Campaign Thank You Notes: Nice touch or wasted overhead?

[RandySF]

Received a handwritten note thanking me for my small donation. It was a nice touch, but I wonder how much monet and time are spent sending them out. How do you feel when you receive one?

[snacker]

1. The exact same way you do...

I would prefer the candidate wouldn't waste his/her money on the note. I'm fine without the thank-you note, but maybe that's just me.

[rurallib]

2. I have only gotten one and felt like you did

use your time and resources toward more fruitful ends.

What I do appreciate is a note from the candidate of campaigns I have worked on after the election. Those are cherished.

[Blue_true]

3. Depends.

Messages like you got can be printed for less than 1 cent and sent via bulk mail. The cost is less than you assume.

[displacedtexan]

4. Volunteers usually copy the text on those notes, or

The person in charge of the autopen does them for the candidate. There are usually levels of signature: full formal name; first and last name; first name or nickname. I was in charge of Senator Kerry's autopen during the presidential campaign before I was accepted into the research and analysis division. It was fun.