I used to send thank you notes until someone made a comment that made me think. If every person wrote a thank you note to a celebrity who responded, that celebrity's mail would DOUBLE! First the autograph request and second for the thank you note.

If it is a GREAT success, I might-- but I haven't had any recent TTM successes that qualified.

I would love to befriend a celebrity. But I think I would be tongue tied if they called :shock: I do give my email out but not my phone number. I have gotten some lovely letters through the e-mail and those I always write back--I have time to think about what to say instead of having them call.

BossC

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I also think people need to remember that some of us have trouble enough getting stamps for the country to which we are sending, and it is not always possible to just send thank you notes. I know it's only going to cost one stamp, but still, I have real trouble getting US stamps as it is, and if an emergency came up and I needed that stamp for someone I have wanted for a long time....
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A thankyou note though wouldn't need an SASE, so you'd just need an english stamp to mail it off.
But some of us have a limited budget even for our own countries postage! I mean, in the uk now a letter to the US up to 20g costs £1.10, up from £0.97.

I only sent a thank you note once and that was to Eli Wallach as he was really sweet. Actually it was more of a second letter thank a thank you note. :P

I also think people need to remember that some of us have trouble enough getting stamps for the country to which we are sending, and it is not always possible to just send thank you notes. I know it's only going to cost one stamp, but still, I have real trouble getting US stamps as it is, and if an emergency came up and I needed that stamp for someone I have wanted for a long time....

It would be nice to send a thank you note for the special ones I admit, but I think I express in my letters how much I will appreciate what they sign for me and I think my usual 2 page letters go above the call of duty to let them know they are loved. {up}

[quote="autocollectorofoz"]I would think everyone is polie & appreciative when they make a request, I just think sending a thank you to those that have gone above & beyond with their response is a nice thing to do and let them see how much the fans appreciate them being so awesome as to include extra items of their own signed, personal letters ,merchandise etc....[/quote]

That's very true, and I am sure they would love recieving thankyou notes/cards, but sometimes for the bigger stars I think they have enough mail to take up their time! Honestly I don't have the resources to do it every time but it is something I will consider in future {up}

I would think everyone is polie & appreciative when they make a request, I just think sending a thank you to those that have gone above & beyond with their response is a nice thing to do and let them see how much the fans appreciate them being so awesome as to include extra items of their own signed, personal letters ,merchandise etc....

Since I am always polite ans thankful in my request letters I rarely send out thank you cards/letters, but I did send a thankyou email recently :)

I do send thank you notes for people that have gone above and beyond on signing. Some have sent me other items that were special and deserved thanks.

I also thank them in advance, but sometimes I did send a "Thank You"-card.
eg. to Eli Wallach as I got a really nice and fast success! Melissa Peterman, Susan Sarandon, Isabelle Fuhrman & Justin Berfield (it was actually a birthday card), Paul Brightwell.
That's it I think.

I do it for various reasons, mainly:
tough signers
ones who send extra autographed photos as well as sign mine
ones who include a personal letter to me

I personally think it might be nice for them to get mail that is nit a request and also tells them how happy it made you & how much you appreciate it. I bet something like a thank you card would get passed on to them as well.

As like most people I always thank them in my original letter for taking the time to read and thank them in advance for possibly being able to sign.

i sent a thank card and a xmas card to kristen stweart. i just told her it meant a lot to me that she singed my photo and to have a good xmas.