to re-gift or not?

shoeaddict
By shoeaddict

do you find it tacky or practical to recycle unused,unopened gifts and give them to other people?i would really love to know your opinions about this matter.
thanks.

By bleu• 3 Jun 2009 18:49
bleu

SPAM!!!! MOD!

By sandy25• 3 Jun 2009 12:52
sandy25

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By treysdad• 11 May 2009 08:04
treysdad

I re-gift specially those I already have. (like the 5 coffee makers we received as wedding gifts.... LOL!)

If the package is broken, I just give it away to anyone who wants/needs it.

As they say in recycling: "One man's trash is another man's treasure."

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By seny0rita• 11 May 2009 07:35
seny0rita

@stonecold

yeah if its a bomb, well no you will not be in trouble..you'll just be dead!

By trio• 11 May 2009 07:30
trio

I am obsessive .I beleive there is a memory the gift i got from someone and the gift i gave to someone.no matter who ,but memories.....

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By mjamille28• 11 May 2009 07:28
mjamille28

some may find it practical, but i put value on gifts that others give to me so i cant do that.. :)

By Stone Cold• 11 May 2009 05:24
Stone Cold

Open it first, before giving out. It might contain a bomb, then you will be in trouble.

By seny0rita• 11 May 2009 05:01
seny0rita

lol. quite an interesting thought..yeah coz he must like it coz he gave it to you.

By l_3_o_z• 11 May 2009 04:22
l_3_o_z

but imagine u re-gift something to the same person who gifted it u . lol

By seny0rita• 11 May 2009 04:07
seny0rita

im quite sentimental..so i wouldnt give them away. i think its okay if you give them to people who matter to you and who really likes the object ure giving away as oppose to just giving them to just whoever or worse selling them out. ^^

By Vegas• 11 May 2009 03:58
Vegas

You can't teach experience...

By nadzmyrah• 11 May 2009 03:34
nadzmyrah

It's practical, but i do not do that. I always keep in mind the thought that the giver had on giving the gift to me, and that alone makes the gift a treasure to me.

Mind your own business, then you will see the joy coming into your life.

By Amoud• 11 May 2009 00:01
Amoud

I re-gift. No sense in wasting my money on a gift someone else may re-gift, or wasting others money by not using what they give me.

One persons junk is anothers treasure :)

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By bleu• 11 May 2009 00:01
bleu

tacky. If you give it to somebody who knows the person who gave it to you.

By ummjake• 10 May 2009 23:54
ummjake

You just have to be savvy enough to not regift the thing to the person who gave it to you initially. Sounds easy enough, but when you've been stashing things in your closet for 12 months, you kind of forget where and who they came from!

My theory is that it's better those gifts go to someone else who might actually use and appreciate them than to sit unused in my spare bedroom for months on end.

And my friends and I usually have a Chinese gift exchange around the holidays, and that's an absolutely perfect opportunity for everyone to get rid of those types of items. And some folks walk away really loving the new item they picked up!

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