Gift Receiving Etiquette

I can remember a thread on here about people not saying thankyou for chequers sent to grandkids.someone suggested sending an unsigned cheque,and they would get in touch to get it signed.no one guilty of not saying thankyou I hope?

While in no way would I ever urge anyone to commit a crime I recall that after a year at her new secondary school my daughter showed me her homework diary which had been signed with my signature - but not by me.

The joke is that she did every piece of homework conscientiously often going the extra mile but she had not wanted to bother me as I worked so hard - as a TEACHER.

When we were furnishing our second home we asked a carpet company to lay the carpets throughout. They did a good job and it was a three hundred mile round trip, DH gave them the cheque for several thousand pounds but I got a phone call the next day to say that DH hadn't signed it. I was mortified as they had really gone the extra mile for us

Welli think he wa quite right to mention it. Many people check up (excuse the pun) and would notice it hadnt been cashed. This happened to me once and the sender phoned me to ask if Id received it (also i hadnt thanked her of course!). She immediately wrote another saying 'I wish youd told me sooner'!

Some interesting stories and solutions posted here, thank you everyone who participated XX

Oh yes I have always thanked the sender of my annual cheques for their generosity. I make a point of writing a thank you letter every year, sometimes with photographs of what I bought for myself with their gift or if I can't print off a photograph, a detailed description

The etiquette is to shred the cheque after posting a note of thanks.

If I wanted to gift someone X amount of money but forgot to sign the check, I would want them to let me know. Sure, I would be embarrassed but I would be glad I could fix my mistake.