I got the same thing, for sending an e-mail.  Guess e-mails makes form
letters all the cheaper.

D. Babson


At 05:27 PM 2/26/00 -0500, you wrote:
>Greetings! As a consequence of the offending Antiques Roadshow program
that was
>discussed here a few days ago, I sent a mild e-letter of protest to the
AR. In
>response, I was sent their standard response which attempts to answer the
>most-asked questions sent in by viewers.  So I don't know how much good
writing
>them will do. However, reading quickly thru their form letter, I did catch
the
>following item which I thought was somewhat interesting:
>
>We do not appraise coins, stamps, or antiquities which require carbon
dating for
>authentication.
>
>At least we won't be seeing Pithecantropus bones on the show! Karlis
>