Do you say Thank You?


I'd like to know the experience of Audiogoners who have emailed members privately for information or advice. If you receive a careful and considered reply to your question, do you acknowledge the reply with a thank you? I try to do so. It's proper etiquette, isn't it?

My experience is that more than half do not.

Why do you suppose that is?
tvad
Most definitely! It's just good manners. Even the other party failed to help/answer the questions, I still think is is appropriate to at least say "thank you". Just my 2 cents
I always reply with a thank you.

However not always get a reply to my e-mails when someone asks for an opinion.
And even once I had this happen:
got an e-mail from a guy asking about a certain speaker and I replied with a very thorough, nice and detailed e-mail reflecting my thoughts on the speakers in question.
Got nothing back from the original requestor, but got an insulting e-mail from his buddy, who disagreed with me displaying a fair amount of rage.
Can't figure this one out, but what are you going to do?
After retiring from the Air Force I owned and operated a small retail business. One day a young lady was hanging around the counter, just observing. Of course I had to ask what she was doing; she was doing a research paper and observing the language patrons used when placing orders. Well I started paying closer attention and realized "give me" or "I want" were used much more often than "please" as the first words for ordering. Now I never place an order without putting a please in somewhere.
As for questions from Audiogon members, I think very rarely has my correspondence ended without a courteous farewell.
Ah, I do miss the good old days when etiquette and common courtesy were the rule of the day. I also was raised to be well-mannered. Lots of please, thank you, you're welcome, yes sir, yes ma'am. Table manners were also of the utmost importance. We actually used to eat regular meals together as a family. Do families do this anymore? I try to be considerate in my e-mails and usually say not only thank you or you're welcome, but have a great day or weekend. By the way,Grant. Have a great weekend. Happy St. Patrick's day as well. Give my regards to the family and happy listening.
I'd settle for correct spelling and grammar ;--) but this reminds me of an incident that took place in Filenes Basement (department store) in Boston. A customer, a woman, took an armload of merchandise up to the cashier who folded it nicely, packed it all in bags, swiped the woman's credit card, and handed her the receipt -- all WITHOUT A WORD, SMILE, OR EYE CONTACT.

As the woman gathered up her purchases, she turned to the salesgirl and said, "A 'thank you' would be nice . . ." to which the salesgirl replied, without missing a beat, "It's printed on ya receipt!"
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