Originally Posted by
conspiratemus
Oh, and "Thanks in advance" doesn't count *at all* as a thank you,...we all know that, right?. When someone says "thanks in advance", I don't bother responding to the query at all, because I know that anyone who says "thanks in advance" won't be bothered to "thank in response." (It's sort of like those non-empathetic non-apologies that start, "If I offended anyone....")
Thanks in advance is a bit insulting. It's conditional, it is outcome based thanks. It isn't even thanks for trying, looking, considering or attempting to help it is "thanking you in advance of you doing me some good."
It should never be used by anyone other than the lower forms of lawyer.
Decent people simply say "thank you" or "thanks."