Do you send a reply or thank you ecard when you get one?
By autismfamily
@autismfamily (190)
United States
December 25, 2006 4:56pm CST
I am not sure what the proper etiquette is for this, but I really do not have the time or desire to search around a site for a thank you card and then it just goes back and forth between the cards and makes it seem less personal.
What do you do when you get an ecard from an online friend or coworker? This is not the same thing as one for a lover/spouse or one you flirt with - that is fun when you are in a relationship?
But the one you get for Mothers Day, Christmas, Birthday and then the card site has a section at the bottom where it tells you that there is an option to send one back as a thank you - do you do that?
I tend not to.
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@ilvrshn (463)
• United States
26 Dec 06
You know I was thinking the same thing. I sent out a whole bunch of egreetings from 123greetings.com to all my closes friends and relatives and not one has replied thanking me for the card or anything. I think they should at least acknowledge.
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@thewane (30)
• Portugal
26 Dec 06
my e-mail box only receives mails. I almost never send an e-mail, I just read the many I get, laught at the joke and send them to the "recycle bin". I prefeer to thank the person "face to face" than sending a reply-email. they are too impersonal.
@myheartbeat4u (149)
• India
26 Dec 06
I normally send a reply card or a Thank you Card when I get e-cards from my friends on Birthdays, New Year and few festive ocasions like Dussera, Deepavali, Sankranthi, Holy and Independence Day
@hillbillyheart (190)
• United States
26 Dec 06
I usually will send a thank you card when I receive an ecard. They only come from close friends and family and I figure the least I can do is take the time to reply.
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@lulylove (1560)
• Brazil
26 Dec 06
I do not have the custom to make cards for friends, therefore I think that he is very better to say everything personally what he is felt. Therefore always when it is one day special, I say something special for somebody in special.
@deecosmos (83)
• India
26 Dec 06
Initially i didn;t care to send a thank you e-card in return for every e-card i got..but over the period I realise it..It was when i got a sweet return thank you card form one of my more caring friend..from then on i take extra care to reply wit thank you e-card...after all love begets love..care begets care..
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@gewcew23 (8007)
• United States
26 Dec 06
I do not usually reply with an ecard but I do send an email which is a lot quicker and just a personal because when I receive a card or gift from some one unless it is like a wedding or baby shower I just write on a nice sheet of stationary a quick little thank you note. But I always reply somehow.
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@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
26 Dec 06
It is curious that you should open a discussion on this subject because I received an ecard yesterday, which is probably the first one for the past year.
I have never responded with reciprocal ecards, and if a reply is justified then I would usually send an email.
I am unsure as to whether the ecard site itself would request my email address, and of course we all get too much spam as it is. A direct email is the standard communication for me.
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@shana123 (2095)
• India
26 Dec 06
Normally we used to thank a freind or any one who gift us right? the same happens with the e-card...
I usually thank my freinds or even my parents if they send an e-card!!!! moreover,In all the e-cards i received,it had an option that send thanks e-card to the one who sent that to me...! so i dont have to spend more time on it...
@muralikumar2005 (623)
• India
26 Dec 06
It is good to send a card as it would give them a sense of well being and brief happpiness. I mean i am sure you like to receive cards so why ot send them one as well???
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@murtuzataskeen (68)
• India
26 Dec 06
Not necessarily unless the one sending us is a very close friend or a relative...But the etiquette says that you must at least thank or reply to the sender..but usually people don't care unless the greetings are from close ones...
