
What's so bad about gift receipts?
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Posted Jan 1, 2007 - 5:21 pm
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Posted Jan 1, 2007 - 7:11 pm
I never give gift reciepts. I have no reason really. I just don't think about it. If you are just wanting to do an exchange do you still have to have a reciept at TRU?
I haven't tried to do an exchange without a receipt but I know it's their policy to require a receipt for ALL returns & exchanges. It's plastered all over the stores and it's on the receipts.
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Posted Jan 2, 2007 - 6:53 am
Could you buy a new sit and spin there and then return the broken one with that receipt? Just a thought...
I always give the gift receipts for toys we buy for birthday party gifts. I just put it in with the card. I can't keep track of what friend has what toy, and I don't trust myself with picking out good toys for girls. Unless it's bought at Wal-Mart, and then I just tell them that is where I got it since, at least here, they will take back most anything.
I usually give stuff to a friend if I don't have a receipt for it and can't use it.
Duh! How could I not think of that getting a new one just for the receipt? I guess I'll do that. Why is it always the in-laws? My MIL is also touchy about being asked for a receipt for an exchange. Even if something is way too small for my kids, she will just tell us to squeeze them in it. I've stopped thinking about it too much in order to preserve my sanity. I say thankyou, and just add it to my ebay or salvation army box. They are also notorious for ripping all tags off of clothing. Not just the price which is preforated at the bottom.
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Posted Jan 2, 2007 - 9:21 am
let me ask you this - if it is not the thought that counts - would it be better if they didn't give your kids anything?
My 9 yr old has the right philosphy - as we were preparing both kids for the presents that come I asked " what do you do if you get a present you don't like?" - her reply "that's virtually impossible!"
Yes, it would be better, because then I wouldn't have my kids asking how come their granny likes the other kids better and actually gives them things they like. It Hurts my kids, it pisses me off. Is it so hard to actually treat 8 kids the same way for 1 day out of a year?? Or at least the 3 girls who are all within a year and 2 months of each other in age, instead of treating one like gold, one like silver and one like trash. She bought the golden one an Ipod shuffle this year for Christmas. The new, cute little one. She lives with her, with her mother (not my MIL's Child, but her ex DIL) The silver is remembered on time for all Birthdays, and my children are forgotten on every birthday and get cards that say "Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas" written inside them months after my son's birthday and usually at least 3 weeks before my daughter's. There really isn't any thought put into my kids' presents, ever.
My kids' preferred the money this year, because at least they could USE it, unlike the Sweatshirt of 3 years ago and the travel blanket of last year.
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Posted Jan 2, 2007 - 10:39 am
Yes, it would be better, because then I wouldn't have my kids asking how come their granny likes the other kids better and actually gives them things they like. It Hurts my kids, it pisses me off. Is it so hard to actually treat 8 kids the same way for 1 day out of a year?? Or at least the 3 girls who are all within a year and 2 months of each other in age, instead of treating one like gold, one like silver and one like trash. She bought the golden one an Ipod shuffle this year for Christmas. The new, cute little one. She lives with her, with her mother (not my MIL's Child, but her ex DIL) The silver is remembered on time for all Birthdays, and my children are forgotten on every birthday and get cards that say "Happy Birthday and Merry Christmas" written inside them months after my son's birthday and usually at least 3 weeks before my daughter's. There really isn't any thought put into my kids' presents, ever.
My kids' preferred the money this year, because at least they could USE it, unlike the Sweatshirt of 3 years ago and the travel blanket of last year.
I hear you on this one year before last MIL got my DD a Bratz sleeping bag she was twice as tall as it, again no tags and DS a knockoff power rangers movie(see above post) Their are 4 grandkids my 2 got about 75 dollars worth of stuff this year.Half clothes that don't fit, no tags but the other 2 GC got about $2000 worth of stuff A PIECE. Ipods, PS3s, Nintendo DS, Dooney& Burke handbags, expensive makeup and perfume.Heres the best part all 4 kids are my DH.

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Posted Jan 2, 2007 - 11:08 am
This thread is kinda funny. Anyway, I've got you all beat on crappy gifts this year. My BIL and his gf (who have never even bought for my 3 kids in the past although I ALWAYS get their 3 kids something) gave my kids all a shirt this year for Christmas. They didn't have any tags on them but 2 of them did have something a little *special* about them. One had a stain and the other had a hole in it. Yes, they gave them all used clothing.
The thing is, he has a job, makes decent money so they could have spent $5 a peice on them and my kids would've never known the difference but they can tell if a shirt has come from a yard sale or a store. Don't get me wrong, I love yard sales (I have 2 every year
) but I would never give someone used clothing for Christmas.
I have a funny story that sort of relates, one year for my birthday when I was only 12 years old, one my aunt in law gave me a Blazer (which for one, I don't know a 12 year old that wears a blazer, but that's just my opinion on that) Anyway, it was the wrong size, so my mom asked her for a receipt so we could basically return it and get something that I might actually use...She said she would get the receipt for us, which she never did. Not too long after that, we discovered the dry cleaning receipt in the pocket of the blazer. That's still a story my mom and I laugh over.
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let me ask you this - if it is not the thought that counts - would it be better if they didn't give your kids anything?
Yes, I do think it would be better if they got them nothing. If you take no time to purchase a gift, but give a gift just to participate in the act of giving a gift, why did you give the gift?
In other words, a gift should be a thoughtful token of what you want to give to the person you are gifting. If there is no thought, it is not a gift but instead a responsibility.
My kids always write a thank you note too even tho the gift wasn't given to them in actuality.
In my own circumstance with my MIL, she views her grandchildren as a fun accessory but spends no time with them at all, thus she doesn't know them. She likes to brag about her grandchildren but doesn't want to get to know who they really are and what they like. So in my own circumstance, my MIL gives a gift because it is part of the image.
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Posted Jan 2, 2007 - 2:58 pm
In my own circumstance with my MIL, she views her grandchildren as a fun accessory but spends no time with them at all, thus she doesn't know them. She likes to brag about her grandchildren but doesn't want to get to know who they really are and what they like. So in my own circumstance, my MIL gives a gift because it is part of the image.
Agreed 100%. My MIL brags about the kids but never invites them over or takes them out. She just cries to the rest of the family that I keep them from her. She has this image of each one of them that is way off base. As far as buying gifts for me she skips my birthday every year with the excuse that she doesn't do the adults anymore, only the kids and then throws in some words of wisdom that the adults are "old news". The real kicker is that she gets b-day presents for DH and his 3 siblings and their spouses. For christmas I either get something for DH tagged for the both of us or some piece of junk from the dollar store. I really would prefer that she buy nothing then something that I hate and she expects to see displayed in my home on the holiday.
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One time when we went to Kohl's, and I told ds to push the handicapped button that opens the door because I had little ds in the stroller. Some older lady had the nerve to say to my son, "That button is only for people that are in wheelchairs. No need to be lazy. You need to learn to open the door for your mom." I was like WTH? My son always open doors for me, but if the button is there, there's no sense in him struggling with the door...they can be really heavy for a 5-year-old. Argh..people frustrate me.
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