Sheesh. Send the girl a picture, for Chrissakes...
Interesting drama here

Pocketsimon sent a letter to Katy, Duran Duran's public relations person, about a friend of hers has MS and is very, very ill. She couldn't make it to the show because of her Chemo, so she asked if the band could maybe autograph a picture or send her a note. It would really make the sick woman feel better, lift her spirits, whatever.

The response: "I wish I could, but the band sell autographed pictures on the site and it wouldn't be fair to the people who have purchased them."



The second thing I'd like to say is I think they are seriously underestimating their fans if they think someone who purchased an autograph online is going to be put out if Duran sends a dying girl a get well message. I wonder how much one has to pay for a get well message these days... I know I spent over 1k just flying out to see them in Vegas. I am aware they aren't going to miss me buying their CDs or attending their concerts, but my heart is going to miss believing in them...

Say whatever terrible things about me that you must, for speaking my feelings. Nothing can hurt me more then having my best friend die.

The last good thing about Duran Duran is their fans. Not for the money the spend, but for the good people they are. Somebody missed that somewhere during their astounding comeback.

So the faithful come up and tell her that it's because the band don't want to be taken to the cleaners by scammers who will take that personally autographed picture and run to EBAY with it.



I'd prove she's ill. Send them a picture of her as she is right now, maybe with a time/date stamp. Enclose the details with the picture. Put her phone number in, as well as an email address. You can't eBay a spoken word unexpected on the phone, or prove the validity of an email.

Fuck that. Like she's not going through enough already?



And DD will be there for you...
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If you have relied on them to get you through difficult times...they can help you get through this. If your friend is losing her eyeesight to the disease, she will surely take the memories you make together in her heart.

Enjoy the time you have together. Don't give up on DD, it sounds like they have always been there for you. They will continue as a support if you let them.

You mean by telling sick people that they can't do anything for them because they aren't paying for the picture?



Since WHEN does Multiple Sclerosis require chemotherapy? Someone needs to do their fact checking before posting something like this..if I was Katy and saw such an obvious error I'd immediately think "FRAUD".

MS is NOT cancer and does NOT require chemotherapy to treat it. There IS no cure. It is a disease of the nervous system.

Surprised noone else picked up on this so far.

Well, it turns out that MS does require that kind of therapy, but it isn't called "chemo". Watch Artchick still avoid admitting she was 100% wrong.



We must realize that DD gets THOUSANDS, maybe millions of requests a day. And it's just not humanly possible for them to go through everything they get. Even if they didn't have touring and songwriting, even if all they did was respond to requests, there would be no way to physically handle it.

Duran Duran? Thousands, maybe millions of requests a day? Riiiiight. And if you close your eyes and click your heels together three times in those cute ruby jazz shoes you've got there, it'll be 1984 again and the boys will be young and good looking, too.


Me? I'm on board with Spitting Kitty, myself. Send the girl a picture. It's not going to hurt anyone, sign it personally so she can't auction it, and act human. It won't kill them or the profit margin.