Gifting and regifting- the fun begins!

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cubiczirconia

cubiczirconia

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We all do it- regifting the gifts. Sometimes there is no attachment to the person who gifted, or the one we are gifting. Sometimes there is no time, and you pass off something that's home and unopened. Sometimes, there are just too many boxes of chocolates so you give it off..

Fun begins. I go first. I will add many stories later, but this just happened this morning. Special mention ;-)
I got a box of chocolates from a friend who I met over coffee. There is no obligation to get anything to each other since we aren't very close, and but since it's holiday season, better chocolates than empty hands. Good enough. I washed my hands off one of the Hawaiian Macadamia nut chocolates I got from Costco, and she got me what looked like the mini 4-chocolates See's candies box.

So, small boxes don't go unopened in my house. That's a policy. I will eat every chocolate from the small box.
The box had chocolates and Babies r us card.. $25. Ouch! My friend has a seven year old, and my youngest turned six a week ago. So, I am assuming someone regifted her. I would love to trace the origin of the box, but girl friend is not game. She said finders keepers, enjoy the card.

What's your story?

ETA: I am thinking of keeping the card in my purse and giving it off to some family in need. Not donate to a charity I usually donate to, but I am talking giving the card to a stranger.. good idea? or I will spook the people?
 
abcd1234 said:
Honestly- I never re-gift.  I always give a gift with a gift receipt. 
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That's nice of you :) I do re-gift gift cards, especially when I get cards from babies r us ;-)
But I don't like re-gifting actual gifts. I will use whatever it is at least once, and donate if I don't want it.
 
Another re-gifting story..

It's very common in India to re-gift during weddings/ house warmings. The box usually tells you what's inside. One such occasion, I attended a distant relative's wedding. They don't even know me well, and I met the groom for the first time, but since MIL insisted that I join her, I went. Anyway, I gave a cash gift that covered my lunch expenses and some more.

The lady gave me a sari box as a return gift. She assumed that would cover my "some more". But lo and behold- wrong box :P She had given me a very expensive sari with a 10g silver coin. I didn't open it until a week after the wedding, and later it didn't look nice to call strangers and tell them you over gifted! I don't mind re-gifts like that :D
 
Cubic Zirconia said:
ETA: I am thinking of keeping the card in my purse and giving it off to some family in need. Not donate to a charity I usually donate to, but I am talking giving the card to a stranger.. good idea? or I will spook the people?
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I think that's a great idea. One Christmas, I was making small chat with the bag boy (about - meh - 17 years old?) at Ralph's checkout. He said he was working as much overtime as he could to provide for his new baby girl. He was really determined to be a good dad. It was hard juggling school all day and work all night. I'd seen him several times before and knew which vehicle he drove and where he parked it outside. Lightbulb went off. I got a gift card and left it on his truck anonymously. You may come across people in this situation all the time in your day-to-day routine who could really use the Babies R Us gift card.
 
Stuff for our kids gets re-gifted because they either already have it and there is no gift receipt, or it's clothes that are too small for them.

Stuff given to us we can't use will usually get White Elephant'ed. But stuff that we don't think anyone will want will go into deep hibernation or Goodwill.

Toys that we don't re-gift can go to Toys For Tots or Angel Tree.
 
Clothes for kids are always a no-no in my gifting book. You will go wrong somewhere, and the kid won't be able to use them.
Gift cards are always a way to go unless you are very sure.
 
I had a friend give me a blanket for Christmas. I was suspicious because normally she's not very thoughtful. She admitted someone gave it to her and she didn't like it. That was the first and only time someone has actually admitted re-gifting to me. Wasn't quite sure how to feel about that one...
 
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