Mary is “a little hurt.”
Cry me a river and play the tiniest violin… Mary claims only one out of thirty people she sent “gifts” to actually sent her a thank you note. Though more than one commenter (both with registered user names, so no… not anon-trolls) claimed that they thanked her throughout the process. My guess would be that most did.
The items Mary is giving away are items she receives for free. Mary’s response is that to acquire these freebies takes time and effort. Of course it does: that is part of the job. Everyone who blogs has to do that. Mary complained about the money she spends on shipping these items as if that entitles her to… what? That is one of the minimal costs she actually has to worry about and it is a tax writeoff (assuming she is documenting these freebies as she should be, legally). Does any other company expect a thank you note or some kind of extra appreciation just because they paid their own business expenses? To say, redo the floors in their store or upgrade their website? No.
