value vs cost of gift?

MrsStubbs

I know there was a post about this the other day but WWYD?

For DH's side of the family we all pool our money that we would have spent on each other and then split it up and buy for a family (sub for santa type). I had $200 to spend on a 2yo. I have been buying on Amazon whenever I found a deal. Now I am afraid that this little boy will get alot more than the rest of his family. I did only spend $100 on toys and $100 on clothes but most of the toys were about half off.  

So far I have

Geo trax cars 2 r/c

Dragon pillow pet

Wooden hammer bench

Vtech Ride and Learn Giraffe Bike

Some happy napper dragon pillow thing

4 books

I'm about $60 over if you figure just regular sale price compared to what I spent. Should I still give him everything? I just don't want the sisters to feel like they got less.

 

AZ_Erica

Without knowing what the sisters got, could you maybe give one of them the pillow pet or happy napper since those are sort of similar gifts?

Littlejen22

How will it be delivered to the family?  Is it possible the person giving the gifts would know if the other kids got enough?  And are you just buying for one kid and someone you know for the others or is this like through a church or something?  I ask because $200 is a lot more money than most people spend.

ready2go

I don't really know what you should do, but I always wonder about this too.  Like at dd's daycare, we adopt a family at Christmas, but it's like 40 families (at daycare) chipping in for ONE family in need.  If towels is on their list, they probably get 5 sets of towels when all is said and done.  So I wonder if the company organizing (Salvation Army or whoever it is) divides things more evenly once they have it all in house?  It could very well be that they'd take a few things from your 2 yo boy donation and give him 2 things and the others to someone else. It seems logical, but I don't know.

In your case, I'd probably check what your other family member got for the sister and try to make things even.  That could mean returning some of the gifts just for the boy and buying some that might work for both ages - like games or books.