In this day and age, if sent to the same place, which is more likely to be read first, a letter,or an email?

My cousin, is the head of a manhattan law firm, rents one floor. I emailed him the other day, but I am thinking a letter might be more effective. The matter concerns family, and is urgent. BTW,I havent seen him in 15 years.

In this day and age, if sent to the same place, which is more likely to be read first, a letter,or an email?
Speaking from personal experience, I check my email first thing every morning. Meanwhile, my snail mail piles up, and I only go through it every once in awhile because most everything I do is taken care of online.





However, since this seems to be an urgent family matter (which often times needs to be documented), you may want to send a certified, registered, return receipt requested piece of mail to him. Somebody will have to sign for receiving it and then it is likely to be delivered right away.





Best Wishes.
Reply:i don't know - if he gets bombarded with emails and not so much post, he is more likely to read the letter first. If he gets bombarded with post and not so many emails he is more likely to read the email first. Have you tried phoning him?
Reply:i agree a letter might be more effecient. I know there are days when I ignore my inbox but, now that we have netflix, we check our snail mail every day!
Reply:Depends on the type of guy he is %26amp; since you haven't seen him in such a long time, I'd send him a letter. Send it Certified. The extra cost might be worth it so it doesn't get shuffled under the paperwork on his or his secretarys desk. If you deceide to send it Certified, there is a place where you can check a box requesting a signature return. Then you know for sure he got your letter. Considering it is an urgent family matter, that is what I'd do. Good Luck!! :)
Reply:I think the e-mail would be read first, but i personally would rather to read a letter
Reply:An email would almost certainly arrive sooner. Which gets checked sooner would depend on the person you're sending the message to. Some people still prefer paper mail and seldom check their email, other people (like me) check their email on a daily basis.
Reply:letter
Reply:It depends on the person's preferred communication style. There's no way to tell.
Reply:i would have sent it through the mail. more personal....email people think that its a scam.
Reply:If it's actually urgent, pick up the friggin' phone. Jeez.
Reply:Ok. In this case, a letter is definitely better, but if it's urgent, you may want to send it by first class or the lmail that gets there in a day. Normmally, however, an email would be much faster, but shince you haven't seen hhim for 15 years, a letter would be best.
Reply:I tend to read e-mails first. It is easier to do since I am online more often than home.
Reply:Well, in general probably an email. Although, I go to the mailbox as soon as get home, before checking my email.
Reply:duh, an email. are u kidding me. whoever put letter. trust me an email would get their much much much faster.
Reply:i would rather sit down and read a letter that someone has taken the time to write, address the envelope and go the mail box to send it out...
Reply:Well, I think an email would be much faster, since it is urgent. But, if you know this person's phone number, that would be probably be the fastest way to get ahold of this person.
Reply:Definitely a letter. They are uniqe and interesting. I know I often skip by an email to save for later, but if I get a cool-looking letter in the mail, I open it right away!

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