Do you say Thank You?

Without a doubt I always say thank you if I email someone privately with a question or need advice and they respond. How some folks were raised is a mystery to me! It's common courtesy to say thank you when you ask for help and receive it. These days I think people are often so preoccupied with themselves, their wants, desires etc., that saying thanks has become irrelavent to them. Or, they were rasied in a family where the importance of expressing thanks wasn't taught to them. Some people were raised in very harsh families! There always comes a time when you need advice, or answers, or something, from others in our very small audio community. Common courtesy should always prevail. Grant, for instance, has provided sage advice to me on several occasions in the past, and I wouldn't think of passing up the opportunity to say thanks to him or any other 'phile who has taken the time to send me an email about our complex hobby. I'm also happy to provide advice to anyone who emails me and don't mind sending detailed responses. Once, I emailed a a fellow Audiogoner for advice about tubes. This person actually offered to send me a set of tubes free as a gift simply because I asked for information about tubes for an integrated we both have. It was an amazing act of kindness and generosity from a total stranger! I accepted this offer and offered to send him money for postage. Guess what? He refused. Incredible! It was great to meet such a person because of Audiogon. A perfect example of the phrase "the kindness of strangers." And there are many really decent and honorable people here. (some dealers too!) Unfortunatley, as in society as a whole, there are also the kind of people here who don't even have the common sense or good manners to say a simple "thank you."