Do you send thank-you notes to people who give you gifts?

Question

I always send thank-you notes but hardly ever receive any. Do you send them? Are you offended when you don't receive them?

Answer 1

I would, if anyone ever gave me anything.

Answer 2

Good for you. Yes, you should always send a thank-you note to someone who gives you a gift. I, too, seldom receive any and I am very offended. I have scaled down my giving. If I give someone in the family (a cousin, a grandchild etc.) a gift and there is no response, I write and ask if they received it, as I was concerned that it might have gone astray. If they don't respond the next time I give them a gift, that's their last gift. Special events are marked with a card after that. Sounds mean, but it just gets to the point where I feel like I'm dropping things down a well and I am really offended at their bad manners.

Answer 3

I always say thank you to the person or at least give them a call, sometimes I send a note. I have given out almost 100 holiday gifts at work for the past 3 years. I keep a list of the people that don't say thank you and then take them off my list for the next year. My list of gifts is getting shorter and shorter each year. My feelings get hurt when I don't get thanked. The gifts I give are all real nice and are hand made out of wood.

Answer 4

I do send Thank you notes. but I do not recieve them either. Sometimes I am offended like if I send a wedding present because I am affraid they did not get the gift. But if they mention that the used the gift or like the gift the next time I see them I feel better. As my mother would say they were just not raised right.

I got my Thank you notes for my wedding out with in 2 weeks of my wedding. People that sent present a head of time I would send it the minute I got the present. A very good friend of my mother came up to me at my wedding reception and said that she had sent the present on Thursday before my wedding and she recieved the Thank you note the morning of my wedding.

Answer 5

I, to always send a thank-you for gifts that I receive. I suppose that's some thing that goes with being raised with being mindful and grateful that someone has given you a gift. It's never wrong to say thank you or send a card of thanks. If you don't receive them in return don't be offended. It could be that the person that received your gift told you thank you verbally and the person(s) think that is enough.

Answer 6

Yes, it is the polite thing to do... No, I am not offended, but I DO judge the integrity of that person's practice... that does not follow common courtesy or is wise enough to send "Thank You" notes. If I do not get a "Thank You" note for a gift that I sent or gave... I do not make the mistake to send or give a gift to that person again.

Answer 7

I always send thank you notes ;but only get about 1/4 back. I'm not offended because I usually get a telephone "thank you" eventually . Even if I don't get thanked, I don't give it a thought because these are usually my loved ones I am giving gifts to-so why be offended ?

Answer 8

I send thank-you notes, but it takes me forever to get them out because i hate writing them, lol. I'm not offended if I don't recieve any. A thank you when the gift is given is good enough for me.

Answer 9

Proper etiquette would dictate that, yes, you should send thank you notes. Whether you get one or not is besides the fact. The people you send them to appriciate them, and thats all that matters.

Answer 10

I think most people don't send out thankyou's but if you have the time it is a nice thing to do and people appreciate it.

Answer 11

I always send thank you notes, and if not in writng, at least an e-card or something. I think it's only proper, they thought to get you something, you could at least thank you.