll just hold on to my Skeeter redemption until I start seeing the auto turning up!

Here is an interesting question.  Seeing as how Artbox doesn't return the redemptions and some people want the redemption card (unredeemed) for a master set should that make an auto more rare?

Just as an example lets say there are 300 Krum autos.  Maybe only 200 (just a # thrown out for discussion) get redeemed the rest are never redeemed (lost, misplaced, etc)  or saved.  So in reality there are only 200 Krum autos..?? Right?  Making it more rare than thought.

Just a thought for discussion.

Of course on the other hand I don't think too many people are going to hold on to an unredeemed Ron for the price it goes for.

Angie - hope you don't mind me asking, but when did you send your redemptions in to Artbox?
I sent mine and I know Artbox received them on Jan 12th so I was wondering when the autos would be sent back to me?
How did they package the autos you received - did they use what you sent the redemptions in or something else?
Thanks!! ;D

Jules,

I sent all three of them together on the 5th January by signed for international (£4.35). I sent each one in its own top loader and inner sleeve. The two cards arrived back on the 21st in one envelope exactly how I had sent them but with the end of the top loader taped over. The enclosed letter was dated the 17th.

Hope your turn up soon.


..... and Miranda, if you read this, please get signing those cards pronto. We want to get our hands on them and put into our collections.

OOOOOO thanks for the info Angie and that's encouraging news about the packaging too. ;D
With any luck two of mine ought to be delivered sometime next week *fingers tightly crossed* ;) ;D
I sent mine Airsure (£6.95) and I got a strange look from the postal worker when I told her how much insurance I wanted on the package - it was quite funny actually! ;) :rofl:

I got that same note from them 5 weeks ago! >:(  I guess they still don't have her autos then. :-\

now know where i can sneak off to and get a victor krum auto lmao

I  was thinking the same thing!!! :rofl:
What does someone do with 6 autos of one person?? ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)

Hey John. You been holding out on us, the poor and unwashed, and opened up some more cases to get the Ron redemptions? Or was it just  :ebay:  ;D

I don't think John got any Ron redemptions in the cases he opened Graham ... and from what he said he opened 19 cases in total .... that was disgusting not to get even one out of all that many ... :-\ >:()

The note I got back with my autos last week said the same as everyone else's - 4-6 weeks for the Rita Skeeter auto to become available. :-\

John - what are you planning to do with 6 Krum autos? Paper the bedroom with them perhaps?!? :o :rofl:
I think we need to pay him a little visit .... ^-^ >:D

Ju-u-u-u-st kidding! ;)

I think it is the least they could do after all 19 cases is a lot of product to open with no Ron.

Any word yet on the Skeeter redemption?   ::)
This is getting ridiculous!!  >:()

Not that I have heard, Kay really does expect them in soon (or at least that's the impression she's giving me :rofl:)

And a little bit of Miranda Richardson trivia whilst we are all waiting - she voiced Mrs Tweedy in the Chicken Run (I think)

I got an Email from them yesterday saying the autos were not available yet but that I was on the list  ;D  Actually to be accurate Graham got the Email - I have given up contacting them on my email, I rarely get an answer  :(

I got my two back yesterday - took about three weeks in all

Ron number 51
Viktor number 108

and still 4-6 weeks for Rita.  They have my redemption for that so I hope they don't lose/forget.

Maybe Miranda needs to employ the services of a Quick Quotes Quill....  signing all those cards is obviously very difficult for her  >:()

::) OBVIOUSLY!!!!  >:() >:() >:()

Just to put the cat amongst the pigeons, does anyone know what will happen if Miranda doesn't sign any cards or only signs a few?

Well they'll have to fill the redemptions with cards of equal value I guess...

*runs to edit the price guide to make the Rita Skeeter autos of the same value as Triples :rofl:*

I don't know to be honest, what do Inkworks do? What did they do about Johnny Depp?

Well did I mention when I pulled my redemption it had a gold border and Rita was wearing a different colour dress  :rofl:


Was there a shortage of these then?

They issued a redemption card and he never signed for them ::) no shortage, just no autographs at all (from what I heard)

I think they also did a Tim Burton Redemption card as I am assuming you are talking about sleppy hollow right?   I thought someone told me that you didn't get anything :-\  Maybe they sent a little something back, but I would doubt it was of equal value.

I have had sports cards that didn't get redeemed for the proper card for whatever reason.  They ran out or didn't end up getting them signed don't know for sure.  I had a Gold auto version of a popular football player which the gold version was #'d to 75.  They send me the regular version #'d to 500 and an extra card which basically has no value at all as the player isn't even playing football anymore.  I was pretty PO over it.  They are "supposed" to send you card to equal the value, but that certainly didn't happen in my case.   I think you will be ok with the Rita Skeeter.  It's the catch 22 with redemptions look at what happened with Fleer.  I lost out on literally $500 worth of REAL $'s value on my redemptions.  I did get cards in the settlement, but they probably had a total REAL value of $50-$75.

She's back!!! - Miranda Richardson's cards have arrived back in today and will be sent out asap :D

don't forget Roz you sent in mine with yours ;)

I want it now

 ;D

What Skeeter auto??? I remember nothing of this conversation... they are ALL mine



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I didn't forget you Chris... well I did temporarily but I would have been thrown as to why I was sent too many back :rofl:

it is a good job i trust you ;)

WHOOO HOOOO!!! That redemption is going out first thing in the morning! (Along with those taxes  :P )!

Got the Krum back after sending in the redemption, and the number on the letter was 124.

Congratulations!  ;D Do you like it?

I got my Krum today.  It is number 126 and gorgeous  ;D

Congrats, Sharon!  ;D 

This question might be answered somewhere on the forum, but I can't find it (and obviously the Artbox website is useless):

What is the deadline for GoF autograph redemption cards?  I'm thinking of opening some GoF boxes I have access to, but I want to know if the redemption cards would have expired by now (and if not, what the printed expiration date is).

Generally, the expiration date for Artbox redemptions is one year after the release.  However, Artbox has been very good about honoring expired redemptions from previous HP sets.  Your best bet is to email Artbox and ask if they still have available the autos for GOF.

customerservice@artboxent.com

Does anyone know the latest situation with the Rita Skeeter auto? I heard that Miranda had only sent back some of her cards and that there were problems redeeming them again, is this still the case?

That was the last I heard too Roz, but as I still haven't had a response from Artbox over the redemptions I sent in, then I can't update you further!! :-[ >:(

I've contacted them again but had nothing back ....  :-\

I've been having the same problems getting email responses from them too (about replacing a damaged card).  May their emails are like their products, DELAYED!   ;D