I find lately that nobody wants to use the phone. I get emails asking only about rates which gives me cause for concern right off the bat because surely there must be other factors that are important to this person but they have neglected to mention them. Sometimes I think that other providers may be feeling out the competition to determine what their fees should be. Personally I would have no problem answering the question if the person identified themselves as a provider looking for information.


Quote Originally Posted by Inspired by Reggio View Post
Yup I hate these as well cause they scream LAZY to me

I use to want to delete them rather than respond because it was a waste of my time and well it speaks to our 'match' criteria that they are so 'minimalistic' in their research criteria so I always feel the need to be professional but to save myself time I respond with a form letter I have on my computer that I copy and paste and hit send so only a few more keystrokes than actually deleting it and hopefully I help to educate the client as to why what they are doing is lazy in a polite manner



This response opens the door to 'redeem' themselves by doing the research and also allows me to see if they can follow simple directions ~ cause if they email again instead of calling that tells me that we are not going to be a match because they are not respecting my request that further contact be done by phone and if you cannot meet that simple request how are we going to work together raising a child for the next 5 years