NBR: Regifting

sed8611

Would you do it? Have you done it? Are you doing it?

DH's grandmother will be here for Christmas and we didn't budget for her. I know she won't mind either way, but I was given a diffuser I will never use, and I was thinking of giving it to her. Does this make me tacky?

jkoulton

I think it's fine. I would regift if I got the opportunity. 

tondraluv

I personally would do it. A lot of the gifts that my clients gave me were like sees candy and food items that I had intended on regifting but I got hungry, lol.

sed8611

That's the thing. I think she'd use it, and she has a better chance of using it then I ever will. We hardly ever talk to or see her, so I really don't know what to give her otherwise. I plan to talk to DH about it tonight and see if he thinks it is something she could use, and if he thinks it's not, then I won't give it to her.

 ETA: This is to tairairat. Apparently I lack the ability to use the quote button correctly. 

colleenh01

I would regift it if I didn't use it. Not tacky, and nobody has to know anyways!

heddy79

I've regifted and have no regrets.  It definitely depends on who the gift is from.  Anything from my mom or DH, no way.  Anything from a coworker or MIL, its very possible. 

rayofsunshine99

I'm a fan of re gifting, but only when I think the (new) recipient would enjoy it.

I'm also a huge advocate of giving gift receipts when I purchase a gift for someone to ensure that they are able to return/exchange something if they don't like or wouldn't use something I gave them.  I'd rather them do that then end up re-gifting my gift or stuck with something they don't want. 

NicoleSB80

If its something i don't want/won't use and I know someone who will then heck yea I regift.

kateb171

I'm re-gifting a really nice set of ceramic mixing bowls that we got duplicates of for our wedding last year. I never returned the second set because I thought they would be a good gift for someone else. My brother just bought a house so I am giving it to him and his evil girlfriend for Christmas since they could use them and the colors would go with their decor.

AMJ6511

If there was no way she would find out, I would do it. Especially if she would like it or use it. 

nyki06

If I had an unopened gift that I knew someone would like (and would never get back to the original gifter) I would regift in a heartbeat. I tend to be pretty frugal in every area of my life and in my opinion that doesn't make something less valuable. In fact I told my mom that it would be just fine for her to purchase my daughter used gifts for Christmas because I don't see used things as being ungiftable either (although I don't give out used things personally because there has never been a situation where it was appropriate). 

oliversmom03

Never done it, but I don't see why not.