CPW: regifting

shellbell3845

Tell us about your regifting habits. And if it involves a funny story, please share.

TessyMessy

I have no shame in my regifting game. I already did it this year.

JackieP1023

I have regifted. I'm not counting the gag-type gifts that make the rounds. (MH got my dad a Vikings calendar as a joke--they live in MN now, but my dad is a life long Packer fan. Dad and DH have been exchanging this calendar back and forth-Dad just told me that is what he 'got' MH for Christmas)

shellbell3845

FFWC?

My mom was getting rid of a bunch of Christmas decorations last year. Some of them had been student gifts, weren't her style, but she hung on to them anyway. They are brand new even though several years old. I took a bunch to give to MIL for Christmas. (Then MIL thwarted me by saying she didn't want all that "stuff" like we gave her last year and she wanted Kcups and candy. Alrighty then.)

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BlueDot818 said:

FFWC?

My mom was getting rid of a bunch of Christmas decorations last year. Some of them had been student gifts, weren't her style, but she hung on to them anyway. They are brand new even though several years old. I took a bunch to give to MIL for Christmas. (Then MIL thwarted me by saying she didn't want all that "stuff" like we gave her last year and she wanted Kcups and candy. Alrighty then.)

I want to regift trash bag gifts back to NMG.

I think you should. Put a scrap piece of paper in there that says $100. Ask H for $100. Do not give to NMDingDong. Buy new shoes. 

Codypup

I am the opposite of morally opposed to regifting. I think it's brilliant, saves money and time, and cuts down on the consumerism that sometimes defines this country.

As long as the other person would enjoy the re-gift, what's the issue? It's win-win in my eyes.

FFWC: My mom has a re-gift tupperware tub that she keeps specifically for this purpose. She also attaches a note to the item stating who it was from so that she doesn't accidentally give it back to the same person.

Noethola

If it is truly something we would not use, I regift. I did keep a bunch of stuff I could not return from the pile of baby gifts and regifted them. I usually always get something else though from their registry.

If I do not regift, I take back or sell. I sell it on Ebay or the local yardsale sites. I am probably a bit of an extremist when it comes to things we do not need. 

ETA: I also have no problem with people doing the same to items I give to them.

narcissticbeaut

i voted i never do..but then i read the thread and i forgot that i did regift some things from my shower that i had duplicates of. 

so yes I've refitted. but before my shower i hadn't. I'm definitely not opposed to it. and i don't mind getting a refitted gift either. I'm just happy to get anything!

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kbauer1022 said:

My family has a foot spa that was passed around to several siblings one year. I honestly don't know who ended up with it but it was certainly fun to see where it would end up next.

Our family has had several gifts like this! You never knew how or when the special gift would appear!

iwubrory

My niece's first Christmas both MIL and I got her a Vtech move and crawl ball, the next Christmas when DS was born, SIL regifted one of them back to us! I don't mind regifting bit it's super tacky to give the gift back to the person who gave it to you.

Side note: SIL is a bitch. Not because of the regifting though but I can't think about her without thinking about what a bitch she is. That is all.

boogerbearoriginal

I don't see the problem with re-gifting items, if you're not going to use something why would you keep it?  It seems wasteful to have the item collecting dust in a drawer, or even worse thrown out, than given to someone who would actually use it.

The only time I could see feeling bad is if the item was handmade, then they really put time/effort into the gift and I would try to use it/keep it. But something like a random sweater SIL ordered from Old Navy that I don't like or doesn't fit, meh.

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LaurLaurLaur said:

My gifting circle is so small that they would know. And I wouldn't regift to my friends because if I don't like it they wouldn't.

I still have that red Coach wallet from MIL last year sitting in a drawer.

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SuzyQq02

I picked once, but it may be more than that. The one I clearly remember is when there was nothing I liked in a Yankee swap so I traded for a BBW set I knew my sister liked and gave it to her. :-)

ramfan05

SuzyQq02 said:

I picked once, but it may be more than that. The one I clearly remember is when there was nothing I liked in a Yankee swap so I traded for a BBW set I knew my sister liked and gave it to her. :-)

I think that is just smart gift "shopping"!