Big lot of nothin’
I have been commenting all week to colleagues in the office that my phone calls and e-mails have been a little bit on the odd side. Yesterday I received an…
I have been commenting all week to colleagues in the office that my phone calls and e-mails have been a little bit on the odd side.
Yesterday I received an e-mail from an attorney in Chicago. How would you take this:
“I read your quote in the April 14, 2009 issue of the Chicago Sun Times about ‘the sense of rarity’ of the 2009 Lincoln cent. Little did I realize that the editor of Numismatic News was a world famous celebrity.
“Do you receive a fee for your words of wisdom, or is this noble task done free of charge?”
Would you respond to it, or wouldn’t you?
While you are thinking, I will tell you a bit more.
I was telephoned by a USA Today reporter to talk about all the hullabaloo surrounding the first Lincoln cent design in 2009. Our conversation was boiled down into a one sentence quotation in the story.
A number of friends and acquaintances e-mailed me to tell me they had seen it.
Then the attorney’s e-mail arrived.
Perhaps he is looking to round up celebrities whom he can represent as agent.
Let’s see, 10 percent of nothing is nothing.
I did finally respond, but I had to think about it. I thanked him for his e-mail and told him I wasn’t paid for it.