Comments on: Dealing with unwanted presents

By: Scuba Diving

Scuba Diving — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:12:40 +0000

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By: Xopxop

Xopxop — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 12:01:44 +0000

Sylvia – Several green friends have been encouraging me to reuse used wrapping paper or the comics section of the newspaper to wrap. (I haven’t done it yet since I have inherited many sheets of ancient holiday wrap from my packrat mom & her friends!) Maybe your friend’s boss was being green? Or maybe he’s just rather thoughtless.

We often receive very nice bottles of wine but don’t drink. These are regifted to people I KNOW appreciate & drink wine, perhaps as a hostess gift. I do keep a few bottles to cook with.

I think it’s fine to regift as long as the gift suits the intended recipients.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 15:06:59 +0000

I didn’t say it was a bad gift, I said I felt bad for her. I guess we sometimes forget the true meaning of Christmas and should be thankful for what we have and get. I really need to remember that: to be thankful for what I have. There are others who are less fortunate.

By: Grace

Grace — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:57:43 +0000

Sylvia, I WISH somebody would give ME a digital photo frame! They are really cool. Why would you say that is a bad gift?

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:13:27 +0000

I received an American Express Gift card. I don’t want to sound ungrateful, but I would much rather have the money to pay a bill or two. I’ll hold onto it until I can scrape up enough money to buy a nice comforter for my spare bedroom I’m fixing up. I know, I’m a very thoughtless person.

A friend of mine received a digital picture frame from her boss, that was definitely regifted. The sad part about it is he didn’t even wrap it decently. He used old wrapping paper from another gift they rec’d. It was really tacky and I felt really bad for her. She’ll return it to the store for a credit. There was no thought put behind the gift, no card acknowledging her hard work, just a regifted item that he and his wife didn’t want.

By: Jen

Jen — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 22:24:01 +0000

I got a horrible wall clock with dried flowers and gold trim. From my husband’s cousin, who is not much older than us – we were quite surprised – there is no way she could have thought it was “us”. I have a feeling it was regifted, but she comes to our house a lot, so I will feel bad not putting it up. But it offends my senses. What to do?

By: Lillie May

Lillie May — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 21:00:41 +0000

The best regifting anyone can do is to give that gift you don’t want to the charity of your choice. The Goodwill and Salvation Army resell your unwanted gifts without charging sales tax. Your unwanted gift is someone else’s treasure. Let go of that disappointing clutter and help someone in need. That’s the true spirit of giving.