Chad reed wouldn't sign my replica front plate

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kkawboy14 wrote:
How much is a signed Reed replica plate Worth? $8?
whatever the replica plate is worth.
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Damn,

It must be that time of month for you,

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kkawboy14 wrote:
How much is a signed Reed replica plate Worth? $8?
Less than a new, untouched one.
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Global warming is Chads fault too

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Rockinar 11/13/2017 10:32am
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I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as a profesional autograph seeker and Chad refused. Non issue.

The KX250 deal was non issue too. Chad signed his jersey and pants and gave them to the guy as a thanks. The guy then tried to flip the bike on Ebay.

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Rockinar wrote:
I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as...

I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as a profesional autograph seeker and Chad refused. Non issue.

The KX250 deal was non issue too. Chad signed his jersey and pants and gave them to the guy as a thanks. The guy then tried to flip the bike on Ebay.

Reed got butthurt because the guy was going to sell it. Not sure why, it's his bike to sell.
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Although Im not the biggest Chad Reed fan in the world,I will relate a story that happenned to my daughter and son-in-law approx 5 weeks ago. We live in western Pa, but the two of them were in Orlando at Universal Studios celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversary ,a place they've gone to on every anniversary they've had since starting dating 8 years ago. Anyhoo, while there, they were in the Harry Potter area of Universal, and ran across who they thought was Chad, Elle and the kids doing the basic family vacation. They poked around a little to make sure,but obviously not wanting to bug them on vacation ,kind of just laid low eating their ice cream. My daughter slid up next to Chad and whispered to him "Hate to bother you ,but are you Chad Reed?" She said his eyes lit up and said "as a matter of fact ,Iam" so they talked for a few minutes, my son-in-law races Yamaha's and told Chad that he was happy that he was back on blue (funny now,lol). After exchanging a few laughs , Chad asked if they wanted a pic with him so they both got pics with him ,but since no one was carrying anything to sign,all they got were those couple pics and a great memory. Even better than a signed piece of paper. If I were him, I probably would have been irritated that somebody was bugging me when i was with my wife and kids on vacation,but he seemed genuinely happy to see fans outside of a track/race, so with that being said, Chad went up a few rungs on my ladder.

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Rockinar wrote:
I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as...

I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as a profesional autograph seeker and Chad refused. Non issue.

The KX250 deal was non issue too. Chad signed his jersey and pants and gave them to the guy as a thanks. The guy then tried to flip the bike on Ebay.

mxb2 wrote:
Reed got butthurt because the guy was going to sell it. Not sure why, it's his bike to sell.
Stone mentioned in the eBay ad that it was the bike Reed rode in opening ceremonies. A teen girl cry's less.
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pmshortt2 11/13/2017 11:17am
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A guy running around with a stack of signed number plates is a bit silly.
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haydos25 11/13/2017 11:18am
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He apologized for not being able to sign the plate. Obviously there is a reason for it, he wasn't just being a knob. Then he proceeded to sign a poster and give it to the OP. It wasn't a 2 hour wait for nothing, it was a 2 hour wait for exactly what was advertised, an autograph signing.

He was there handing out free posters and autographs that can easily go in the mancave, maybe not as cool as a plate for some people but still memorabilia that can go in the "man cave". Non issue, good bloke, carry on with your lives everyone.
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mxb2 11/13/2017 11:26am
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Rockinar wrote:
I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as...

I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as a profesional autograph seeker and Chad refused. Non issue.

The KX250 deal was non issue too. Chad signed his jersey and pants and gave them to the guy as a thanks. The guy then tried to flip the bike on Ebay.

mxb2 wrote:
Reed got butthurt because the guy was going to sell it. Not sure why, it's his bike to sell.
imoto34 wrote:
Stone mentioned in the eBay ad that it was the bike Reed rode in opening ceremonies. A teen girl cry's less.
Yep, he rode it, dude got it back. Put it up for sale, no biggie.
jorgechavez 11/13/2017 11:37am
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OldPro277 wrote:
Although Im not the biggest Chad Reed fan in the world,I will relate a story that happenned to my daughter and son-in-law approx 5 weeks ago...
Although Im not the biggest Chad Reed fan in the world,I will relate a story that happenned to my daughter and son-in-law approx 5 weeks ago. We live in western Pa, but the two of them were in Orlando at Universal Studios celebrating their 3rd wedding anniversary ,a place they've gone to on every anniversary they've had since starting dating 8 years ago. Anyhoo, while there, they were in the Harry Potter area of Universal, and ran across who they thought was Chad, Elle and the kids doing the basic family vacation. They poked around a little to make sure,but obviously not wanting to bug them on vacation ,kind of just laid low eating their ice cream. My daughter slid up next to Chad and whispered to him "Hate to bother you ,but are you Chad Reed?" She said his eyes lit up and said "as a matter of fact ,Iam" so they talked for a few minutes, my son-in-law races Yamaha's and told Chad that he was happy that he was back on blue (funny now,lol). After exchanging a few laughs , Chad asked if they wanted a pic with him so they both got pics with him ,but since no one was carrying anything to sign,all they got were those couple pics and a great memory. Even better than a signed piece of paper. If I were him, I probably would have been irritated that somebody was bugging me when i was with my wife and kids on vacation,but he seemed genuinely happy to see fans outside of a track/race, so with that being said, Chad went up a few rungs on my ladder.

