Have you ever re-gifted and if so, how did you feel? Guilty? Nothing at all?
I do and I don't care. :) heh
2006-12-22 07:09:06 · 15 answers · asked by JustAgrrl 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I have. I got this beautiful candle from a friend of mine, but nowhere to put it where my cat wouldn't destroy it. So, I left it in the gift bag it came in and gave it to one of my co-workers. She loved it and everyone was happy. I guess I don't see what the big deal is, really. As long as they don't find out, who cares? What ever happened to "it's the thought that counts?"
2006-12-22 07:16:15 · answer #1 · answered by Peach 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes! No guilt at all! I just make sure I know the person I am re-gifting to likes the item!
Me and some friends have had this re-gift item that has been passed around for the past 5 years. It's a coffee maker no one wants. It's become a great joke - "Who's gonna get the crappy coffee maker this year?!"
2006-12-22 15:12:40 · answer #2 · answered by Joe S 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sure I have. I've gotten bottles of wine (I don't really drink so a bottle can live in my cupboard for years) and same with chocolates or jam gift boxes, teas, etc. I don't need all the calories...so if I get them early enough they get passed on to someone who could use them.
I don't regift because I don't LIKE the item. I give it to charity. If I don't like it chances are neither is anyone else.
Some gifts are worth hanging on to and giving away to teachers, bus drivers, just people you want to acknowledge but not spend a fortune on. I just made 11 gift baskets for all the different teachers my kids have...I didn't spend a fortune, about $5-7 each...but got them things like glass coasters, mugs, xmas dishes, tucked in a nice dollar store Christmas napkin/oven mitts/apron and put it all in a little basket and voila...looks as nice as any $20 basket you buy in the stores. Actually that inspired me to do the same for my nieces and I made them HUGE baskets with all kinds of neat little things from soaps to coffees to wine glass rings and bottle stoppers, etc. They look like a million and can't wait to see their reactions...and hey, if they don't need them...they can regift them! LOL
2006-12-22 15:28:30 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I sure do re gift! What do I want to keep something in my house in the back of my closet for if Im never gonna use it and someone else will?
2006-12-22 15:12:46 · answer #4 · answered by gumby and pokey 3 · 3⤊ 0⤋
sometimes but only if it something that i dont need but is really cool. other wise i keep it in the back of my closet that way if family asks about it i can say i still have it. like all those sweaters from grandma. This year i did it. I got a satelite radio and i dont need it so i am giving it to my parents.
2006-12-22 16:22:20 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i agree withe edwin p. sometimes you have 80 xmas parties, secret santas, gifts from people you werent expecting, i just go into my gift closet, pull something out and voila! instant christmas joy!
2006-12-22 15:14:20 · answer #6 · answered by ErikaCane 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Yes definitely. If I get things I don't like - candles, boxes of biscuits etc I can't eat - I'll give them to other people, but not my close friends, just people that I need to give a present to to be polite. That sort of thing.
2006-12-22 15:11:54 · answer #7 · answered by probablestars 3 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I'm not a regifter, but I do use the same bags and bows over and over...not wrapping paper tho. Not bc i'm cheap, just because I really like them.
2006-12-22 15:13:47 · answer #8 · answered by ~~kelly~~ 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I've never done it, I think it's rude, even if you don't like something that was given to you.
2006-12-22 15:27:08 · answer #9 · answered by missyhardt 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I don't know what that means. I'm a blonde in disguise.
2006-12-22 16:31:30 · answer #10 · answered by Nicole Brown 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