Would you do this?

[bunny nose]

I saw an article in the paper today about a company who writes out your thank you notes for you. You send them all your info- names, addresses, how to address the person (aunt, uncle...etc.), what you got as a gift and they write out a heartfelt thank you note. They send the cards, addressed and ready to add a picture back to you so you can mail them from your hometown. Noone the wiser.

Call me weird, but I thought this was great. I forget the exact cost of it, but it was reasonable. Just wondering how all you felt about it. A great idea for a SAHW soon to be mom to make some extra money. I want to look into this further, but was wondering how tacky people would think it is.

So my question is- would you pay for someone to do this for you? And what would you consider a reasonable rate?

Thanks
Karen

[Cath2005]

I don't think I would use that kind of service (although it is tempting as I just got back from my honeymoon and have so many TYs to do!). Main reason is that even though writing tons of TYs is a pain, I am so grateful for everyone who came to our wedding and gave us very generous gifts that I *want* to thank them myself. Also, would a lot of your friends and relatives not know what your writing is like?

[amew]

To be honest, I think it is extremely tacky to pay a service to thank your friends and relatives for you. Writing TYs is one wedding-related task that I just don't think you can delegate to anyone else (besides your DH, of course ;) ).

[amorey]

You send them all your info- names, addresses, how to address the person (aunt, uncle...etc.), what you got as a gift and they write out a heartfelt thank you note. They send the cards, addressed and ready to add a picture back to you so you can mail them from your hometown

I don't think that sounds like it's saving that much work. I think it would take as much time for me to get that all organized and sent to a company as it would for me to actually write a heartfelt note myself!

[Larissa]

By the time you send them all that info you may as well have written out the note yourself. Thank you notes are about 5 sentences!

[kmmommy]

Personally, I would write my own TYs. All those people took time to shop for your gift and come to your wedding. IMHO, it's only right that you take the time to thank them properly.

[HeatherFL]

To me there is nothing heartfelt about having someone else writing a thank you note on my behalf. No, I would not do this.

~H.

[ejs]

I would never use a service like this. Could you (general you) be any more impersonal?

I think thank you notes should have sincerity behind them. I'll admit that I get annoyed when I get a generic thank you, such as, "Thank you for the wedding gift you sent us. We really appreciate it."

The thank you's I write a personal and I don't think it's that much of a hassle to do.

[MandyMaloo]

I agree with the others--these are people you have chosen to spend one of the biggest days of your life with you and your FH. They've bought you gifts, it's not appropriate to not thank them properly. I don't think I would ever use this kind of service....

[dlj78]

I agree with the others as well. I think it's very impersonal to have someone else who you don't know write your TYs for you. It can be very time consuming to write these out yourself but it's well worth it in the end. Just my opinion.

[Lil' Peach]

I have to agree with the other posters ... very tacky! I would never use this type of service and would be rather upset if someone I knew sent me a thank-you card written by someone else.

[DianaFaye]

I think it's easy, quicker, cheaper, and more personal to do it myself.

[DianaFaye]

opps double post.

[Elle]

Interesting concept, but don't do it.

[eponymous]

Very tacky - I would be way more insulted to receive a thank-you like that than one sent a year later or something of the sort.

I feel like it's not a bad idea for a business for a SAHW, but it's a bad idea for anyone to use it, if that makes sense.

[nicole]

I probably wouldn't use the service, just because filling out the name and the gift is almost as hard as writing the thank you note. Anyone close to you will know the handwriting is not yours. Besides, a great TY will have a personal touch. Something like "Dear Aunt Edna and Uncle Bernie - Thank you so much for sharing our special day with us and for the gorgeous platter you sent! I can't wait to use it at our next dinner party. The two of you sure tore up that dance floor! Love..." Or "Dear Nadine - I'm so sorry you weren't able to make it up for the wedding. You were definitely missed. Thank you so much for the beautiful silver frame you sent. It's the perfect size for our wedding invitation, so we'll be framing it soon. Love..." I dunno.

I just thought of something else - you'd have to sign them yourself, or else have them forge your hubby's sig to your family and your sig to his ;)

ETA: If you have a TON of TYs to do, paying someone to address them isn't an awful idea. It's okay to send invites to a calligrapher, so...

[Camdynlyn]

haha. I thought this sounded AWESOME when I first read it, to be honest!! :o I had over 600 people invited to our wedding and that was a TON of TYs to do. It took me for freaking ever!!! :p

I would think about it but wouldn't end up doing it.

[bunny nose]

Thanks for all your honest opinions girls! I am so glad I have all of you to talk me out of things that might be crazy. So glad I can run these things by you instead of just doing it and probably losing money. :eek:

I love you girls! LOL

Thanks again!
Karen

[brenda]

I think it is a good business idea, just not for the middle class market. This is definitely a "rich people" service. Do you know what I mean? I just can't imagine that Star Jones (for example) sent personally-written thank you notes to all those people.

I think (just a gut instinct, no practical knowledge) that this type of service would be used by the type of people who have personal assistants book their manicures, etc.

Of course, this isn't a service that I would use. I'm totally the wrong demographic - no sense of entitlement here.