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Thank-you Nazi

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On a personal note, my mother told me she sent a box of thank-you notes, to my grown daughters because they didn't send Christmas Thank-you cards YET. I sent them a text and my eldest called and said "Gramma is like a Thank-you Nazi" and laughed because I was gullible to think she actually DID send self-addressed thank-you cards to me 20 years ago.

Thank you notes"Did you get that box of thank-you's I sent you?" she asked me back then.

"No Mom, I didn't." I laughed.

"Well, how would I know?" she said, "You didn't send me a thank-you card!" I almost explained the obvious, i.e. I can't thank her for something I didn't get. And I never got them!


Wait, she did it again and both Stephanie and Jessica say she's crazy. "Yeah, crazy like a fox." She has me blogging about it!  The joy is in giving.  Give your parents the joy of receiving thank-you cards! Then send them to my web-site?

On the professional side, nothing works better than a hand-written note. This internet stuff isn't the same as a few lines of thanks for getting a listing, selling a house, etc.

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Stephen Wigg

Webmaster - 4114Info.com

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Pat Fenn
Marketing Specialist for CJ Realty Group/Cindy Jones Broker - Springfield, VA

Thank you notes are a lost art.  It is something those of us from an "older" generation were taught to do immediately.  Waiting almost a year for a thank-you note on a wedding gift is a bit much :-)

Jan 25, 2009 05:33 AM
Dan and Amy Schuman
Howard Hanna Real Estate Services - Solon, OH
Luxury Home Specialists

Thank you notes are very effective. We write a personal note to everyone who refers someone to us and I think it goes a long way vs. sending an email.

Jan 25, 2009 07:51 AM
Stephen M. Wigg
http://4114Info.com - Omaha, NE
4114Info.com

I was a top rep in a pharmaceutical company one year and the only thing I did different was personal thank-yous for allowing me to introduce my new product. I can't remember the last time I spent $3 on a greeting card however. That's a different story.

Jan 26, 2009 12:38 AM