Re-Gifting

[JK]

Several years ago when I first shacked up with Mrs P, I was taken aback (possibly mild understatement) at her and her mother's penchant for re-gifting of items they'd received that they either already had, or had no use for.

Now my folks weren't prudes, but it's a practice that would never have been contemplated (nor allowed if we had considered it) in our family growing up.

Over time, I think I've come around a bit and in certain circumstances don't think it's so bad (certainly can't let worlds collide when doing it), but it's something Mrs P and I often laugh about (our different angles on the whole process).

So, I wouldn't mind getting the thoughts of my SAFooty colleagues on the practice ... Is it acceptable?

[Mr Beefy]

Only if you give the crap present back to the person who gave it to you

[Johno6]

One mans trash is another mans treasure.... same goes for women too i guess

[fisho mcspaz]

haha my mum does that sometimes, she feels really guilty about it though and extracts promises from all of us not to tell the person who gave it to her.

I've never done it myself but that's not to say that I wouldn't in the future.

[Gingernuts]

We were going to do it once with a slow cooker we had surplus after our wedding.

Lucky we didn't, cause later on my missus opened the box to find the wedding card tucked in there. Could've been disasterous!

So if you are going to do it - make sure you check it over for anything that might give the game away!

[Hondo]

10 years ago I would have said no way for some reason. But now I think if you have something you don't want and you know someone that would want it then re-gifting is fine. At least then someone is getting enjoyment out of it.

Gingernuts' double up with the slow cooker is a good example. Why keep 2?

If it's straight junk and you are re-gifting purely to be a cheap-skate then I say no. Throw it out yourself!

[Brucetiki]

We were going to do it once with a slow cooker we had surplus after our wedding.

Lucky we didn't, cause later on my missus opened the box to find the wedding card tucked in there. Could've been disasterous!

So if you are going to do it - make sure you check it over for anything that might give the game away!

That happened to my mates. One of their engagment gifts was an unwanted wedding present - and they didn't take the card out

This year I am doing some re-gifting. Some Christmas presents I gave to some relatives last year they gave back to me as they moved overseas. As this stuff is still in the shops anyway, and it's something I know the people I'm regifting to will use, I plan to simply regift them.

[Lightning McQueen]

It gets a bit embarrasing when they peel off the white-out on the birthday cards and discover there was no spelling error.

[FlyingHigh]

I reckon re-gifting is a pretty despicable act that shows not respect for the person who put the effort into finding the gift for you.

[Dog_ger]

I recieved a re-gift only once.

When I was in about grade 7.

Always remembered those re-gifted sox Peter M.

I remember the size of your home grown onions.

But I have always remembered the weeds that surrounded them, yuk.

When we were young, very young.

We all grew our own vegies.

I love my youth memories.

[Jimmy_041]

Two stories

1. For my 18th, a whole lot of people put in some money for my mate Kevvy to get me a present. He bought me a frickin shield something like this except it also had a N-S sword:



Needless to say, Kevvy copped plenty of grief over it

My father, the handyman, hung it above my bedhead. One night I fell into bed pi$$ed and it fell off the wall and nearly killed me, so i pondered "what to do with it?"

Next 18th I went to....... you guessed it - another mate copped it as a present

and so on and so on........................

I last saw it given to someone else for their 30th - it had been passed around for 12 years.

Someone gave it to Kevvy for his 21st and he actually tried to keep it so we stole it back one night and put it back into circulation.....

All in all, I reckon it had around 100 different owners but I have no idea where it is now

2. M & A got a candlestick holder for their wedding.

A, who had no worries about recycling presents, regifted at another wedding. Back came the thank you card

Dear M & A,
Thank you for the lovely candlestick holder however you may want it back considering the engraving on the bottom

To M & A
On you wedding day 00-00-00
Love B & C

[JAS]

My parents had a similar attitude...re-gifting would never have been contemplated and as kids we were brought up to be grateful for anything we were given regardless.

I do confess to re-gifting once though. A couple of years ago a friend of about 12 years standing who knows very well that I don't like musical theatre (only exception is Rocky Horror Show) gave me a dvd of Mama Mia for Christmas After speaking to No1 godson's mum we agreed that it would remain unopened and I'd give it to her 8yo, dance obsessed daughter as a birthday pressie and we swore never to let the other friend know

I never have felt as guilty about it as a lapsed catholic should because the one who gave it to me is the sort who doesn't stop to think and always gives people what she would like to have rather than what they would like so I suspect a lot of people re-gift her pressies.

Regards
JAS

[TEX07]

We re-gifted recently, OUr little girl was given a presnt for her first birthday that was in fact more suitable for a little boy, we did not want to seem rude so we kindly thanked them for thier gift and put it aside. Some weeks later we were invited to a friends sons first birthday, we gave him that gift along with some clothes. We did however work out roughly how much the gift for our daughtr costed and went and bought her something at that value more appropriate. No one will really ever know the difference, unless your on SAFooty Dad?

[Magpiespower]

Just give away dud presents to whoever wants them, especially clothes...

[Psyber]

I don't keep things I don't want or need, but I do show appreciation when given a gift even if I dispose of it quietly later.
I may give unwanted things to people I know, but it would be unusual for me to do so for a special occasion like a birthday or wedding.
[Unless, perhaps, it were something genuinely valuable and desirable to the recipient.]

[MW]

I don't re-gift but I use ebay to flog it off quickly