regarding all these fan clubs, yeah you're right. i know that many times they were just handled by the record labels. however, as for the 2Pac and Eazy-E fan clubs, i'm pretty sure the artists themselves were involved (to certain extent), like with Eazy-E (the $5 it cost was to be sent directly to Ruthless Records, hehe). and 2Pac did live in Georgia (right?) so he must've seen what was going on. from time to time. but as far as not receiveing goods, and not in time, i was never suprised.
too bad you never located the fan club manager. he / she should be sitting on a lot of interesting facts, such as the question to where all the 2Pacalypse Ent. fan club items are stored today? if they weren't trashed that is.
yeah dante, there have been many times i've been about to post, but you always beat me to it. hehe.
and since my biggest fan-days of 2Pac were around 91-95, that's were my knowledge is the heaviest.