Cool story, thanks for posting! This kind of speaks to what I posted about earlier in the thread about how we as fans really only get to interact with the riders on the most important day of the week for them and try to make judgments of character from that one day. (Obviously the OP situation is different, but I'm speaking in general)

I've seen so many people post on here like "Rider X was about to go do a heat race and wouldn't sign my shirt, he must be an asshole!" and it's just comedy to me every time. These riders job is to put in good results so sorry if they are focused on that during race day. Most of these riders are really good people, and will chat with almost anyone but you can't expect them to give you much time when you bug them right before they go and throw down.

Once again, I'm not speaking in regards to the OP, I'm just speaking in general.
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I think most these guys are good dudes. Chad included. Internet is hell these days for em if they don’t bend over or jerk a fan off at a moments notice. BlinkLaughing
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well, his name is Chad after all
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Ran into Chad at the U.S Open back in the day. His first year on the big bikes I think. Chad literally could not have been a nicer guy to all of us. Very friendly and took the time to have a little conversation with us which we didn't expect. The crazy thing is that out of nowhere he opened up a gear bag full of replica plates and just started signing replica plate after replica plate. We told him to please stop and that we now had more than enough of them for everyone but Chad refused to take no for an answer. We ended up with about 100 replica plates all together. Chad then leaned in and whispered "Nobody will ever believe you" and skipped off humming a Men at Work song. What a bloke!
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FlaNard wrote:
Ran into Chad at the U.S Open back in the day. His first year on the big bikes I think. Chad literally could not have been...
Ran into Chad at the U.S Open back in the day. His first year on the big bikes I think. Chad literally could not have been a nicer guy to all of us. Very friendly and took the time to have a little conversation with us which we didn't expect. The crazy thing is that out of nowhere he opened up a gear bag full of replica plates and just started signing replica plate after replica plate. We told him to please stop and that we now had more than enough of them for everyone but Chad refused to take no for an answer. We ended up with about 100 replica plates all together. Chad then leaned in and whispered "Nobody will ever believe you" and skipped off humming a Men at Work song. What a bloke!
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one of the most pointless things people do when it comes to VIP's: asking for a signature. top tipp: maybe try to have fun instead.

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DC 11/13/2017 2:02pm
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kkawboy14 wrote:

Signed Chad Reed number plate: $5.00 value

Starting a thread about not getting one: PRICELESS

Get a cat!

That's pure, laugh-out-loud funny. Good stuff.

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Who promised you an autograph?
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I don't think it would be due to resale items ect.. Im sure it would have something to do with sponsors and fall outs with other company's or along them lines. Reeds known for company's not willing to help him, to make sure there logos that are not shared.. But signed plates and stuff, be interesting to know why. can only think it would have something to do with prizes from his sponsors for his fans or promotions from the big company's getting in the way.

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I have a wrist pin from a P51 Merlin engine that was signed by Bob Hannah, which I bought at the Reno air races.

If I went up to Bob Hannah with another P51 wrist pin, what do you think the chances are he'd sign it? somewhere between 0% and 0%.
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Rockinar wrote:
I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as...

I dont see the issue. The OP said himself he "had a whole heap of replica plates" to sign. Sounds like he got singed out as a profesional autograph seeker and Chad refused. Non issue.

The KX250 deal was non issue too. Chad signed his jersey and pants and gave them to the guy as a thanks. The guy then tried to flip the bike on Ebay.

I ment a whole heap as in the top US riders, it's not every day they come to Australia
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jrrundle 11/13/2017 4:36pm
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Don’t forget you need to take pictures of him signing it, you’ll need to prove it’s “authentic”.

Next time find Roczen, I heard he’ll sign anything.
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pmshortt2 wrote:
A guy running around with a stack of signed number plates is a bit silly.
yup I agree
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Untill the powers at be quits suckling his balls( Davey, Steve) He has the right to do whatever he pleases.
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pmshortt2 wrote:
A guy running around with a stack of signed number plates is a bit silly.
Myke wrote:
yup I agree
Unless you're a huge Fan building a Man-Cave.

Only one way to see this is the Vital way I guess. Anybody else gets clipped.
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Old-Man 11/13/2017 5:57pm
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Unless the OP is 9yo or under, this is one of the stupidest complaints I've seen in a little while. I take it that the Aussie...
Unless the OP is 9yo or under, this is one of the stupidest complaints I've seen in a little while.

I take it that the Aussie motto of "harden the f*ck up" never quite made it to him. Or maybe he's one of the reasons for it in the first place.......
But yet you and 90% of Vital would give "Pinkies up" on a pic of his "Man cave" with all his collection of Plates signed hanging on the wall above the Bar wall in his house.

Vital at it's best right here, hypocritical A-Holes drinking the Vital Kool-aid.
Do any thinking of your own?
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DC wrote:
kkawboy14 wrote: Signed Chad Reed number plate: $5.00 value Starting a thread about not getting one: PRICELESS Get a cat! That's pure, laugh-out-loud funny. Good stuff...
kkawboy14 wrote:

Signed Chad Reed number plate: $5.00 value

Starting a thread about not getting one: PRICELESS

Get a cat!

That's pure, laugh-out-loud funny. Good stuff.

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haydos25 wrote:
He apologized for not being able to sign the plate. Obviously there is a reason for it, he wasn't just being a knob. Then he proceeded...
He apologized for not being able to sign the plate. Obviously there is a reason for it, he wasn't just being a knob. Then he proceeded to sign a poster and give it to the OP. It wasn't a 2 hour wait for nothing, it was a 2 hour wait for exactly what was advertised, an autograph signing.

He was there handing out free posters and autographs that can easily go in the mancave, maybe not as cool as a plate for some people but still memorabilia that can go in the "man cave". Non issue, good bloke, carry on with your lives everyone.
Don't go bringing common sense into this thread, just let the judgmental fans continue to throw Reed under a bus because they THINK it was all about eBay and money.

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