How do you feel about people sending digital Thank you cards instead of sending a traditional card? Do you think just an email covers it? What about an e-card? Do you think they are OK for certain situations and not for others? Or do you believe it is generational? For instance, never would you send an elder an e-card, but a peer yes. Do you think this falls under and eco-friendly practice?
I personally still write Thank You notes. I'm not a big fan of email thank you notes, unless its a casual dinner invite with a close friend or something of that nature. Birthday parties, gifts, favors ALL get hand-written thank you notes from me and my children :)
I think it's the thought that counts either way you get it.
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Well, it's certainly an eco-friendly practice, but I wouldn't think of sending my great-aunt an e-card as a thank you note, even though she does have email. Nor would I for a significant gift (someone hosting you at their beach house for a week, $1000 toward my DD's nursery school, etc.) On the other hand, for a fruit basket from my aunt at Xmas time, sure. I do think, since you are sparing yourself the effort of mailing a letter, you need to make it a thank you letter, rather than just a short note. I mean, really take the time to write something, rather than produce a formulaic "thank you so much for the (insert item name here) (Insert how it will be used/benefit you here)."
Quoting SWasson:
Well, it's certainly an eco-friendly practice, but I wouldn't think of sending my great-aunt an e-card as a thank you note, even though she does have email. Nor would I for a significant gift (someone hosting you at their beach house for a week, $1000 toward my DD's nursery school, etc.) On the other hand, for a fruit basket from my aunt at Xmas time, sure. I do think, since you are sparing yourself the effort of mailing a letter, you need to make it a thank you letter, rather than just a short note. I mean, really take the time to write something, rather than produce a formulaic "thank you so much for the (insert item name here) (Insert how it will be used/benefit you here)."
Do you think that for this scenario it would be appropriate to send an E-Card then? They have ones you can purchase and ones that are free. Some are actually quite entertaining.
I don't know. I don't think it's paying for something that makes the thank you of value, but if someone really found something great, and wrote a really nice thank you in the customizable portion, that could be really nice. But I'm not a "greeting card person." I've never saved them, I think they're mostly just pretty paper. At best, for me, they're funny for a moment, and then they go in the recycling bin.
Quoting MrsManners:
Quoting SWasson:
Well, it's certainly an eco-friendly practice, but I wouldn't think of sending my great-aunt an e-card as a thank you note, even though she does have email. Nor would I for a significant gift (someone hosting you at their beach house for a week, $1000 toward my DD's nursery school, etc.) On the other hand, for a fruit basket from my aunt at Xmas time, sure. I do think, since you are sparing yourself the effort of mailing a letter, you need to make it a thank you letter, rather than just a short note. I mean, really take the time to write something, rather than produce a formulaic "thank you so much for the (insert item name here) (Insert how it will be used/benefit you here)."
Do you think that for this scenario it would be appropriate to send an E-Card then? They have ones you can purchase and ones that are free. Some are actually quite entertaining.
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- MrsManners
on Oct. 22, 2009 at 9:59 AM