Gray04 Posted October 7, 2006 Posted October 7, 2006 I don't tend to re-gift. After the holidays I gather up all that "OH THANK YOU!" stuff and take it to what we call our "What Not Shop". Sometimes I will save it for a yard sale, which I never end up having and thus take it to the What Not Shop:p
sns128 Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I normally don't regift but this year I am regifting the bottle of wine someone just gave me for my birthday to a friend of mine for Christmas. I don't drink wine and she loves it.
carheel Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 i have never regifted , but someone regifted back to me. i gave a gift and got it back.
dealluvr Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 sometimes i regift my birthday gifts.my birthday is before christmas so if i get something i'm not crazy about i give it away
Bunniq Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 If I received something that I know someone else would enjoy better, I would simple give the item to that person. (As long as they did not give it to me.) It would be a just because gift. I tend to not regift as Christmas, birthday gifts etc. Although I try and match gifts I give to others to that person sometimes I may "miss". I usually tell people that I don't mind if they regift something I have given to them.
elena_398 Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I don't usually regift, but my son got Bionicles last year and never opened them! They are brand new and they are very nice expensive gifts. Soooo, Im going to give them to my nephew who asked for Bionicles from Santa this year.
misshayley Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I don't think I will be regifting this year, but I have done it in the past.
cleverbffool Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I have done it once or twice, I tend to get more re-gifts than I give. One time we gave our neighbors a lennox ornament the next year we got it back in the same wrapping paper with the gift tag still on it but a new tag was placed over it. They couldn't even have the decency to re-wrap it. ~*~Jess~*~
bayhaysay Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 I have done it once or twice, I tend to get more re-gifts than I give. One time we gave our neighbors a lennox ornament the next year we got it back in the same wrapping paper with the gift tag still on it but a new tag was placed over it. They couldn't even have the decency to re-wrap it. ~*~Jess~*~LMAO! That's hilarious, you should put another name tag on it and give it back to them.
cleverbffool Posted October 8, 2006 Posted October 8, 2006 LMAO! That's hilarious, you should put another name tag on it and give it back to them.I would but they are no longer our neighbors, we moved, but I still have it, I could run up to their door leave it on the step, ring the door bell and run away. ~*~Jess~*~
copados1993 Posted October 8, 2006 Author Posted October 8, 2006 I have done it once or twice, I tend to get more re-gifts than I give. One time we gave our neighbors a lennox ornament the next year we got it back in the same wrapping paper with the gift tag still on it but a new tag was placed over it. They couldn't even have the decency to re-wrap it. ~*~Jess~*~OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!! How tacky LOL!!!
tinydancer34 Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 At my DS's birthday party he got a bunch of gifts that he'll never play with - so we will be giving them to Toys for Tots this year. Otherwise we don't regift.
laffnatu Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 I always regift. We give gifts at work each year and there is always something that I don't want or won't use. I have yet to get regifted with my regift though.
conj Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 I always regift. We give gifts at work each year and there is always something that I don't want or won't use. I have yet to get regifted with my regift though. Yup, here too. The generic gifts that I won't use go to neighbors or into work.
love2beurwifey Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 If I know someone else will use something more than myself I will give it to them but otherwise I may sell it at a yard sale if i have one
elena_398 Posted October 9, 2006 Posted October 9, 2006 My husbands work finally got smart and gives away giftcards to Walmart instead of merchandise. Everyone can use a GC to there!
Illinoismom Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 I dont think I have ever regifted but not to say I wouldnt if I neded to
dubbabubba Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 i have never regifted , but someone regifted back to me. i gave a gift and got it back. That's funny. My friends Grandmother gave her a photo album that she had given her the previous Christmas. Even funnier, she had it customized for her Grandmother.
smangham Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 When my MIL was alive, I always regifted the gifts she gave (God forgive me). Usually had to be a gag gift for someone, though. Lord knows the only taste that woman ever had was in the roof of her mouth!
brynnfromtheblock Posted October 11, 2006 Posted October 11, 2006 I always regift ... If I get something that I'm not going to use why throw it away???? especially if someone else might actually enjoy it... I have been regifted with something I gave though.... My MIL's family is very different from my for Christmas.. we all get each other something and they don't . They did a name drawing for a while and then she said that the family was so big we shouldn't do that anymore. My SIL and I tried to explain that no matter how big the family got everyone was just getting and giving one present but she didn't seem to get it.. anyway as one of her presents we gave her a snow man ornament in a beautiful red box, the next year I got it back with a new tag... my SIL was sitting next to me and I whispered "Rule #1 of regifting, don't give the gift back to the person that gave it to you" we were in stitches all morning and noone could figure out why!!!
monkey Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 We don't regift. DH and I give gifts that are not needed or duplicates to the Brazoria County Sherrif's Dept. They take them to the battered womens shelter. We also buy Toys that we find really inexpensive all year long so that the children in these shelters have something for Christmas as well. It is a small way that we can be a blessing to someone else.
Cecilliadb Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 I don't think I have ever had anything to regift...maybe I'm way to easy to please lol.
hopeky94 Posted October 12, 2006 Posted October 12, 2006 I regift fairly often, but usually it's the shower gels and bubble baths that come in gift sets (too drying for my skin) or occasionally a candle that I just can't use... I have one gift (a blanket that I don't need) that I got at work 2 or 3 yrs ago and want to regift, but I always forget about it until after I've finished shopping! LOL I think regifting is a good way to be resourceful, and sometimes it's the only way I can find and/or afford particular gifts that I know the new recipient will want. Living in a fairly rural area and with a pretty low income can sometimes bring a new perspective to things...
peachysquirt21 Posted October 14, 2006 Posted October 14, 2006 I doubt I will this year. I rarely have regifted. The only times I have done it was when my grandma gave me somthing. Now that she has passed on & I pretty much always get what is on my list, wont have anything I dont like. :)
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