I have posted an ad and have received lots and lots of replies ... How do I reply to them all? I don't want to seem unfriendly and a timewaster but I have so many I have to reply to!
What I used to do when I had an ad was keep a couple of documents with pre-prepared 'no thank yous'. You can just copy, paste and send to them. I only used these for the people that sent either one line replies or the ones that obviously copied and pasted the same reply to every single ad on there. It was just a little polite note, not much detail and able to go to most of them.
Then you are left with the people that have made an effort with their reply. From my experience of ads, this will be less than half the original people that replied. I used to give them the same respect and answer individually. Either to explain why you don't think you would be suited with each other, or to find out more about each other etc
It's not as easy as it seems at first - out of the hundreds of replies I managed to feel comfortable enough with only a couple of people.
Then once you have cleared your backlog, you can either meet up with anyone that is a good match or put your ad back up again for a few days.
Hope this helps a bit. Good luck and hope you find what you're looking for.
Oh, and another way to get to know people without the same sort of pressure is through these forums ..... It's an excellent way to see peoples characters and for them to see yours - so by the time you meet, you will be pretty secure in the fact that you will get on well.
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