The Best "Thank You for Your Order" Email I Have Ever Received

Post by Dav3xor » Tue, Jan 25, 2011, 5:23 PM UTC

wccrawford wrote: post #4

RiderOfGiraffes wrote: post #2

Although not a duplicate, this story/email was submitted just over a month ago. I'll repeat here what I said there: Personal opinion only, but ... I find this sort of thing annoying. It would be especially annoying if I bought more than one thing, unless they changed it every time. But that, in turn, would force me to read through the entire email every time just to make sure they really were just saying - it's shipp…

I halfway agree. It would depend on the company, for me. If I ordered from a stuffy corporate mega-giant like Amazon, I'd be slightly annoyed. If I ordered from somewhere serious, like ordering $2k+ computer parts I'd think they were clowns and wonder if I made a mistake. However, if I ordered from Woot.com, I'd know it was just their brand of humor and appreciate it. CDBaby strikes me as the corporate type, so I'd b…

Post by dennmart » Tue, Jan 25, 2011, 7:17 PM UTC

bdb wrote: post #15

All that fanfare and... they sent your package via USPS.

Post by dwwoelfel » Tue, Jan 25, 2011, 7:26 PM UTC

kbutler wrote: post #14

RiderOfGiraffes wrote: post #8

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Thank you for that neat, clear and concise evaluation of my personality. Note that I didn't include "accurate". Last time this was submitted, and I replied, someone asked: > why do you hate fun? My reply to that basically covers your comment, so I thought I'd include it here (with minor editing): It's clear that you think this sort of email is cute and fun. Possibly I used to think so too, 30 years ago. Now, however,…

>> precious fusspot > Thank you for that neat, clear and concise evaluation of my personality. Note that I didn't include "accurate". > My reply to that basically covers your comment, so I thought I'd include it here ... > If it had been me receiving that email I'd've resented the 30 seconds it took to check that its content was "CD posted", Sounds like you'll spend a lot of time whining about 30 seconds you didn't a…

Post by RiderOfGiraffes » Tue, Jan 25, 2011, 8:57 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #26

RiderOfGiraffes wrote: post #18

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I'm choosing to spend time trying to save other people time, and giving them a gift of an alternative viewpoint. That's my choice to make - it's one of the ways I try to make the world better. Besides, I type really fast. (now see if you can work out when I'm being sarcastic, and when I'm being genuine.)

Versus making the world better with a little whimsy? Both take 30 seconds to read. Both are essentially a waste of time. I guess we might argue somebody, somewhere finds diatribe engaging. Whimsy also has its audience, witness the gentle soul who made the original post.

Post by Dylanlacey » Thu, Jan 27, 2011, 8:37 AM UTC

RiderOfGiraffes wrote: post #27

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #26

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Versus making the world better with a little whimsy? Both take 30 seconds to read. Both are essentially a waste of time. I guess we might argue somebody, somewhere finds diatribe engaging. Whimsy also has its audience, witness the gentle soul who made the original post.

Look, let's just agree to disagree. You find it whimsical and gently amusing. I find it an infuriating waste of my time and about as funny as a whoopee cushion. I've made my case, you've made yours. I claim that doing this will needlessly annoy paying customers. You think it doesn't matter. Now I really won't waste any more time on it.