Letter: Electronic bonds are too impersonal
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I read the story about electronic savings bonds ["Ask the expert," Act 2, June 2]. Are they kidding? Sending people online to create an account and then set one up for the grandchildren? How ridiculous.
What about all the seniors who don't have access to a computer? What about the satisfaction a grandparent or a great-grandparent gets from putting the bond in a greeting card and handing it to a recipient?
What happened to the personal touch and the face-to-face satisfaction of a thank-you and a smile?
Paul Giordano, Westbury
